We thought it was about time that we gave you a little back story on our fabulous Ed’s Imaginists design competition that runs quarterly throughout the TOFT calendar.
Kerry Lord initially started the imaginist box as a closed annual subscription back in 2019 , but having proved so successful and popular, in January 2020 TOFT’s Imaginists became an open competition to all of you creative crocheters out there.
Every three months TOFT’s designer Kerry Lord will set a new colour palette with each new box (available to buy separately rather than as part of a subscription), and your challenge is to design a monster using the pattern components from the Edward's Imaginarium book.
Edward's Imaginarium book provides an almost infinite number of basic and challenging projects to inspire you to create and crochet some of the most fabulous monster projects your brain can conjure up. Flip through the pages and mix-and-match your monsters body parts. Ignite your creativity and take time to think about what the creatures at the bottom of your garden might look like, visualise the dishevelled hairstyles of the sock monsters who live in your washing machine and let your imagination soar…how would you crochet these monsters?
The heart of our Ed’s Imaginists club is to inspire each other and share in a community celebration of our creativity with the humble double crochet stitch. Let us know what your wildest imagination can conjure up and allow the story in your head come alive as you go along.
At the end of the competition’s 3 month window for submissions Kerry will pick her favourite monster designs and award them with a signed TOFT collectable embroidered trophy design patch in either gold or silver. The overall winning design will be made into a TOFT crochet monster kit available for all to buy and enjoy making!
The latest design to join our website is the Box 5 winner. Hello to ‘Pie the Monster’ he is the winning design created by @sandyscrochetcritters and how amazing is he standing proud with his knotted knees for all to see.
Why not go to our Ed’s Imaginist Monsters page and check out the crochet designs from past winners, see what fabulous creations have been welcomed into the TOFT Monsters hall of fame. Dana, Luna and our very first monster Ivan are ready to welcome your crochet creation to the family.
We hope you are excited and ready for Box 7 in the Imaginist Monster Competition. A new colour palette has been set and your challenge of designing a monster using the pattern components from the Edward's Imaginarium book is ready and waiting for you to begin. Box 6 will be judged from the 30th July, so you still have a few days to finish off and lost your entry before turning your mind to Box 7.
So take some inspiration, and follow your own path when it comes to adding the colour palette to your project and taking your crochet creations to the next level with this design challenge! Box seven includes: 25g Ruby, 25g Orange, 50g Yellow, 25g Blue
Once you've crocheted your design, post a picture of it on Instagram using the hashtag #edsimaginists.
You have 3 months so get designing and you too could get your collectable trophy patch or be the lucky one chosen to join the monster gang in Ed’s imaginist club here at TOFT.
The box 7 deadline is : Thursday 30th September 2021
