2026 Mystery Alongs
Each year we prepare for the Rose City Yarn Crawl with two mystery alongs - one knit and one crochet. This year, pre-sales start and pre-clue information is released October 15, 2025. The mysteries begin in January 14, 2026 and wrap up in time for you to wear your finished garment on the Crawl! Join our newsletter and follow us on social media to stay in touch as we begin this years mysteries...
Pre-sales begin Wednesday October 15th, 2025. You can purchase your pre-clue on Ravelry for the Mystery Knit Along (KAL) and the Mystery Crochet Along (CAL).
Special Early Bird Clue! Purchase your patterns between October 15th and 22nd, 2025, and in addition to your preclude, you will also receive an early bird clue allowing you to get a jump on making your Mystery Alongs!
Also, remember to join us on our Rose City Yarn Crawl Ravelry Forum!
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Mystery Knit Along
The MKAL is available for purchase beginning October 15, 2025 on Ravelry. First Clue will be released January 14, 2026.
Zoom Meetups with the designer to be announced.
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Mystery Crochet Along
The MCAL is available for purchase beginning October 15, 2025 on Ravelry. First Clue will be released January 14, 2026.
Zoom Meetups with the designer to be announced.
2026 Mystery Alongs - Meet the designers
Lis Smith Knit Along Designer:
We are excited to announce our Designer for the 2026 Mystery Knit Along!
Lis Smith (@oldsaltstudio) was first taught to knit by her grandmother when she was young but over the past decade her passion for knitting has grown from a skill into a vocation.
A love of textiles and hand crafts beyond knitting inspires and informs her process. This includes sewing as well as growing and working with natural dyes from her home garden.
While holding her coastal New England roots at heart, Lis now happily calls the Pacific Northwest her home, with a posse of mischievous cats by her side.
Danielle Wallace Crochet Along Designer:
We are also thrilled to announce our Designer for the 2026 Mystery Crochet Along!
Danielle Wallace (@dwallacecrochet) is a crocheter of 20-plus years. Her first foray into crochet was when her children were small. At the time, crochet was often seen as stiff and retro. Danielle envisions it to be more. As she started designing, she quickly realized this was a great opportunity to merge two of her loves: fashion and wool. Danielle came from the sheep world, and wool is her first passion. Growing up in Central Oregon, she raised sheep, and as an adult, started spinning her homegrown fleece. Going on shearing trips, judging wool shows, organizing angora wool, skein, and garment competitions, and running a flock of Corriedale sheep has given her a deep understanding of wool and yarn structure. This understanding allows her to create unique functional crochet with drape, life, and movement. Her interest in fashion has allowed her to merge cutting-edge ideas into truly updated crochet that appeals to today’s world. As the designer behind D Wallace Designs, she creates patterns that take her unique understanding of wool, flair for color, and combine them into wearable crochet for today. This can be seen in the patterns she designed for The Slow Yarn Crawl, Purly Shell Fiber Arts, and other shops. Danielle loves to see her ideas come out of her head and onto the hooks of crochet artists around the world. She is excited to take the Rose City Yarn Crawl MCAL to new heights with her exciting new design.
2025 Mystery Alongs
MCAL
Spiral Reality
by Mikah Rae
2025’s theme, Our Sky Full of Stars, inspired designer Mikah Rae to design this stunning shawl which embodies the feel of the stars.
The wrap encompasses two contrasting colors with carefully selected stitches and patterns to highlight 2025’s theme. The night sky is such a rich source of inspiration with all its contrasts and intricate beauty and this shawl is truly able to mirror that.
MKAL
Space Doodle
by Jamie Lomax
Inspired by 2025’s theme, Our Sky Full of Stars, designer Jamie Lomax created a fun and exciting cowl that you can customize for yourself.
Makers are able to pick and choose what elements appeal most to them, allowing them to make a truly one of a kind design that represents their sky. We invite you to cast on see how fun on a knit this project is.
2024 Mystery Alongs
MCAL
All in Harmony Wrap
by Tessa Herra (Tzings)
2024’s theme, Pacific Northwest Flora & Fauna, is encompassed in the exquisite, All in Harmony Wrap, designed by the talented crochet designer, Tessa Herra.
The wrap encompasses two contrasting colors in a dreamy dance of stitches influenced by Flora’s new growth and Fauna’s beauty experienced in the PNW.
MKAL
Chloris
by Makenzie Alvarez
Inspired by 2023’s theme, Pacific Northwest Flora & Fauna, designer Makenzie Alvarez created a beautiful shawl titled Chloris. Chloris in Greek mythology is the goddess of spring, flowers and new growth.
Makenzie’s shawl uses two contrasting colors which dance together through the creation of cables, ribbing and beads to create a show stopping piece of art.
2023 Mystery Alongs
MCAL
Hekataion
by Brittany Garber (KnotBadBritt)
2023’s theme, Magic, is encompassed in the exquisite shawl, Hekataion, designed by the talented crochet designer, Brittany Garber. The shawl uses two contrasting color ways to create a captivating and spellbinding creation that leaves crafters with a feeling of enchantment.
MKAL
An Adventure in the Witch's Castle
by Seth Richardson
Inspired by 2023’s theme, Magic, designer Seth Richardson created a stunning scarf using two colors. The scarf uses a multitude of diverse stitches in addition to two of your preferred hues to create an admirable garment that appeals to a variety of knitters.
Past Mystery Along Patterns
Metamorphosis by Sarah LarRieu
Goose Hollow by Shellie Anderson
Meditations by Theresa Silver
Petit Fours by Kathryn Hendrix
Plot Twist by Marie Greene
Sandpiper's Wing by Laurinda Reddig
Lithia by Rosemary (Romi) Hill
Sunset on the Butte by Jenn Wolfe Kaiser
Ramona Falls by Cory Boberg
Lost Lake by Noriko Ho