OMG, it's time for DRT!

DRT = Dish Rag Tag, or more precisely, Son of Dish Rag Tag, coming soon! This is the knitting relay race I joined last year, hostessed by Emily of Yarn Miracle. 22 teams of 10 knitters all around the US. You get a box in the mail with a ball of yarn and a dishcloth pattern, knit it up as fast as you can and pop it in the mail to the next knitter on your team. I had so much fun with this last time around, and can't wait to do it again. Sign ups open here on August first, and run until there are 220 knitters signed up, or August 7th, whichever comes first. More details on Emily's blog, and fund-raiser patterns for sale, too, to cover the cost of prizes. :) Are you going to play?

OMG = One Million Giraffes. I read about this in the Knitted Toys forum on Rav, and immediately my kids and I set to work on our first giraffe. This guy is trying to collect 1,000,000 giraffes by 2011. Whether he makes it to that goal or not, he hopes that a lot of people will take some time out from the electronic world to make a giraffe using their imagination and doing something creative with their own hands.

Here are our ice cream cone giraffes. Today we have plans for Lego giraffes. :)




Edited to add our afternoon giraffes:

And now for something completely different...

There will be no men with tape recorders up their noses on this blog.






That's 7 sts and 7.5 rows = 12".
Needles by Russ. Don't you just love a man who is supportive of his wife's hobby?

Get 'em while they're hot!

Fresh wee tiny sock blockers for sale!



Which one is your favorite?

And the club membership goes to...

CeRae of SweetDreams! I printed out all 66 comments from the contest on Darcy's Blog this morning, numbered the entries, with extra numbers for those who blogged or followed or left comments about new knitting techniques, and then headed over to random.org to pick the lucky winner. Although there were 76 entries in all, the lucky number was 3!


Thanks to everyone who participated. I especially enjoyed hearing about the new knitting things you've done or are hoping to do soon. Keep your eyes open for fall sign-ups in mid August.

Dance out of the lines

Here's a little sneak peak at the work in progress around here. Russ will be putting the findings on these while I'm in Iowa at a conference these next few days, and I'll pop them up in the shop after I get back on Monday.

Any recommendations for what to do or where to buy yarn in Iowa City? :)
Anyone (besides you, sister) recognize the song lyric in the title?

Giveaway

When I launched the Wee Tiny Sock Club, I reserved one spot to give away...and the giveaway is now open here. One of the ways to enter is to follow my blog, so hit the "follow" button over in the side bar and then head over to Darcy's to comment on her giveaway post to officially enter. The drawing will happen on June 8th.

If you are new to wee tiny knitting or to sock knitting, this may be the perfect way to give it a try. My wee tiny socks have all the same elements as big socks (cuff, heel, gusset, toe) but on fewer stitches, so they can be completed in an evening. You can use US size 1 or 2 needles, and everything else you need will be in the kit. I strive to make the patterns super clear, and they have been test knit by 2 different people to make sure all the kinks are worked out.

May the random number generator (or hat draw, as the case may be) be lucky for you!

Thanks, Darcy, for hostessing the giveaway. :)

And, super extra special thanks to my sister for my new blog header picture, best Mother's Day card ever, painted by her and scanned by me.

Sold Out!

The last spot for sale in the Wee Tiny Sock Club for summer was sold this morning. There's just one more spot reserved for a giveaway, happening soon, watch this space!

I will be getting the kits together and out to all the members as soon as all the goodies arrive at Wee Tiny Sock Club headquarters. :) If you missed joining this time, watch for fall sign-ups in August.

Thank you so much to all the club members for joining up for the first round of this new adventure in wee tiny sock knitting!