[Bryn-gwlad] OT: Sock Wars

[Robin Craig]

Neat idea... I have never knitted a sock tho and I understand that  
they are considered 'advanced'.

-Robin
(who can knit scarves and pouches - no hats or socks yet)


On Sep 8, 2006, at 12:23 AM, Coblaith Mhuimhneach wrote:

> I thought some of our local knitters might be interested in Sock  
> Wars--"a bloody, international death-by-sock tournament in which  
> there can be only one survivor" <http://yarn-monkey.blogspot.com/ 
> 2006/07/are-you-ready-for-sock-wars-2006.html>.  If I were a  
> handknitter, I'd probably sign up.. . .
>
>
> The general concept is:
>
> You sign up for Sock Wars by today (Friday, September 8th).  (I  
> just found out about it, so I'm not giving much notice.  But it's  
> not like registration is a lengthy process.)
>
> On September 22nd, you get the name, sock size, and address of one  
> of the other participants.  That person is your "target".
>
> Using the provided Sock Wars pattern, you knit a pair of socks for  
> your target and mail it to her.  She's "dead", and sends you the  
> info on her target and the socks she's been working on.
>
> At some point, only one knitter will still be "alive".  She wins,  
> and gets a prize of some sort.  The others must be comforted by the  
> fact that they got cool hand-knit socks out of it.  If there are  
> still more than one knitter alive on November 24th, the first of  
> the survivors to send Yarn Monkey (the tournament organizer) a pair  
> of completed socks wins, instead.
>
>
> Of course, when I say "she", I don't mean to exclude the fellas.   
> It's just that its simpler to say "she" or "he" than "she or he",  
> and since, statistically speaking, any given human is likelier to  
> be female than male, "she" is less likely to be wrong than "he".
>
>
>
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