Anything Knitted and Crocheted: There is a new contest called Think Outside the Sox

Anything Knitted and Crocheted

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I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

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Cora

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

There is a new contest called Think Outside the Sox

This is very exciting and from the information that I have read, you can knit, crochet or do a combination of both for your designs. You can enter up to 5 pairs of sox and there is even a category for a Christmas stocking. The submitted sox, along with the completed forms and fees, should be received by January 1st, 2009.

Click on the button on the right to go directly to the site.

Cora

Excerpt from the website:

•The contest will start at STITCHES West 2008 and run until January 1st, 2009 (just before STITCHES West 2009).

•XRX, Inc, and the other sponsors have contributed over $20,000 in prize money.

•The Grand Prize for the Think Outside The SOX contest is $6000.

•Qualified yarn shops as well as STITCHES exhibitors (in the US, Canada, and Europe) have been invited to participate as SOX HOT SPOTS to help you (the knitter) design, knit, and enter your socks in this contest.

•And yes... the winning sock designers are going to win prize money and get the chance to be featured in Knitter’s Magazine as well as in an upcoming book from XRX Books.

•The websites SOXHOTSPOTS.COM and ThinkOutsideTheSOX.com have been established to promote participating yarn stores and to act as your online resources.

These are the participating sponsors:

Southwest Trading Company

Skacel

Universal Yarn Company

Colinette Yarns

Regia Yarns

Mountain Colors-Hand Painted Yarns

Cherry Tree Hill Yarns

Knitter's Magazine

Cora

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.