Dye for Glory Winners

So much color and so much talent. As I said earlier this has been such a joy

One of the things that’s been super about the whole Sock Summit thing (and we think the fact that we can still think of super things is a very good sign) is the way that every time one of us has a big idea, it’s caught on like magic and spread like wildfire.  One of the most fantastic things has been the Dye for Glory contest over at Ravelry - which accomplished exactly what we were hoping, that dyers would get a little face time, that we would all get to see some of their clever work and that they might sell a little yarn and boost their businesses. (I know that worked because one several of my favourite skeins didn’t win and I still intend to hunt them down and buy them in the Marketplace.)

In the end, 14 557 people voted and 154 828 votes were cast, and the masses have spoken. 

Hop on over to the Results Page and you can see the grand and glorious winners, and if you’d like to see them in person, we’re going to round up a skein of each and put them in the Colour me Crazy Booth for the whole world to see.  Congratulations Dyers.  We love the way you do things, and a thousand thanks to Casey, Jess, Mary-Heather from Ravelry.  You’re pretty freakin’ awesome too.

You all have voted and I mean you all have voted, over 10,000 voters with over 150,000 votes. How cool is that eh?
Thanks to all the dyers who contributed their lovely work and everyone who voted and Casey, Jess and Mary- Heather for all of their hard work on this.

Congratulations to all of our Dye for Glory winners!!

In the Dipped Dyed Category the winner is: Frog Creek Fibers “Raspberries and Chocolate”
http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/Vorpalknitter/11668097/RaspberriesandChocolate.JPG

In the Kettled Dyed Category the winner is: ThreeIrishGirls “Estuary”
http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/ThreeIrishGirls/11669012/estuary.jpg

In the Mosaic Dyed Category the winner is: Green Eyed Monsters “Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes”
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3707296430_3441c9e106.jpg

In the Out of the Box Dyed Category the winner is: Becoming Art “Twilight”
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3747362833_05365d305d.jpg

In the Painted category the winner is: Emily Parson “Just a Small Gathering of Friends”
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/3738722779_1802d745d7.jpg

In the Pooler category the winner is: ThreeIrishGirls “Father Time”
http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/ThreeIrishGirls/11666821/fathertime2.jpg

In the Predictable Stripes category the winner is: Serendipitous Ewe “Apogee”
http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/AngMac/11016432/apogeeballskein.jpg

In the Primary Category the winner is: SpindleCat “Sockfetti”
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/3748260060_c99e8af76f.jpg

In the Random Stripes Category the winner is: Becoming Art “Gypsy Love”
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2467/3747361575_3d7f5315af.jpg

In the Shaded Solid Category the winner is: ThreeIrishGirls “Zephyr”
http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/ThreeIrishGirls/11667884/zephyr4.jpg

In the Tertiary Category the winner is: Artisan Acre Fiber Arts “Filaree”
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3744188916_0fc3c5d153_m.jpg

In the Watercolors Category the winner is: ThreeIrishGirls “Georgia Peach”
http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/ThreeIrishGirls/11665997/georgiapeach_small_best_fit.jpg

And honorable mention to the runners up: Shalimar Yarns, Actual Size Creations, Happy Hands Yarn, Creatively Dyed Yarn, ThreeIrishGirls, The Knit Witch, Miss Babs x 2, Serendipitous Ewe, Dicentra Designs, Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks, Madelinetosh. 

a thousand words worth

Isn’t that how it goes? A picture is worth a thousand words.

I am hoping this is in fact true. I have been trying to find some quiet moments to share with you all that is going on here.  From all the beautiful knitting we are receiving for the museum, the stories and the community spirit that is creating it,
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to seeing the banners and sign in front of the Convention Center,

to receiving the Proclamation from the Mayor declaring next week Sock Knitting week in Portland,

to all the meetings and the work, the seemingly never ending work.

Top it off with a bit of hysteria laced terror and well what a ride.

Steph and I keep equating this experience with childbirth. The similarities are exact and we are now in the pushing phase and pretty soon we are going to have a brand spanking new little Sock Summit. 

Uh OH here comes another one gotta go

JoAnn

I just want to take a few minutes this morning before the SS09 craziness amps itself up to the level where not much else exists and thank JoAnn and tell her we love her.

JoAnn, a part of ST2 and Blue Moon’s customer service queen has been the person filling your lottery submissions. Actually JoAnn has been a very large part of registration since before it opened in May. A lot of you are probably already familiar with the awesomeness that is JoAnn.  Those of you who have not had the pleasure of being helped by JoAnn here she is.

Isn’t she cute!

She is also helpful, kind and funny as hell.  JoAnn will tell you that she is not a people person (she really loves animals, especially cats and furry burglars) and maybe she does not like to hang with lots of people all the time. I have not met many people that are so personally oriented to helping others as JoAnn is. One of the best part of the past few days is walking in to the barn to see how things are going and have her look up from screen all bleary eyed and say I just made another knitter very happy. Helping others, whether they have fur or not, makes JoAnn happy. JoAnn is one of those kind souls walking the planet that will quietly notice that the burden you are carrying is slipping and will gently sidle up beside you, lend her shoulder until you regain your ground and just as quietly walk away. She is probably not going to like me telling you this or singing her praises but honestly, neither Steph nor I want to even consider the past few months or the next few weeks without her.  She is rockin’ this whole registration and lottery thing hard, long hard eye straining mind bending hours.
Thank you JoAnn for being you. We love you a whole lot.