Let the voting begin!

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On December 23rd, 2009 at 4:03 pm Jen said:

Category 1:
Elizabeth-#1

Category 2:
Kelly-#1

Category 3:
Jennifer-#1

Category 4:
Samantha-#1

Category 5:
Kristen-#1

On December 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm susanyoo@gmail.com said:

Category 1 - #1 Elizabeth
Category 2 - #1 Kelly
Category 3 - #1 Jennifer
Category 4 - #1 Samantha
Category 5 - #1 Kristen

On December 23rd, 2009 at 4:47 pm Jen said:

My entry is Jennifer in the Tightly Wound category. I guess it would fit into the “Tightly Wound” category since I like clean lines. I have taken photos of my projects as I knit them and then collected my favorite photos together into the end product. I really like how much color has come through the projects and photos. As much as I love color, I have always liked the glossy and streamlined look of magazine lay-outs. So I have created the feel of a magazine in my binder cover. I love how the cover turned out as well as how the socks themselves have turned out. Even though I didn’t fall in love with some of the colorways at first sight, I ended up loving every single one after knitting them (sometimes with a different pattern). And the colorways that I thought I didn’t like, actually turned out to be my favorites after I knit them (the photos will help me to remember to never doubt Tina’s color choices EVER again!). While collecting all of the photos together in one place, I realized how much I really have enjoyed the club this year. Now I can’t wait for next year. I have never figured out how to post photos to the RSC blog, so those of you on ravelry will find photos in the binder contest thread in the RSC group, otherwise they are also on flickr. My name is jenmag for both.

On December 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm Marcy aka knittinggolfer said:

This was an awesome contest. It made me think about what the Rocking Sock Club means and how to represent that meaning in a craft which I have always avoided. Nevertheless, I like to play and knew I needed a new binder cuz mine is gettin full!!!

I chose to enter under the category of Notoriously Sock Knit keeping in mind the theme of Community.

The Club started for me on a whim. I read something about magnificent colors and a sock club and that’s all it took. I joined the RSC for the first time in 2007 and can never see myself without it. It is knitting at its best, wonderful patterns, and knock-your-socks-off colors! The front of the binder represents the sock club…the notes, logos, mascots, colors, socks, and our depraved dyer.

But somewhere along the way the club changed for me.

The club became a community of friends, those with whom I forged a friendship via the wonderful world of the internet and the RSC blog. These relationships have blossomed and grown over the past 3 years. These Notorious Sock Knitters have become my BFFs. My peeps, my tweeps, the ones I turn to for emotional support. The back of the binder represents that change. Some of the friends I met for the first time in person at Camp Knitty haHa in a collage. The once brief interactions knit and purled into a strong fabric of friendship.

NSK=BFF. And by the way, Knitters make the best friends!

Tina, your yarns, your club and the community you have created are a gift to me. I thank you for the contest and opening this World of Domination to me!!! Your BMFA family is the best also!!!

Thanks for a fun contest! (Even if my daughter reminded me I was first AND last!) I can’t wait for next year’s club and the year after that and the year after that…

On December 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 pm Marcy aka knittinggolfer said:

and voting for:
Category 1:
1. Elizabeth
2. Mary
Category 2:
1. Alice
2. Kelly
Category 3:
1. Jennifer
2. Samantha
Category 4:
1. Samanth
2. Maxine
Category 5:
1. Kristen
2. Camille

Great job everyone!

On December 23rd, 2009 at 6:26 pm Maurgen said:

Hi, I’m the Samantha that is entered under the Tightly Wound Category. I joined the club after the first shipment this year because I just wasn’t sure I could swing it but I’m really glad I did - I’ve loved every minute of it. (Though I am a bit behind on actually getting the kits knit up… shhhh, we’ll keep that just between us.)

I thought I should explain my binder system and at least give y’all a link so you can see the exterior (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25783387@N05/4200795492/).

Sorry, I don’t know how to post pictures here yet. I’ll try to get my pics up over in the Rav thread though for those who would prefer to see them there. Anyway, my binder… When you open it I have an “Index” page that shows under what year a particular RSC pattern can be found. And yes, I have many of the patterns for the years I wasn’t a member (pre-knitting days). From front to back I have tabs for patterns (2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006), a Misc. tab for Blue Moon related patterns (like ZoomZoom), a tab for Sock Notes (where the sizing and notes on particular sock projects live), a tab for the Dyer’s Notes, and a tab for my Sock Summit Notes. Spare index card are kept in the pocket inside the binder for those quick notes or to jot down a pattern repeat to grab & go.

I’ve never actually scrapbooked before so the exterior of my binder was an adventure. Much like Jen (who has the wonderful binder that I’m sure will take first place in our category), I prefer cleaner lines on the outside so this was a stretch for me.

Thanks for reading. Good luck to all of the lucky participants, everyone’s binders look great!

On December 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm Susan Sears said:

This is very odd - my scrapbook is identical to the one labeled as Samantha’s in category 4. Think there might have been a mix up, unless of course 2 minds think exactly alike!

now t vote:
1. Elizabeth
2. Kelly
3. Samantha
4. Don’t think I should vote here
5. Kristen

On December 23rd, 2009 at 8:32 pm Leslie said:

CONGRATULATIONS My Dear, BFF, Marcy (Knittinggolfer)! And many congrats to Ashley and Linda, too.

My votes for other categories are:
1. Elizabeth
2. Kelly
3. Jennifer
4. Maxine
5. Camille

On December 23rd, 2009 at 8:43 pm Maurgen said:

My votes for first place…

Category 1: Elizabeth
Category 2: Kelly
Category 3: Don’t feel I should vote
Category 4: Samantha (though I believe from above it should actually be Susan)
Category 5: Camille

On December 24th, 2009 at 12:23 am Mary said:

Thank you for choosing me as one of the favorites. What an exciting honor to be among such creative entries!! This was my first year in the club and I had a lot of fun learning different techniques and really stretching my skills as a knitter. I wanted to reflect that in my scrapbook cover so I tried to incorporate all the different yarns we received in various ways and I made Raven wings to stretch out from the scrapbook to make it “fly”. I wanted the theme of stretching boundaries to dominate. I even tried my hand at making a mini sock with the Rogue Rose pattern, which turned out to be quite the learning experience. I had never tried to adjust a pattern in any way, so that was an adventure.

I’m hoping to come from behind like a dark horse to win first in my category of the most Dominating! Good luck to everyone!

On December 24th, 2009 at 1:02 am Mary said:

This was really tough! I can’t imagine choosing the top ones to begin with. Here goes for my votes and I have to say, the only reason I voted for myself (other than I really want to win) is because my name is Mary Elizabeth. It just had to be that way for ME. ;o) I wish each of us the best in the greatest spirit of fun!

Category 1:
1. Mary
2. Elizabeth
Category 2:
1. Kelly
2. Alice
Category 3:
1. Jennifer
2. Samantha
Category 4:
1. Maxine
2. Susan
Category 5:
1. Kristen
2. Camille

On December 24th, 2009 at 4:57 am Kelly said:

Wow! Thank you Blue Moon for nominating me in the Out of the Box category! This has been my first year in the Rockin’ Sock Club and prior to joining I had only ever knit 2 pairs of socks, so this year has been the most amazing learning experience for me. I want to thank everyone at Blue Moon and in this wonderful community of knitters for welcoming me into your group and for helping me when I had questions, and providing many, many hours of fun and laughter. You guys rock!

For my submission I used my old writing folder from high school. We were told to decorate our writing folder to reflect who we were and things that would inspire creativity in our writing, so I have tried to do something similar here, only focusing more on knitting than on creative writing. My folder is more of a collage than a scrapbook, because I have so many things that inspire me to want to create more with yarn.

You can see some better photos of my folder here: (http://gallery.me.com/joecool42#100110)

But, just in case you have difficulty getting to the link, I will describe some of the pictures that I have included:
- places where I have knit socks: at home on the sofa with my cats Josie and Norm who love all things yarny, at the cottage, at the pub with friends, at lunch in the restaurant (Druxy’s and the Parliamentary restaurant on Parliament Hill), on the bus, and when visiting relatives;
- things that amuse me such as the little lolcat who has found Yarnia, Leonard the hopeful snake who would like to knit (if he can knit, so can I!), my Easter egg Eggvis with his crocheted egg fans (my first successful crocheted items!), the lyrics to the Doozer knitting song, pictures of characters from the Wallace and Gromit movies and Chicken Run, and lots of comic strips (I can always use a good laugh);
- people and art that inspires me: my wonderful husband Daniel who encouraged me to join the Sock Club this year and continues to support my sock knitting habit, my late grandmother Orpha Scidmore who was incredibly crafty and loved to knit and crochet, the Yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, in whose blog I first heard about the Socks that Rock club, Tina and everyone at Blue Moon who provide such wonderful inspiration every day, the artists who were part of the Group of Seven (Lawren Harris in particular), and the artists Romero Britto, Sue Dreamer, Sandra Boynton, B. Kliban and Josee Lord, and the comic strips of Pearls Before Swine, Little Dee, Ziggy and Peanuts;
- a few of my other knitted and crocheted projects to remind me to believe that yes, I can finish something, and that even though I may have doubts about what I am doing, to believe that the end result will be wonderful
- my favourite sock pattern to date, the 3×3 Cable with Moss Stitch from Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch
- a photo of me in deep snow outside my home a couple of winters ago, which shows why I need wonderful warm socks!
- I do not have a photo of him, but I also wanted to mention that a big inspiration for me with my sock knitting was my husband’s grandfather. He was a carpenter who used to build houses and then furniture in Northern Ontario. When he got older, he took up knitting because he liked to keep busy. I have a pair of socks that he knit when he was in his nineties, and I still wear them in the winter (incredibly warm!) The thought of knitting a pair of socks was a very daunting one for me, but I figured that if a man in his nineties could make socks, then I should be able to as well! And now here I am, surrounded by all of you wonderful, amazing, notorious sock knitters. Thank you all for an amazing first year, and I look forward to next year.

Now go out there and rock your socks!
Have a great Christmas! Kelly

On December 24th, 2009 at 6:50 am Kati said:

Category 1:Mary
Category 2:Kelly
Category 3:Jennifer
Category 4:Susan
Category 5:Kristen

On December 24th, 2009 at 9:07 am Kate said:

Category 1: Mary
Category 2: Alice
Category 3: Samantha
Category 4: Susan
Category 5: Kristin

Kudos to everyone that submitted!

On December 24th, 2009 at 10:28 am crystalbelleknits@gmail.com said:

Great Entries - here’s my votes:

Category 1:
Mary-#1

Category 2:
Kelly-#1

Category 3:
Jennifer-#1

Category 4:

Maxine-#1

Category 5:
Camille-#1

Merry Christmas and the very best of the New Year to all!!!

On December 24th, 2009 at 12:20 pm Camille said:

I’m Camille from the Hodge Podge category. My binder pictures are at home and I’m visiting family, so I can’t post the picture of the back of my binder; I’ll just have to describe it instead. I took the whole sock thing very literally (o.k. I’m an engineer). The front of the binder shows the first three shipments and the back shows the last three shipments. It’s my year in socks. I started out strong and made the January and March socks right after I got them. I was so in love with the January colorway that I also made a scarf in silky loops and the mini sock that’s in my binder. I have yarn to make a pair of gloves, but haven’t knit them. Which is a problem because I had a bad run-in with some moths last year and lost most of my mittens.

By the summer I started to get overwhelmed and didn’t finish the May socks. I made one of the July socks, but it didn’t fit right and I fragged it. The back of the binder shows a pile of curly yarn. When I got the September yarn, I knit a mini sock to practice the pattern (and because mini socks are cute), but didn’t get around to the real socks. The November shipment was a real kick-start for me. I knit the socks right away and realized that if I didn’t knit up some of the other socks, I couldn’t justify the purchase of the sock club for 2010. Unexceptable. Somehow I regained my sock knitting enthusiasm. So I’m working my way backwards through the sock kits. I enjoyed making the November and September socks and will make a renewed stab at the rest so I’ll be ready for a great 2010.

My 5 year old niece wants to play games with me on my computer, so that’s enough for now.

On December 24th, 2009 at 12:49 pm Ashley said:

Hi! I’m Ashley, of the Colorfully Outrageous category. I am not the most artistic person, but I have a random talent for being able to make awesome things out of construction paper. So, that’s what I decided to do here! I did a bit of a recreation of the RSC logo and added a mini-sock for each pattern we received this year.

I actually only got one of the socks knitted (January) because in February I started a lace shawl for my mother that took me into October to finish. She’s getting it tonight, and I couldn’t be more excited! I’m hoping to do better next year though, and I even asked for sock blockers for Christmas!

My votes for the other categories:
Category 1
1. Elizabeth
2. Mary
Category 2
1. Kelly
2. Alice
Category 3
1. Jennifer
2. Samantha
Category 4
1. Maxine
2. Susan
Category 5
1. Camille
2. Kristen

On December 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm Susan Sears said:

This is Susan from the Creatively challenged Category!

I failed art at school: the teacher said, I had a “good idea of pattern”, but everything else “was not your fault, dear”.

When I first joined the sock club, the era of “Offical Club Binders” was over, but I wanted to keep all the patterns together in one place. Being Proudly Creatively Challenged was no obstacle! My yarn came with Blue Moon stickers on the bag… and as we all know, stickers make things artistic! (Hear that noise? that’s my school art teacher rolling in her grave.)

I have a shelf full of plain, white folders- and one lone, stickered, well-loved Sock Club Binder.

On December 24th, 2009 at 1:03 pm Linda said:

Thanks again Blue Moon folks for the great year of learning and your beautiful projects and yarn. This was my first year as a sockclub participant and my first year as a grandma. Needless to say it was a great year. I was literally rockin every week as I am lucky enough to help care for Mattias at his home at least one day a week. The first picture was for his baby book so he would know his Grandma Linda knit for him and with him. I arranged my notebook in chronological order with the dyers notes, and baby pictures as the inspiration section, the patterns as the formula section, and there is a section of other patterns,a baby sock section and a section for techniques. Mattias favorite song for burping was,” Rock around the Clock” ,( this is a true story, we discovered his parents and his grandma were using it to burp him, how funny was that?) We are all still works in progress, but I want to thank you for encouraging the knitting travels one stitch at a time and helping us enjoy every moment just like we plan to do with our boy. Rockin on, Linda

Fun to see everyones binders they are great.
My votes: Category 1: Mary then Elizabeth

Category 2: Kelly

Category 3: Jennifer

Category 4: Susan

Category 5: Kristen
Hope everyone has a wonderful break and takes some time to hug each other. Looking forward to 2010 and thanks again for all the Blue Moon Family does for all of us.

On December 24th, 2009 at 2:03 pm Nartian said:

Congratulations Ashley, Linda, and darling Marcy!

Kudos to all the nominees & to use an old cliche, you’re all winners for entering. Here’s my vote:
1) Elizabeth - love the graphic letters
2) Kelly
3) Jennifer
4) Maxine
5) Kristen

Happy Holidays all!

On December 25th, 2009 at 5:54 am Eileen said:

These are great and it’s very hard to choose, but here goes:

Cat. 1 - Elizabeth
Cat. 2 - Kelly
Cat. 3 - Jennifer
Cat. 4 - Maxine
Cat. 5 - Kristen

On December 25th, 2009 at 7:04 am JustJen said:

Am I allowed to vote? If so:

Cat. 1: Mary - the feathers did me in
Cat. 2: Kelly - here a thingie, there a something else…
Cat. 3: Samantha - seriously?!? Indexed?!?
Cat. 4: Susan - artful lack of any style whatsoever (no offense, Susan!)
Cat. 5: Camille - mostly because I’m so amused at the idea of an engineer trying to “hodge podge” anything

(If not, pretend you didn’t read this!)

On December 25th, 2009 at 1:36 pm Elizabeth Stover said:

Happy Holidays, everyone! Tina asked the contestants to post about our entries. I was so excited to be in the running, so I did so right away, but for some reason it is still awaiting moderation. I’ll post again, just so time doesn’t run out. I love all of the entries and wanted to congratulate everyone! I have enjoyed this contest so much! Please check out my flickr to see the scrapbooked pages of my binder.http://www.flickr.com/photos/27614336@N07/sets/72157622916465945/ I did one for each kit, complete with Knitter’s Notes(take-off on the Dyer’s Notes I loved so much!) I have a Save the Mini Skeins page with some photos of the skeins in action. My fave page is a letter from my kiddos entitled Dear Depraved Dyer ahem, I mean Santa saying I had been very notorious this year and all their mommy wanted for Christmas was a 40%off coupon. My kids are just as excited as I am about the contest. Thanks for your votes! I wish you a very Notorious New Year!

On December 25th, 2009 at 1:51 pm Knitter Kitter said:

This is Kristen from the Hodge Podge category. My first comment is still awaiting moderation also, so I’ll try reposting

Congratulations to Ashley, Linda and Marcy!

This is my second year in the club and I’ve really enjoyed it both years!

Fun is one of the first things that comes to mind when I think about the Sock Club and the packages It’s so much fun to get the package and open it up so see what’s inside!
The shipments also inspired creativity. Seeing the Dyer’s Notes and reading about what went into each shipment was wonderful. The kits also taught me techniques that challenged my knitting skills. I took those things and used them for inspiration for my binder. Fun, Creativity and the challenge that can come with it

Happy Holidays to all!

On December 25th, 2009 at 8:11 pm Elizabeth said:

My vote for the Binder Contest:
1. Elizabeth
2. Kelly
3. Samantha
4. Susan
5. Kristen
Good luck, everyone~

On December 26th, 2009 at 12:38 pm Kelly said:

I just realized that I forgot to vote! Congratulations to Marcy, Ashley and Linda for winning in their categories!
My votes are:
1. Elizabeth
2. I will abstain as I am nominated in this category
3. Jennifer
4. Susan
5. Camille
I think everybody should be very proud of their binders. I am beyond impressed with all of work! I just wish that I could vote for everybody.
Have a great Boxing Day! I am off to knit.

On December 26th, 2009 at 2:34 pm Linda Schaefer said:

1. Mary.
2. Kelly
3. Jennifer
4. Maxine
5. Kristen

On December 26th, 2009 at 2:34 pm Arlene said:

It is very hard to decide which one I liked better in any category. All of the submissions are winners, so I drew straws, here are my picks simply from chance, I loved them all.

1-Mary
2-Kelly
3-Samantha
4-Susan
5-Camille

good luck to all contestants.

On December 26th, 2009 at 11:11 pm Alice in the Heartland said:

OOB Alice here. Well there was this big thing in August and well I didn’t really get to the scrapbook. I mean the stickers arrived while I was at camp so I didn’t even seen them for over a week. (Now seriously questioning why I took the train to camp and whether I’ll do it again this coming year. Absolutely will if I have the time and $.) Loved the winners already awarded especially Marcy’s. She really gets the BFF aspect of RSC and NSK. Love Ashley’s bold and simple appearance. Wish I had her style. Linda did her family proud. Hugs to that new munchkin!

Okay what’s mine? Well the front is what was included in the first kit. What I didn’t do was cut up all those wonderful stickers and artfully add them to the image. That’s why they’re waiting there in front of the binder.
The skeins of yarn are all the club shipments I haven’t even started yet. Definitely OOB and not on feet yet.
The back cover is some of the things I find important in my life outside of my family and RSC. Sweet Adelines (there’s one night a week I can’t knit.) The MINI trademark was a new addition to the family this year and how I get to knit night. Colleges at top and bottom are for Daughter (Carleton-top) and Son, DH, and self (Iowa State Cyclones-bottom). One of the NSK stickers is hiding behind the Sock Summit announcement card and the needle conversion chart because I’m a metric impaired American. (Why can’t we join the rest of the world on the metric system?) Small rings symbol are for the Olympics in Vancouver next February and Winter Olympics in general. I’ll watch the summer games but they don’t hold my in thrall the way the Winter Games do. The other small symbol is for a penny farthing “Ordinary” bicycle which I enjoy riding and freaking out the mundanes. Also fits in well era-wise with the Amana colonies here in Iowa and next door to the town I live in. Last but not least is a wonderful poster I won at Sock Summit ‘09 signed by a plethora of sock summit all-stars. Love that poster it always makes me smile and remember all the friends I found at the summit. Especially those I hadn’t met before. (Boy I’m glad Tina and Steph are starting to think positively about the “next” time.)
Thanks for letting me into the contest as they say for the Oscars “it’s an honor to be nominated” and as they say in the Olympics “it’s an honor just to participate”. Hear hear.
Happy Knitting everyone.

On December 26th, 2009 at 11:21 pm Alice in the Heartland said:

Now for the vote.
Dominating: 1)Mary (love the wings) 2)Elizabeth
OOB:joining Kelly and not voting
Tightly Wound: 1)Samantha (agree with JustJen) 2)Jennifer
Creatively Scrapbook Challenged: 1)Susan 2)Maxine
Hodge Podge: 1)Kristen 2)Camille

On December 27th, 2009 at 6:27 pm Karalee said:

Most Dominating: 1. Mary, 2. Elizabeth
Most Out of the Box: 1. Kelly, 2. Alice
Most Tightly Wound: 1. Samantha, 2. Jennifer
Most Creatively Scrapbook Challenged: 1. Maxine, 2. Susan
Most Hodge Podge: 1. Camille, 2. Kristen

On December 28th, 2009 at 3:51 am Magyar said:

Category #1=Elizabeth
Category #2=Alice
Category #3=Samantha
Category #4=Maxine
Category #5=Kristen

Great work- I just am amazed that anyone had time for these most creative endeavors - I am still organizing for Christmas 2009. So, I will now give up and organize for Christmas 2010. Hopeless.

Sharon T
Houston

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