Monday, March 3, 2008

Think Outside the Sox!

That's the name of the new sock design contest from XRX/Knitter's Magazine. It will run through the entire year, ending January 1, 2009 so you all have plenty of time to come up with a design (or two, or three!).


Knot Just Yarn has joined Mountain Colors as our "official" yarn company for the Think Outside the Sox contest. Here's a photo of part of the latest order of Bearfoot that came in just last week. I call that inspiration!! You can't see the great fall colors in reds and oranges in this photo, but I promise they are there. There is a palette to please everyone in this order. You can get contest rules, entry forms and more details here. There are all sorts of categories, and socks can be knitted or crocheted.


We just started a new Sox and Blox Saturday this weekend - every Saturday from 10 until noon we invite you all to come in and work on your Hot Sox or Cool Blox! The Cool Blox refers to our latest "Of The Month" project, which beginning in January are the blocks from the Great American Afghan. We are doing the shop model in Dolce, which is an alpaca/merino/silk blend new from Cascade. Come and join us any Saturday morning. We're knitting at least two blocks each month, and have the shop models available for inspiration! We will be glad to help you with your design questions for the Hot Sox contest, too. See you then,



Becky