Natural Stitches: Knitting On

It’s baaa-aaaack. Start winding your laceweight, polishing your Addi Turbos, and making an inventory of your sock yarn. We’re kicking off our Second Annual Summer of Socks and Lace contest, beginning NOW until Labor Day (September 7, 2009). Who can knit the most pairs of socks? Who can knit or crochet the most yardage of lace?

The prize is a $50 gift card from Natural Stitches, one for the sock category and one for the lace category. As well, there will be a small prize for every participant. (Got your attention now? Keep reading.)

We’ll be going by yardage of the final project as that seems to be the fairest way to go. When you finish a project, bring it to the shop with the ball band and we’ll record the yardage. (The ball band is critical as it will help us to more accurately figure out how much yarn you used.)

You can feel free to use any yarn from your stash, but yarn purchased at Natural Stitches will be counted as DOUBLE yardage. (Another reason the ball band is so important.)

Answers to commonly asked questions:

• Crocheted lace is eligible as are crocheted socks and slippers
• If you knit lace socks, they only qualify in one category. You pick which one.
• You can participate in both categories.
• PLEASE BRING IN PROJECTS AS YOU FINISH THEM SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE A HUGE RUSH ON LABOR DAY
• One winner per category will be contacted shortly after Labor Day and will be announced in the Newsletter published after Labor Day.
• If you’ve never done socks or lace, both our Knit and Crochet teachers offer beginner and intermediate classes in socks and lace.
• Our apologies to handspinners (yet again), but we still can’t figure out a way to accurately calculate yardage without making our heads explode.
• Need to expand your stash? We’ve got several sock and lace yarns on sale (remember…double points for Natural Stitches Yarn!)
  We will keep track of your total yardage in a ledger as well as on a publically displayed leader board.

Excited? We are too!