New For SM2
January 30, 2008
The treasure trove of prizes continues to grow so this is the perfect time to discuss one of the changes that you’ll see in SM2. The creativity awards. Intrigued? Read on.
In Sock Madness we awarded 2 prizes for each round - one for the first person to finish and one to a random, newly eliminated, player. It worked pretty well but I think that it could be even better. This time, instead of picking a random loser, we’ll pick a winner of a different sort - based on creativity.
The way it will work is that, at the end of the round, we’ll give the first finisher a prize as usual. Then, Carole and I (and our special panel of judges AKA our families) will choose our favorite versions of the sock from all of those posted to Flickr and present them in a little poll where anyone who wants to can vote for their favorite. The one that gets the most votes will win the second prize for the round. Sound good?
Please note that all Sock Madness 2 players will be eligible for the creative award. We’re hoping that this will inspire you to keep knitting along in the later rounds so that all of the patterns get the maximum exposure. It was sad that we didn’t get to see as many versions of the later patterns in SM1. This will also allow you express yourselves with patterns that inspire you - and I KNOW that some of them will certainly inspire.
Those who are already eliminated can add beading or picot edges or whatever turns you on. Players who are still racing to stay in the thick of things will want to adhere to the pattern more closely but maybe the choice of colors will be more inspired or special.
I know that part of the fun for me in the last round was checking out how differently a pattern would look based upon the yarn choice and I think that you did too. Maybe we can turn SM2 into a game that’s fun for spectators too. Oh yeah, spectators can vote too.
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Sarah | January 30, 2008 at 4:14 pm
I love this idea.
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kadezmom | January 30, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Hey. College hoops and sock knitting……can I join?
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Amy | January 30, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Sounds great! I loved seeing the many variations of the sock, depending on yarn choice - amazing how different each sock looked. It will be much more fun as an eliminated player and a spectator to see the creativity, especially of the eliminated players - beads! picot edges!
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Deborah (a.k.a. Mt. Mom) | January 31, 2008 at 9:13 am
Creativity award — sounds like fun! I like it.
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Ann | January 31, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Oh–you are making it harder and harder to wait for sign-ups!
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lilymarlene | February 1, 2008 at 7:06 am
Hope this doesn’t kick off within the next two weeks as we’ll be away from home and computer…!
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Jo at Celtic Memory Yarns | February 1, 2008 at 7:06 pm
That really is a GREAT idea! It will make everyone eager to keep going, no matter how late in the time stakes they are. Well done you for thinking of it. Such a prize really makes taking part even more fun!
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Jo at Celtic Memory Yarns | February 1, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Oh and LilyMarlene, what do you mean, you’ll be on holiday without a COMPUTER? I can proudly point to last year’s inaugural Sock Madness when I checked a laptop amid fogs of jetlag in So Cal at 3 am to ensure I didn’t miss the kick off. And then ran around to find printers and the right yarn and needles. Come on girl, take this seriously!