Another Vote and Thoughts on SM3 Designs

Tomorrow we’ll release the final pattern for SM2. I’m happy to hear that many of you are preparing for it and so is the designer. We’re all eagerly anticipating the interpretations of the pattern. It’s very different from the other patterns and we hope that it adds yet another dimension to your sock knitting.

Today we’re opening the voting on the socks produced during the optional round. Many of them were highly modified and, as I went through the pictures, I noticed that some people mentioned using skills and techniques from earlier rounds on this sock. It seems like the perfect time to formally launch a discussion of designs for next year.

There have been threads where some of you have let your imaginations run wild thinking up ideas for SM3. It’s time now to start putting some of them down on paper. Although the due date for SM3 designs has not been set yet, it’s fair to say that it’ll be earlier than before. It’s our hope that many of you will start working on your designs while the spark of inspiration is burning bright. There will be three (or 4) of us testing the socks out and setting the roster but at least 2 of us have other major events going on towards the end of this year or early next.

It’s not too soon to let us know that you want to contribute a design. Just send us and email with a brief description of what you’re thinking of. Someone had suggested an ongoing thread on Ravelry (and on flickr too if desired) where the designers can support one another in their creative endeavours. Great idea! For the record, designers have been players in the past and this will still be the policy. For the record, no designer has made it to the finals yet

On to the voting for the optional round. The winner of the creative award for the Hippy Ripply Retro round was UC Bear with her Peace themed display. There were no creative shots this round but there were plenty of very different versions of the pattern. We said that you should feel free to modify at will and you did. Voting for this round will end on Monday, June 2nd at 6pm our time. There is still lots of time to express yourselves with the Godmother’s socks so please do. We’ll try to start that voting in about a week.
Woven Cable Eyelet Socks and Beyond. Which is your favorite?
( polls)

1. Green Woven Cable Eyelet Socks
2. X Marks the Foot
3. Lunar Zazzle Woven Cable Eyelet Socks
4. Woven Cable Eyelet Socks with ribbed foot
5. Bright Woven Cabled Eyelet Socks