The End
June 11, 2009
Sock Madness 3 finished up a little over a week ago with Dyveke as our champion. It was a great finish to a really good competition. As usual there was lot’s of great knitterly behavior. Knitters connected, supported each other and shared lot’s of laughs. As times it seemed like s tight little community which is remarkable when you consider that the community includes people in countries that cross time zones and speak different languages. Truly this is proof of the power of knitting.
Since the competition ended Carole and I have heard all of the lovely comments and we really appreciate all of the nice things that you say. It’s great to think that you want this to continue. It makes us both proud.
I wish I could say that Carole and I will be doing this again but we both feel that the time has come to pass the torch. I started Sock Madness after competing in another knitty event and thinking that I could do better. I bet that there are some among you who’ve had the same thought. That’s the kind of energy that Sock Madness needs and that Carole and I really can’t offer it anymore. It needs new blood and excitement.
If you think that you could be the one (or team) to take Sock Madness further and make it even better then contact us at sockmadness (at) gmail (dot) com. We’d love to see it continue in new and excellent directions.
To those of you who have expressed the desire to design for next year or help in other ways we thank you and we’ll pass your info along to the new Sock Madness Mods.
Thanks! It’s been great.
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Carrie | June 11, 2009 at 3:56 pm
I’m sorry to hear that. You both did a wonderful job and it has been great fun! I hope someone else will take it over and continue the friendly competition.
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petit_noir | June 11, 2009 at 5:25 pm
The competiton you created was great, I loved every day of it.
Thank’s a lot for all the time, work and ideas you invested and your readyness to help while passing the torch.
You just rock!
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Ronni | June 11, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I have really enjoyed all three years even though the first year I didn’t find out about it in time to participate it was still fun to watch. Thank you so much for all your hard work to make so much fun happen for so many people.
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CC | June 12, 2009 at 12:14 am
THANK-YOU both of YOU!! Sockmadness brought excitement and challenge into my knitting life, for that I’m grateful.
And all three years of Sockmadness were fun (even if I did find out I’m a terribly slow knitter).
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Sarah | June 13, 2009 at 2:03 am
Oh, no! I am a little sad to read that you will not continue as the organizers for SM, but understand. Thank you so much for all of the time, energy, skills, and love you put into this awesome event. I know that if others step in to continue SM, they definitely have big shoes to fill.
xo
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Amy | June 15, 2009 at 10:31 pm
THANK YOU for all the time and effort it took to run Sock Madness. You’ve done a great job and made it lots of fun for the participants. I totally understand your need to move on, and wish you all the best.