Dish Rag Tag FAQs

**DISH RAG TAG SIGNUPS ARE NOW CLOSED! PLEASE CHECK THE MAIN PAGE FOR DETAILS!**

Hi! I’ve got a couple of questions about Dish Rag Tag that I thought I should clarify for the group!

I’d like to sign up but I’m going to be away on vacation for part of August. Do you think that would be something we could work around?
Absolutely! Keep in touch with your team mates through the forums and can let them know that you shouldn’t be tagged while you are out of town.

Does this involve special computer skills in anyway?
Nope! If you can send email, blog or shop online you can do this.

How are teams getting assigned?
The Miracle Household will be assigning teams – I want as evenly matched a race (geography wise) as possible.

Do we leave all the dishrags and treats in the box as it goes along? That would get very heavy after a while…
I am a dope and didn’t clarify that! When you receive the box, you take everything out of it, keep the treat, the finished dish rag and one ball of dish rag cotton. Make your dishrag out of the other ball of cotton and put it, two new balls of cotton and a treat back into the box to send it on. Pick your treat carefully to keep you box less than a pound so that it stays $4.60 to mail priority any where in the US. I am correcting that in the original post. Sorry for the confusion!

Why do we have to use priority mail?
Basically to to keep the playing field even. By ensuring the same shipping speed for everyone (and the same inconvenience of a trip to the post office) this race is a more true contest of speed and organization. Team work will win the day!

Why aren’t you having the team captains stat the boxes?
Because it is more fair to have them all originate from one place. Everything will be mailed at exactly the same time and return to exactly the same place. There is no room for ambiguity, no accusations of unfairness etc. I have thought about this for almost a year.

Where do I send it after I get it? To the team captain or what?
The box is going to leave my house and travel through each team member once and then back to me. There is no set order for who is tagged next. Your team should communicate in the forum to decide where to send it. Strategy making is encouraged: get out your maps and plot the quickest course around the country, figure out who is out of town when and work together to achieve Dish Rag Tag Glory!

How much of my personal information is going to be out there for all the world to see?
Not much! When I post the teams, the list will be your first name (which will link to your blog if you have one, I left that off the registration form but there will be a chance to add it to your record when Michael builds that part of the application) and your state. The only people who will see your full name and address are the Miracle Household and whoever is mailing the box to you.

PS Registration for Dish Rag Tag is now available for Team Canada! We need 10 good Canadians to field a team – run over to the sign-up page and click the “I’m with Team Canada” link if you want to play along!
PPS Maybe I’ll show you some actual knitting next time!

5 thoughts on “Dish Rag Tag FAQs

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  2. Jenipurr

    This sounds like a lot of fun. I’ve yet to actually make a dishrag (although I’ve got lots of cotton and books of stitch patterns to pick something cute), so this sounds like just the thing I need to get myself onto the dishrag bandwagon!

  3. Dorothy

    I just tried to sign up and got an error page. Also you have to add your name, e-mail and blog URL before clicking on Team Canada otherwise it won’t let you click on e-mail or blog URL. Ah, technology, fun times.

    Two other things I forgot to mention. Sometimes things sit in Customs for an extra day or two before crossing the border and the ever wonderful Canada Post’s tracking numbers don’t say anything other than “package is in it’s destination country” once it crosses the border. At least on my end. I don’t know what it says if you track it from USPS’s website since I assume that’s who does the final legs of the trip.

  4. Paula Lynn

    I would like to sign up for the Dish Rag tag as a representative from MI, but I am getting an error page, is the Dish Rag tag sign ups over? If not, please sign me up.

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