I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the Individual Merit Awards. since the information about these is scattered across three different blog entries, this is a quick post is to consolidate.

Individual Merit Awards, Prizes and How To Win Them

• Fastest Turn-Around – A pair of sock blockers from Becky of Leggy Creations! The Dish Rag Tag Application is doing all of the hard work for this one by keeping track of when the boxes are received and someone new is tagged. If it is too close to call (that is, there are a lot of same day turn-arounds), I’ll add all of the qualifiers to a hat and draw a name.
• Best Dish Rag KIP Picture – A skein of Trekking sock yarn (color 76) provided by Kathy! This award is available to non-participants as well, just email me a picture of you knitting a dish rag in an unusual (or amusing) public place or situation. The Miracle Household will select the Top 5 to be voted upon by the Greater Knitting Community.
• Most Complex Stitch Pattern – A set of stitch markers made by Ebinla! For this one, email me a photograph of your finished Dish Rag Tag dish rag (the one you are mailing to the next person on your list) and pattern details (the book, link, name, whatnot). I get to pick this one, and frankly, I am already very impressed with the complexity of some of the dish rags that y’all have made! It’s going to be very hard for me to pick. If there isn’t a clear winner, there may be some voting on this one too.
• Miss Congeniality – A precious sweet Nifty Notions Keeper hand-made by Kristin! This award is nomination based. If you would like to nominate someone for Miss Congeniality, email me with her name and team (to be sure I know who you are talking about). The individual who receives the most nominations, will be declared the winner of this prestigious award. Since we are almost halfway through the race, y’all can start nominating whenever you are ready!
• Best Dish Rag Tag Hard Luck Story – The prize for this one: stitch markers of course! This set is from Carrie, Team Captain of Going the Dish-Tance. To enter, blog about your horrendous, frustrating or disastrous Dish Rag Tag Experience and email me the perma-link. The Miracle Household will pick the top five (based on hilarity and/or degree of tragedy) and then they will be voted on by the public at large.
• Emily’s Surprise Award – that’s all I am saying about that.

Individual Merit Award voting and winner announcements will be made after all the teams have completed the race. If you’ve got any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

Up next: The next three boxes – as soon as Word Press uploads my pictures!