Save the Date: Son of Dish Rag Tag
you are cordially invited to participate in
Son of Dish Rag Tag
the third annual Knitting Relay Race
This year (2009), there will be 22 Teams of Ten Knitters. This means that a total of 220 knitters will be able to participate. We will also need 22 Team Captains to lead these teams to Dish Rag Tag Glory.
Signups will open Saturday, August 1, 2009.
Signups will close Friday, August 7, 2009 or when 220 people have registered.
Teams will be assigned some time between August 9 and 12. Which means that there will be approximately two weeks to get organized before the race begins on August 28.
Major Changes for 2009 include:
- A $1 “Registration Fee” to offset the postage on 22 Priority Mail boxes and to weed out the folks who sign up and then are never heard from again.
- 220 Total participants divided into teams of 10.
- There will be an Official Dish Rag pattern again this year. The pattern will be available as a PDF to everyone after the race is complete.
- This year’s Official Box is the new Small Flat Rate box from the USPS. It’s about the size of a VCR tape (if any of you remember what those are), and will fit one ball of cotton, a dishrag and a small treat perfectly. It ships for $4.80 to anywhere in the US and is easily replaced should it suffer cruelly at the hands of our postal workers.
For more information (and a more detailed explanation of the race if you haven’t played before), please view the Rules and Regulations from last year’s race. Last year’s FAQ post is here. There will be an updated Rules and Regulations post closer to the opening of sign-ups for Son of Dish Rag Tag.
July 13th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Woohoo! I’m ready!
July 13th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Boy am I ready for this……….. I can hardly wait! More darn fun…….
July 13th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Yay! Can’t wait!!!
July 13th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Remember Rhino the hamster from Bolt? LET IT BEGIN! LET IT BEGIN. Oh I’m so excited! My bladder is getting too old for this.
July 13th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Woo Hoo!!! Bring it On!
July 14th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Sweet. I look forward to playing again!
July 14th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Hooray! Count me in. And let me know if I can help.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:48 am
YEA!! I’ve being waiting for this race to begin. Hurry up August 1.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Can’t wait!
July 15th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Ah, a most pleasant diversion.
Well really, it’s a hootin’-scream-of-down-n-knitty game.
Let the game begin!!!!!!!!!!
July 15th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Needles ready and waiting!
July 16th, 2009 at 10:18 am
I am sooooo ready for this one! Have the date marked.
July 18th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
I’m a total newbie for this but I’m so super ready to participate ! It sounds like a total blast.
July 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
I am ready to join…sounds like a bunch of fun.
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 am
I can’t wait! Now my only concern is the timing.
July 25th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I was wondering if DRT was still happening this year. Sounds good and I can’t wait! Did we ever get the pattern for last year? I really liked it and would like to knit it again.
Thanks,
Wanda
July 30th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I missed it last year and had to watch the fun from the sidelines. I am so excited to be in the thick of it this time around. Also, thank you Yarn Miracle! for doing this. Are you going to accept paypal for the $1 signup fee?
August 6th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Sounds like great fun!
I’m in!
I love dishclothes … currently am progressing on a baker’s dozen for a friend who uses them for facecloths…designed one for each month and an extra souvenier one thrown in made from seaweed and cotton yarn I picked up on Key West…
let the fun begin!!! : ) X——-0
I’ll need to snail mail you my fee.