Well, that’s two. I should really brush my hair.

Emily, what are you going to do now that all the Dish Rag Tag teams are sorted out and it’s going to rain about 12 inches in the next 24 hours or so?

I think I’ll sort out the Individual Merit Awards and their prizes! I might* even tell you what the first three teams who finish the race will win.

*Don’t get too excited, might is only maybe.

Emily: What is your favorite thing about my knitting?
Michael: That I get stuff to wear. Even though I don’t get to wear it for very long. Because of the heat. But socks, you know, you can wear socks all year round.

E: What is your least favorite thing about my knitting?
M: The quantity of sock yarn stashed around our house. In random places.

E: Like where?
M: Like shoved in the little desk upstairs. There’s probably some under the bed. (There’s not.)

E: What is something I have knitted that you recall as being good?
M: There are lots of things that you’ve made that are good. I love my cardigan.

E: Do you think knitters have an expensive hobby?
M (carefully): Umm. Some of them do.

E: Do you have any hobbies?
M: Yes.

E: What are your hobbies?
M: I don’t know if any of my computer stuff counts as a hobby. So that leaves ham radio and sailing.

E: If we compared money spent on hobbies, who would win?
M: Over the long run, I’m sure it’s me.

E: Has my knitting in public ever embarrassed you?
M: No. You knit in public?

E: Do you know my favorite kind of yarn?
M: Obviously, it’s sock yarn. You’re fond of the Lorna’s Laces.

E: Can you name another knit blog?
M: I’m Knitting as Fast as I Can, Lookie What I Made, Sugar Bunny Boulevard, there are tons of So-And-So Knits.

E: Do you mind that I want to go to yarn stores everywhere we go?
M (reluctantly): Not really. It bothers me that you rarely buy anything. Because, why are we there?

E: Look! Look! Did you see that? Dear, she’s on her knees!

E: Do you understand the importance of a swatch?
M: Absolutely.

E: And that is?
M: It’s to make sure you have your gauge right. Which is a combination of needles and yarn sizes.

E: Do you read Yarn Miracle?
M: Yes.

E: Have you ever left a comment?
M: Yes.

E: Do you think the house would be cleaner if I didn’t knit?
M: Probably not. I don’t think the reason the house is not clean has anything to do with you spending time knitting.

E: Is there anything you would like to add in closing?
M: Unh-unh.

Blogless Patricia in GA, CONTACT YOUR CAPTAIN

The same goes for:

Joyce in NY

How do this many people sign up for a swap that starts in a week and then fall off of the planet? Do I sound annoyed? I am. I am annoyed loudly and publicly.

TIME’S UP! I am contacting alternates!

I have made a mistake. (Shocking, I know.)

About a week ago, the Cotton Queen Captain asked me if I could mail the box to her where she would be (in Florida) instead of where she lived (Colorado). I said no problem, printed out the address, and put it on the windowsill with the rest of my Dish Rag Tag post-it notes. What I should have done was change her address in her profile. Or had her change her address in her profile. I told at least two other people to change their addresses in their profiles when they wanted the boxes to go somewhere else so you would think that I could have managed to do it myself.

But I didn’t. I didn’t do that. And as a result of my click ‘n ship euphoria, the box is now in Colorado (where it arrived right on time) and Lani is still in Florida. The good news is that she will get home tomorrow and is rethinking her team’s strategy tonight.

So here’s what we’re going to do: Lani isn’t going to start knitting until the mail arrives at her home on Wednesday and the Cotton Queens have a two day handicap. All that means is that when the box makes it back here, I am going to pretend that it arrived two days before in the final standings. Like in golf but with days instead of strokes.

I got arrival notices from 22 of 24 boxes on Monday! I am going to figure out whose didn’t make it (or whose didn’t get scanned upon arrival)!

UPDATE: One of the teams I don’t have a notice for is on their second leg. So I am only worried about one!
UPDATE AGAIN: I just got the message for the last one! Go knitters!