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Sixth and Seventh Return

Two boxes today!

in the box

First in is the one on the bottom.

The sixth box to achieve Dish Rag Tag Glory belongs to the Alterknits! This is the surprise Team 11 made up entirely of volunteers for emergency alternate knitter. Captained by Roz, this team made the most of their unexpected opportunity to race!

treats

PEANUTS!

Mary Caroline writes that she uses the Micky Mouse paper clips as markers! I can’t wait to try it (I bet they make great necklace charms too)! If I saw it in August, the dish cloth would immediately make me want watermelon. In October, it makes me think of Christmas trees. Funny how that works. I think it looks great with the socks too! Ellie had a great time opening her present too:

bat bowl

Bat bowl! She immediately filled it with the m&ms. (Brown for me today.)

Thank you so much from both of us, Mary Caroline! My parents live down the road from you – they’ve got a golf cart. Congratulations to the Alternates! I am so glad you got to compete!

The seventh team to place in the race belongs to the Dishrag Divas! Let me tell you with no reservations, Sara knits a beautiful dish rag.

simple elegance

Too pretty for scrubbing.

In the cream, the pattern is simple and elegant with Sara’s perfect stitches – it should be a bedspread square. Excellent finish! Congratulations, Team Captain Meg! Congratulations, Dishrag Divas! Thank you so much, Sara!

I’ve been tagged again! With just four boxes still in play, will this be the fastest completed race on record?

Revenge of Dish Rag Tag Final Standings
Doggone Dishrag Addicts 10/15/2010
Five Alarm Fire 10/18/2010
Faster Than Ewe 10/19/2010
X-treme Rag Taggers 10/20/2010
Cable 4 in Front 10/23/2010
Alterknits 10/25/2010
Dishrag Divas 10/25/2010

Cable 4 in Fifth

This week has been packed with Dish Rag Tag Glory!

in the mail box

Cable 4 in Front!

Team Captain Billie Jo successfully guided her team to a spot in the Top Five! Congratulations to the team and a big thank you to Jessi for the treats!

something for everyone

Clearly labeled. She knows us well.

The blue and white dishcloth is Striking! Makes me want a blue and white kitchen if I ever have to start over – with enamelware for mixing bowls! And treats for Ellie! If you look closely, you can see a little round tin in my treat bag, It’s full of teetiny stitch markers. I’ll add a picture later – something must have disrupted my photo shoot.

one for each arm

“note book! me draw CLUE” (she is a Blue’s Clues fan)

One bracelet for each arm! Later, Meeow wore the bracelets as ice skates (??!??) and she had her notebook in her back pocket. In case she came across a clue.

sweet tarts

The face of Ellie eating sweet tarts.

Thank you again to Jessi (I didn’t know you had hermit crabs) and congratulations to Cable 4 in Front on a great finish!

Two more boxes are on their way to the finish line! Monday might be an exciting day.

Revenge of Dish Rag Tag Final Standings
Doggone Dishrag Addicts 10/15/2010
Five Alarm Fire 10/18/2010
Faster Than Ewe 10/19/2010
X-treme Rag Taggers 10/20/2010
Cable 4 in Front 10/23/2010

Going to X-tremes for Fourth

It was already dark when we got back last night. I had to employ FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY to illuminate you about the fourth team to achieve Dish Rag Tag Glory:

in the mailbox

X-Treme Rag Taggers!

This team worked hard for Dish Rag Tag Glory: unexpected events called a knitter away from her post after the box was already in-route (her husband sent the box along unopened – it made it’s way back later for her leg of the race), another knitter walked two miles while on vacation to keep the box moving. Same day turn-arounds, frantic emails and an awful lot of team work earned this spot in the standings. Congratulations, X-treme Rag Taggers, I am in complete awe that you triumphed over adversity to land in the top 5. Team Captain Jo Anne, you must be so proud!

I am also in awe that the Post Office will still use a Flat Rate Box as a Flat Rate Box after it is covered in a half inch thickness of packing tape. That’s the original box in there – with a little flow chart of knitters written on the outside! And on the inside…

I made yet another tactical error: I opened the box as soon as there was enough light for pictures. This happened to be at breakfast.

sharing

If Ellie is there, I have to share. Luckily there is plenty to share!

I believe my exact words were, “How did they manage to get all of this in there?” First things first, Amanda made me a wonderful dish rag.

prettypretty

The variegated yarns are very very pretty.

Amanda also included two sets of DPNs (great sizes for sleeves and toys and any other little thing I can come up with), I used the bat ribbon that tied it all up to embellish Ellie’s hair clip and some Really Amazing Scissors.

snippity snip

They even have a sleeve so they won’t poke through your knitting bag!

I love their beautiful ‘don’t loose it in your bag’ hanger! Not pictured are the matching stitch markers – Ellie had them. They are pink AND they make fairy sparkles in the sun. I think we’ll hang them in the window (temporarily) a la Pollyanna this afternoon.

The thing Ellie holding in the back ground is a tape measure (Michael: Is that really from Fox? Did Wen send that?)! It’s attached to a row counter – Wen makes awesome stitch markers – I think I’m going to have to fight for it. But I’ll let Ellie measure the cats first.

five four three two one

That is clearly MY NAME on the card. Ellie can only read the ‘E’.

There are also post cards or greeting cards from the whole team! Oooh, and a caffeinated pick-me-up from Kara (who knew Starbucks comes in convenient little pouches?)! Such a treat! I can’t tell you all how much I (we) appreciate such a fun package, such an incredible finish and such forgiveness for it taking so long to write this post! Revel, X-treme Rag Taggers! Revel in your Dish Rag Tag Glory!

Revenge of Dish Rag Tag Final Standings
Doggone Dishrag Addicts 10/15/2010
Five Alarm Fire 10/18/2010
Faster Than Ewe 10/19/2010
X-treme Rag Taggers 10/20/2010

DRT: Weekly Roundup #6

First through Third have finished the race! Fourth is waiting in my mailbox*!

meow

Lady Bird is curious…

How has the week been for the other seven teams? Tell her in the comments. I will read them to her.

Because cats can’t read.

*We left this morning for the beach. The last time I looked at the tracking information there wasn’t any. The box was in Texas on Monday. TEXAS. I was sure it wouldn’t be here until tomorrow! How a box can take three days to get here from an hour away AND take three days to get here from four states away is really just beyond me. ARGH! I’ll tell you all about it when we get home tomorrow.

In Third ’cause They’re Faster Than Ewe

The third team to achieve Dish Rag Tag Glory is

in the mailbox

Faster Than Ewe

Why yes, the box DOES say “me first!” As you know, position in the mailbox (first in = first delivered) determines placement in the final standings. Lesley wasn’t taking any chances that history would repeat itself when she wrote that on there!

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The baby monitor was not in the box. I’m keeping tabs on nap.

Faster Than Ewe has made a spectacular finish with a barn red dish rag from Lesley, stitch markers (for ME) and purple to start next years race. But that’s not all!

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Cupcake calendar! You know how we love to bake.

And the flowers and butterfly are tatted, yes? I have no idea how to tat. I know there is a needle involved and some teeny tiny thread. These are impossibly delicate and sweet and I will find something brilliant to do with them!

There’s even a treat for Ellie!

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SPIDER BAG

She’s going to love it – it’ll be packed full of tiny toys about 15 minutes after she gets up! And we’ll read the post card fifty times while she’s filling the bag, Tammie. M&Ms are her favorites (she eats the reds first as they are close to pink – I love a girl who can prioritize). I get the orange if she is feeling generous.

Looking back at all the pictures, I’m a little stunned at how much was packed into that box…

Thank you so much! And HUGE congratulations to Faster Than Ewe and Team Captain Shawn for achieving Dish Rag Tag Glory!

Five Alarms for Second

The second box to finish the race and earn Dish Rag Tag Glory belongs to

FiveAlarmFire

Five Alarm Fire (take my word for it)

Another original box finishes the race! And what a great finish too. Team Captain Donna must be thrilled! The final Five Alarm Dish Rag was knit by my across-the-bay neighbor, LaTina!

peach dish rag

Peach, blue and point protectors! Watermelon gum made everything smell delicious.

There is also a treat for Ellie:

fishy stickers

Shiny fishy stickers!

She will be so excited when she gets up from her nap. That is assuming that her nap happens, there is a lot of noise in there from someone who is supposed to be asleep. *mah grinds her teeth*

Congratulations, Five Alarm Fire! An excellent showing in an excellent race! Help yourselves to chocolate.

Prizes will be in the mail next week: there are two more boxes headed home!

Revenge of Dish Rag Tag Final Standings
Doggone Dishrag Addicts 10/15/2010
Five Alarm Fire 10/18/2010

Doggone Dish Rag Glory

mailbox

It’s here! IT’S HERE!

The first box to finish the race belongs to

mailbox with name

Doggone Dishrag Addicts

Congratulations! Such speed! Such teamwork! You should all be incredibly proud of yourselves, and Captain Natalie must be beside herself! I take it back when I called the small flat rate boxes “flimsy.” They CAN withstand a 12 knitter journey if it’s fast enough.

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mmmm purples

I’ve got a beautiful Dish Rag from the Doggone’s last leg, Laura! Great peach yarn to start next year’s race, a post card from Marie in Michigan and a collection of stitch markers from the Doggone Dishrag Addicts that are pretty enough to hang on a necklace!

marker marker marker

I got a few in focus!

Thanks so much to all of you! And biggest congratulations on achieving Dish Rag Glory!

Revenge of Dish Rag Tag Final Standings
Doggone Dishrag Addicts 10/15/2010

DRT: Weekly Round-Up #5

The memento for the first team to attain Dish Rag Tag Glory took more thought and a lot of poking around on Etsy. But I knew what I wanted the minute I saw it.

star!

A star for a job well done!

Sweet and delicate, these tiny stoneware dishes make my heart go pitter pat. A Dandelion Blows is well stocked with functional and decorative stoneware. Buttons and bowls and tiny pumpkins and this bracelet that I totally covet which is odd because I don’t wear jewelry. So now I have a I have a box full of stars from a kind and personable seller. They all say this on the bottom:

DRT 2010 and signature

DRT 2010

How awesome is that? I just have to figure out how to mail the tiny fragile things. Do you think chocolate will make adequate packing material?

How awesome was your Dish Rag Week? That’s what the comments are for!

DRT: Weekly Round-Up #4

The prize for the second team to attain Dish Rag Tag Glory is actually the first prize I picked. Trophies.

knitty girls

Knitty Girls

Kat’s in the Belfry makes these great Shakespeare People. They are peg dolls with bee-stung lips dressed in passages by the Bard. So I thought, I wonder if Kat would dress them in knitting patterns? Ellie wants them all. And, I have to confess, so do I.

How’s the race going? Last week was surprisingly quiet (at least in my comments). This week I see several status bars inching into the front! Please share you experiences or links to your blog posts in the comments.