On Monday.

Team K2Win returns to Alabama!

This team has had such a hard time. But they persevered through not one but TWO missing boxes! (Did the first one ever show back up?) Craziness. So if there was ever a team to deserve a big finish, it’s team K2WIN!

(Ellie is making fireworks noises behind me.)

ooooooo

aaaaaahhhhhh

oohhhhhhh

The box is a little singed and smells like gunpowder, but it’s contents are unharmed! Ellie was around to open this one, it made me very happy since some of the things in side were for her! Zonda, you are so sweet and thoughtful!

Ellie has spent a lot of time watching me arrange box contents the past couple months, she gave this one a try herself. Seriously, no prompting from me. She just got everything and stacked it in her little chair.

So I took a picture.

And then I did a little rearranging so I could take another picture.

Thank you, Zonda!

Really such fun stuff, the wash cloth earned a fish face (we have to dissolve it in the tub tonight), the card got a “BAA”, the stitch markers are sophisticated and the hand cream and lip balm are in the nick of time! Long Leaf Pine NC post card is not pictured (Ellie had it in the marsupial pocket on her sweatshirt), but we’ve got Long Leafs galore outside! Your captain, Shawn, will love her dish cloth. It’s the symbol of a challenging Race Complete. What could be a nicer trophy?

There will be one more Dish Rag Tag post to announce the MVP and Fastest Turn Around Winners. If you’ve got any last minute MVP nominations, please email them to me before Monday (November 9, 2009) at noon. I’ll also have a short survey (to help me make this even better for next year) and another little drawing related to survey participation!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to find the darkest room and help Ellie make princess shadows on the wall.

Son of Dish Rag Tag Final Standings
1… Needling Ninjas 9/30/2009
2… Chronicles of Yarnia 9/30/2009
3… Wicked Sticks 10/1/2009
4… Peaches & Speed 10/3/2009
5… Fast Track Knitters 10/5/2009
6… The Knitty Gritty 10/5/2009
7… Purls ‘n Paws 10/8/2009
8… The Team With No Name 10/8/2009
9… Triskaidekaphobia 10/9/2009
10..KNITTING FOOLS 10/10/2009
11..Dish Rag Run 10/10/2009
12..U Can’t Knit Just 1 10/13/2009
13..Dastardly Dishtaggers 10/13/2009
14..Rag Tag Knitters 10/13/2009
15..Knitter’s Dozen 10/15/2009
16..Dishrag Divas 10/19/2009
17..Ragamuffins 10/21/2009
18..Nifty Nines 10/26/2009
19..Lady Loopers 10/29/2009
20..K2WIN 11/1/2009

The last box is here. It’s been here since Monday.

I haven’t opened it yet.

I’m holding out because I want fireworks. I really feel like this team especially deserves fireworks and a Big Finish.

I can’t have fireworks until tomorrow night. But I figure: it got here Monday. It’s Wednesday now. What’s one more day, right?

Fireworks are totally worth waiting for.

Box Nineteen is from the

Lady Loopers!

Cindy finished the race for the Loopers.

Thank you, Cindy!

Your Team Captain, Cathy, will be thrilled with her dish cloth and I love the keychain!

It’s like a giant stitch marker!

How cool is that?

Oh my. Next box gets the Grand Finale!

Son of Dish Rag Tag Round-Up
1… Needling Ninjas 9/30/2009
2… Chronicles of Yarnia 9/30/2009
3… Wicked Sticks 10/1/2009
4… Peaches & Speed 10/3/2009
5… Fast Track Knitters 10/5/2009
6… The Knitty Gritty 10/5/2009
7… Purls ‘n Paws 10/8/2009
8… The Team With No Name 10/8/2009
9… Triskaidekaphobia 10/9/2009
10..KNITTING FOOLS 10/10/2009
11..Dish Rag Run 10/10/2009
12..U Can’t Knit Just 1 10/13/2009
13..Dastardly Dishtaggers 10/13/2009
14..Rag Tag Knitters 10/13/2009
15..Knitter’s Dozen 10/15/2009
16..Dishrag Divas 10/19/2009
17..Ragamuffins 10/21/2009
18..Nifty Nines 10/26/2009
19..Lady Loopers 10/29/2009

The Eighteenth box arrived on Monday!

Nifty Nines!

From Lesley, aaaallllllll the way in Alabama.

Treats!

A beautiful dish cloth for Captain Alexis, bubbles for Ellie, a great journal for me and Nestle Crunch for all! Thank you so much Lesley! And Congratulations to the Nifty Nines for a successful completion of the race!

PS The Paper Lantern Bag (Box Seven: DISHY DOZEN’s Sara: Dish Rag Tag the Sequel) has Ellie’s Cardigan-in-Progress in it. In-Progress is the important part of that sentence. It’s taking an age.

Son of Dish Rag Tag Round-Up
1… Needling Ninjas 9/30/2009
2… Chronicles of Yarnia 9/30/2009
3… Wicked Sticks 10/1/2009
4… Peaches & Speed 10/3/2009
5… Fast Track Knitters 10/5/2009
6… The Knitty Gritty 10/5/2009
7… Purls ‘n Paws 10/8/2009
8… The Team With No Name 10/8/2009
9… Triskaidekaphobia 10/9/2009
10..KNITTING FOOLS 10/10/2009
11..Dish Rag Run 10/10/2009
12..U Can’t Knit Just 1 10/13/2009
13..Dastardly Dishtaggers 10/13/2009
14..Rag Tag Knitters 10/13/2009
15..Knitter’s Dozen 10/15/2009
16..Dishrag Divas 10/19/2009
17..Ragamuffins 10/21/2009
18..Nifty Nines 10/26/2009

The Ragamuffins box is back from Bibby!

I tried to take a picture with everything, but Ellie got the Kit Kats.

I got the Kit Kats back and tried to take a picture really quick:

but I was too slow

and Ellie took everything else.

A magnet!

Ceramic Pendents*!

The magnet and jewelry were made by Sunny Caralho and the batty moose guy has two holes so he might double as a button. Ellie says she wants him on her new cardigan. But I’m not sure. Thank you so so so much, Bibby! Your captain, Deb, is gonna love her dish cloth!

I finished another square and five rows on Ellie’s cardigan. Just four squares left to my DRT goal, but with 17 boxes in, a Halloween costume to sew, a fairy wand to make (unrelated to Halloween), a frog pattern I want to write, and a shop that’s kind of empty, I think I might just have to let this go.

Son of Dish Rag Tag Round-Up
1… Needling Ninjas 9/30/2009
2… Chronicles of Yarnia 9/30/2009
3… Wicked Sticks 10/1/2009
4… Peaches & Speed 10/3/2009
5… Fast Track Knitters 10/5/2009
6… The Knitty Gritty 10/5/2009
7… Purls ‘n Paws 10/8/2009
8… The Team With No Name 10/8/2009
9… Triskaidekaphobia 10/9/2009
10..KNITTING FOOLS 10/10/2009
11..Dish Rag Run 10/10/2009
12..U Can’t Knit Just 1 10/13/2009
13..Dastardly Dishtaggers 10/13/2009
14..Rag Tag Knitters 10/13/2009
15..Knitter’s Dozen 10/15/2009
16..Dishrag Divas 10/19/2009
17..Ragamuffins 10/21/2009

*Just so you know, that skull is totally upside down. I don’t know why I made that his teeth his hair for the picture. I will blame the baby.

Box number fifteen has arrived!

It was handed to me with a bunch of other stuff and there was no one around to take a picture! Tragedy! But here are the contents:

Knitter’s Dozen!

Shelia has sent ZEBRA YARN!! How cool. I think instead of a dish cloth, I should actually make a zebra… You should notice that the needles and the labels (Aren’t they cool? There is a place for my name.) match the sunset dish cloth for Team Captain Sarah! Thank you so much, Shelia!

As an aside, the yarn for Ellie’s cardigan arrived with the Knitter’s Dozen box, so I have a new project. I also finished one more square to bring my total to

seven!

With only five boxes left to go I’m really not sure I can meet my CounterPain Goal.

Oh! And tomorrow is Boxing Day. That’s the day when I finally get around to wrapping up all the Dish Rag Tag Prizes for the mail. That’s gonna make for a good picture.

Son of Dish Rag Tag Round-Up
1… Needling Ninjas 9/30/2009
2… Chronicles of Yarnia 9/30/2009
3… Wicked Sticks 10/1/2009
4… Peaches & Speed 10/3/2009
5… Fast Track Knitters 10/5/2009
6… The Knitty Gritty 10/5/2009
7… Purls ‘n Paws 10/8/2009
8… The Team With No Name 10/8/2009
9… Triskaidekaphobia 10/9/2009
10..KNITTING FOOLS 10/10/2009
11..Dish Rag Run 10/10/2009
12..U Can’t Knit Just 1 10/13/2009
13..Dastardly Dishtaggers 10/13/2009
14..Rag Tag Knitters 10/13/2009
15..Knitter’s Dozen 10/15/2009

Three!

That’s right! Three boxes arrived yesterday!

Box 12…

U Can’t Knit Just 1

Gum and postcards from everyone (except Jessica, who sent a map heeheehee and knit the last leg for her team)…

…and kitty stickers…

…and stitch markers! I heart them.

Jessica knit a beautiful dish cloth for Jen. Thank you all so much, this was a lot of fun to open!

Box 13 arrived from

The Dastardly Dishtaggers!

Look at the pretty purple yarn from Keri! I bet she spun it herself – look at her blog, you’ll see why. Butterfly stitch markers with a hexagon quilt block. Are they still called “blocks” if they aren’t square? I love it, it’s sweet adn unique and it matches the yarn. No picture, I quit while I was ahead when the post cards started disappearing. Captain Tracey is going to love her dish cloth! Thanks to everyone.

There were tiny Toblerones in one of the above boxes, I can’t remember which one because Ellie ran off with them and they didn’t make it into a picture. I got them back and hid them – they were sent to ME. I gotta say, I had entirely too much help with this post.

And now for the casualty. If you have young children you might want to ask them to leave the room before this next bit and if you suffer from a weak heart, please close your browser’s window now.

Box 14 was damaged in transit.

One end came open, and spilled contents in the back of a mail truck somewhere. Miraculously, the dish rag (and the instructions) finished the race!

Rag Tag Knitters!

Maggie, the turquoise dish cloth for your captain, Georgi is unscathed and lovely. And the notes on the back of the instruction sheet are priceless. I know it is small consolation, but your box perished a hero.

Congratulations to each and every team member on completing the race.

Son of Dish Rag Tag Round-Up
1… Needling Ninjas 9/30/2009
2… Chronicles of Yarnia 9/30/2009
3… Wicked Sticks 10/1/2009
4… Peaches & Speed 10/3/2009
5… Fast Track Knitters 10/5/2009
6… The Knitty Gritty 10/5/2009
7… Purls ‘n Paws 10/8/2009
8… The Team With No Name 10/8/2009
9… Triskaidekaphobia 10/9/2009
10..KNITTING FOOLS 10/10/2009
11..Dish Rag Run 10/10/2009
12..U Can’t Knit Just 1 10/13/2009
13..Dastardly Dishtaggers 10/13/2009
14..Rag Tag Knitters 10/13/2009