The lovely Jamie of Zippy Pins supplied 500 buttons for handing out to knitters that worked on the Big Sock. Not only did 500 knitters come by, but another estimated 50-100 knitters participated!
There were a couple of knitting celebrities who popped over to knit on the sock. I happened to snap Melissa Morgan-Oakes looking sly during her time with Big Sock. Another was CAT from Let's Knit Together.
Special thanks go to the folks who donated skeins of yarn to be incorporated in the Big Sock:
- Olebrumm whose beautiful skein from a rare Finnish breed of sheep is being added this week during Stitches East (if not today!).
- Duchess Fibers who are the USA distributors of Punta Yarns. The skein they donated is Merisock Hand Paint in colorway HP71.
Congrats to all you who participated! Yay!!!!
9 comments:
I enjoyed knitting on the big sock at Rhinebeck:) Hugs Darcy
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How in the world did I miss the buttons? Thanks for bringing the sock to Rhinebeck. It was so fun to participate!
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Somebunnyslove - we couldn't have done it without you. Thank you so much for taking on the challenge of the sock and conquering it!
This is a neat project! But you should fix your "basic facts" stuff in the side bar. In you 2nd post, it says that the sock is 7 m around, yet in the side bar it says 7 meters diameter. Both cannot be correct.
Perhaps you mean 7 m circumference?
Cheers on you guys for being so successful. :)
Precisely. You have come a long way and has been an inspiration to many.
Knitting has always been fun...and extending it beyond just knitting is really something I admire in you guys.
Gotta get some of those pins!
I helped on the big sock in Rhinebeck in 09 and I am thrilled to see it's progress!!!
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