The Largest, Bloodiest, Extreme Knitting Tournament In The World…..
Sock Wars V is starting soon, and I’m in.
“What’s Sock Wars?” you may ask. Don’t feel bad–I didn’t know about it until one of the Knitter’s Anonymous sent me to the website, but I wish I had heard earlier! It sounds awesome. I feel safe telling everyone about it now, since you can no longer sign up and become my competition.
A dossier will be emailed to me soon. It will contain the official sock wars pattern, and my target’s information. I will then knit them a pair of socks, and mail it to them to “kill” them. Someone will also be knitting me a pair of socks to try to “kill” me before I get my “killing” done.
When you are “killed” (by receiving a pair of knit socks in the mail) you are out, and you have to send your socks-in-progress and your dossier to the knitter that “killed” you. That knitter will then try to finish those socks before getting “killed” themself. The process continues until there is one knitter still standing!
I think that going to the mail box will become a lot more exciting! I don’t remember getting hand knit socks that I didn’t make myself. Even if/when I “die” I’ll at least get a pair of new socks out of the deal! If I live until the end, I get a LOT of sock yarn….hmmm….stash enhancement….my resolution is that I’m not going to buy more yarn–I didn’t say ANYTHING about not winning it…
The “killing” begins on January 15th. Stay tuned for more updates.
In the mean time, I’ll be heading to the stash to find a suitable sock yarn. There’s gotta be something good in there somewhere!!
