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Iron Knitter – Clue Sheet #2

February 2nd, 2010 · Uncategorized

The clues for the 2nd sock pattern in Iron Knitter are:

Iron Knitter clue 2 chart 1

Iron Knitter clue 2 chart 1

Iron Knitter sock 2 chart 2

The name of the designer for Sock 2

Across:

1.   Dreams are nothing more than wishes,  and a wish is just a dream you wish to come true

 5.  Splish Splish, I was takin’ a bath, long about a Saturday night

 7.  Like a fool I went and stayed too long, now I’m wondering if your love’s still strong

 8.  He wrote the lyrics in 12 across, which was a hit by Billy Williams - (Hint:   _ _ _     _ _ _ _ _ )

Down:

2.  I say goodbye to all my sorrows, and by tomorrow I’ll be on my way                                    (Hint:  _ ‘ _ _ _ _ _ _ )

 3.  Funny how I feel more myself with you, than anybody else that I ever knew

 4. Oh, my life is changing everyday, In every possible way.  And oh, my dreams, it’s never quiet as it seems

 6.  Long ago, far away, life was clear, close your eyes, Remember is a place from long ago, Remember filled with everything you know

 9.  Dream, when you’re feeling blue, dream, that’s the thing to do, just watch the smoke rising rise in the air, you’ll find your share of memories there

 11.  He rocks in the tree-top all a day long, hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and a-singin’ the song

 10.  I’ll take the legs from some old table, I’ll take the arms from some old chair, I’ll take the neck from some old bottle,  and from a horse I’ll take the hair

 12.  I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter, and make believe it came from you

 13.  I’ve been around the world had my pick of any girl, you’d think I’d be happy but I’m not

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Iron Knitter – Clue Sheet #1

January 20th, 2010 · Uncategorized

1.  Harry Talon, a famous blogger, invented a word that is now in the Urban Dictionary.  What is the word she invented and what would you be doing if you used it the next time you saw her?

2.  July 18, 1817 

3.  01110000       01100101       01110010

     01110011       01110101       01100001

     01110011       01101001       01101111

     01101110

Or the same thing written another way

70 65 72 73 75 61 73 69 6f 6e

4.  “The future belongs to those who ____   ____ the beauty of ____     ______.”

5.  Name the Judy that Yoko Inoue and 9781584797999 have in common.

The clue sheet is also available in pdf format here.

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Sock Wars 5 Goes International

November 7th, 2009 · Uncategorized

Just 2 weeks into sign-ups for Sock Wars 5 and Iron Knitter, I thought it would be fun to take a look at Sock Wars 5 geography.  As of right now, there are warriors from 7 countries signed up to compete.  The countries are:

  1. United States (73)
  2. Canada (1)
  3. France (1)
  4. Australia (1)
  5. England (3)
  6. Italy (1)
  7. Republic of Korea (1)

In the United States, there are warriors registered to compete from 31 states.  Those states are: 

  1. Alabama (1)
  2. Arizona (2)
  3. California (9)
  4. Georgia (1)
  5. Hawaii (1)
  6. Iowa (2)
  7. Illinois (3)
  8. Indiana (2)
  9. Massachusetts (3)
  10. Maryland (2)
  11. Maine (1)
  12. Michigan (4)
  13. Minnesota (3)
  14. Missouri (1)
  15. Montana (2)
  16. North Carolia (1)
  17. New Jersey (4)
  18. New Mexico (2)
  19. New York (3)
  20. Ohio (6)
  21. Oregon (1)
  22. Pennsylvania (2)
  23. Rhode Island (1)
  24. South Carolina (2)
  25. South Dakota (3)
  26. Tennessee (1)
  27. Texas (1)
  28. Virginia (1)
  29. Vermont (2)
  30. Washington (5)
  31. Wisconsin (1)

I’ve added the number of warriors from the state or country in parentheses.    These numbers do not include any of the Iron Knitter competitors because I am not keeping track of address information for Iron Knitter. 

Sock Wars IV had such great designers, and Sock Wars 5 and Iron Knitter have had such great pattern submissions, that I wanted to honor sock designers with this week’s Goofy Friday contest.  To enter this week’s Goofy Friday contest, go to the Sock Wars group on Ravelry and name your favorite sock designer.  The winner will be randomly selected from among every who enters.  The winner, and the runner-up, will each receive 1 skein of the new Sock Wars yarn by the Cocoa Beach Yarn Company.   Only warriors registered to compete in Sock Wars 5 or Iron Knitter are eligible to enter Goofy Friday contests.

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First Goofy Friday Contest for Sock Wars 5 and Iron Knitter

October 30th, 2009 · Uncategorized

Sign-ups started this week for Sock Wars V and Iron Knitter.  The response has been overwhelming, so I thought, in celebration of a great first week, that a Goofy Friday contest was in order.  The first Goofy Friday contest of Sock Wars 5 and Iron Knitter is in honor of Halloween. 

The Cocoa Beach Yarn Company has created 4 new colors just for Sock Wars 5.  This week’s Goofy Friday contest is what do you think the names of the 4 new colors are.  To enter, just post your guess in the Sock Wars group on Ravelry.  To make this a little more fun, I’ve asked Cocoa Beach Yarn to not post pictures of the colors until this contest is over so you will have guess using your imagination.  I will give you a hint – the 4 colors are red, blue, green and purple. 

This Goofy Friday contest is open to anyone registered for Sock Wars and Iron Knitter.  The winner wins this skein of yarn from Cocoa Beach Yarn. 

It is from a special order dyed by The Cocoa Beach Yarn Company for a sock yarn Halloween party this weekend.  The skein is 100% superwash merino fingering weight yarn.  The skein is 410 yards. 

This Goofy Friday contest starts on Friday, October 30, 2009, at 3:20pm ET and ends on Sunday, November 1st at noon ET.    Only one entry per participant in Sock Wars 5 or Iron Knitter.

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D+97 – Final Five

August 20th, 2009 · Uncategorized

Has it really been 10 days since someone died???  Obstiknit made kill #4 today by killing Death Darner, leaving just 5 warriors still alive.  The overall statistics are:

  • Alive = 5
  • Dead = 267
  • Withdrawn or Retired = 10

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D+87 – Only 6 Stayin’ Alive

August 10th, 2009 · Uncategorized

There are 4 more deaths to report.  Drgnldy killed ZassellFrazzle for kill #3.  Death Darner made her first kill by killing Amberthevicious. Obstiknit killed Rootsock for kill #3,  And Ronnocoprl is withdrawn.  This means the overall statistics are:

  • Alive = 6
  • Dead = 266
  • Withdrawn or Retired = 10

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D+83 – And Then There Was 10

August 6th, 2009 · Uncategorized

WickedKnitter was killed today, leaving just 10 warriors alive.  There are rumors of 2 additional dead warriors, so the final 10 may be down to the final 5 very quickly.  The overall statistics are:

  • Alive = 10
  • Dead = 263
  • Withdrawn or Retired = 9

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D+81 – Bustapurl is Dead

August 4th, 2009 · Uncategorized

Bustapurl was killed today by The Sockinator.  In Bustapurl’s own words – “My killing spree has been significantly curtailed.”

The overall statistics are:

  • Alive = 11
  • Dead = 262
  • Withdrawn or Retired = 9

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D+80 – The Determinator Kills #6

August 3rd, 2009 · Uncategorized

The Determinator killed Anaconda today.  This makes kill #6 for The Determinator.  Bustapurl still leads the Knitter with the Most Kills competition with 7 kills, followed by The Determinator with 6 kills, Termiknitter with 5 kills, and a group of knitters who have 4 kills each.

The overall statistics are:

  • Alive = 12
  • Dead = 261
  • Withdrawn or Dead = 9

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D+77 – 2 More Warriors Fall

July 31st, 2009 · Uncategorized

Both iSox and RunningMommy fell today, leaving just 13 alive warriors.  iSox was killed by ZassellFrazzle, and RunningMommy withdrew.  The overall statistics are:

  • Alive = 13
  • Dead = 260
  • Withdrawn or Retired = 9

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