"regional" contest

Well, you all have created quite the crisis regarding this regional contest, wot with you all being from Ohio. Not that there's anything wrong with that... :)

Anyway, Jezebelsf is still trying to figure out the best way to do this, so we haven't forgotten about the contest, it's just uh...complicated.

We will have it figured out before the start date of Memorial Day. We hope :)

In the meantime, don't forget to tag your entries for the Personal Achievement Contest, and keep them afghans coming!

I think those are all of my public service announcements for today!

Just curious...

I'm trying to find out how many folks in this group are on Ravelry and what you think of it, for reasons that will become clear....sometime soon...

Can you comment here or go over and post to the lj community (you can comment as anonymous) and let me know if you use Ravelry and if you like it?

Thanks bunches!

Items completed, boxed and ready to head to post office

Going back over notes and have found where to mail a few of my items. The blue and white baby ghan is heading to Marine Corps Kids, along with the 4 hats.

The 10 squares (6 inchers) are going to PatrioticAfghans. They'll be used for our soliders families once joined with others.

So this particular collection of crocheted items all have a military theme.

(so thats a count of 15)

FYI

So, as you all recall, I'm sure, Afghans for Angels won the April contest, and therefore we as a group pledged 50 afghans in May for that group.

I thought you all would be pleased to know that right now our count is at 11, which means we are averaging approximately an afghan a day!!

Also, if you all want to be floored, I encourage you to check out our total count for the year. Maybe I should double our goal :)

Y'all rock. Lots.

Reminder!

Hey all,

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the deadline for signing up for the "regional summer" contest. Right now we're not exactly sure if it's going to work out because most of the people that signed up are from the same place -- Ohio!

So, you non-Ohioans, sign up and fight for your region :)

It's May Day!

So it is May 1, which mean the celebration of May Day. Ahhh .... the memories of running around the Maypole with my pretty ribbon...

Alas, I am sure that most in this group are celebrating a fabulous April competition as well as the start of the Personal Achievement Contest! I look forward to tallying all your efforts over the next six months (I may need to create an excel spread sheet if you all are as proficient as I think you may be). Also, I am getting excited because two of my local, funky, fabulous yarn stores are about to have their stash buster sales, so I will be posting pics of prize yarn soon!!

A few reminders:

1. TAG your entries. I really need help with this because I will quite literally be tabulating everything everyone of you make from this site as well as the blogspot site. If you don't tag, then you run the risk of having your work not count toward your final tally.

2. Preemie sets will count as 1 item, blankets as five, and other items as one.

3. Please do not take advantage of # 2. For example, I am a baker. I have a particularly sinful cookie recipe that literally makes 100 cookies/batch. However, each cookie is small. Therefore, I would count 10-12 cookies as one item (depending on how many fit into the gift bag). I certainly would not bake 100 cookies and then expect to be counted for 100 items. Thus, Joriejc2 and I will step-in and adjust the numbers if we feel that someone is making mini-projects in order to inflate the total. If you have any concerns, please feel free to voice them :)

4. Remember that we have our Regional Summer Contest that will run from Memorial Day to Labor day. If you are crafting this summer, help out a team! So far, Ohio may need to be its own team. Is that state known for its crafting?? You may post here if you have not done so and I will "regionalize" you :) Deadline is May 4, 2008 or this Sunday for those without a calendar handy.

5. Lastly, items for these contests are not charity specific. i.e. craft for WUA, HMPCWD, Afghans for Angels, or a local charity of your choosing. As long as it is for charity, the items will count!

That's all for now .... I am off to play on excel in anticipation of incoming items!

And the winners are...

Everyone! This month was absolutely amazing and I am so proud of all of you!!! The cheering on of each other yet keeping a healthy competition going was awesome. I hope that can continue with the coming contests.

Of course, speaking of competition, there was a hard-fought crafting battle. Here are your final points:

Afghans for Angels: 85

WUA: 72

Caron: 66

Chemo Caps: 48

HMPCWD: 46

Afghans for Afghans: 12

Congratulations, Afghans for Angels team! You guys ended up making 17 blankets between two people, which is beyond incredible!!

So, as promised, we as a group will make a total of 50 blankets (which means 50 blankets, not 10 at 5 points each) for Afghans for Angels in May.

Doclegs and or Leftygirl, please advise us on where to send these, size specifications, etc.

And remember, with May Day comes our Personal Achievement Competition...starting...........

NOW!!! :)