WAL: Wank A-Long (KAL/CAL for Hoars)

If you're like me, you have 4 years of MGYC yarn that you've "collected".  So, to help you make room for year 5, we're hosting a KAL/CAL - Whatever Along.  The rules are pretty simple.  Here's the quick low-down.  

• Dates:  July 1 - August 31, 2013
• Yarn:  Any of the MGYC club yarn
• Pattern:  Any pattern your cold, evil little heart desires.  It can be knitting or crochet.  Hell, you can even weave if that's what floats yer boat
• The project cannot have been started prior to July 1, 2013
• You can enter as many projects as your idles hands can muster.
• To be eligible for the prize(s), you must post a picture of the finished project in the appropriate Ravelry Thread.  If it a pair of something, both items must be pictured.  Don't be a-cheatin'.
• If you're an over-achiever and complete more than one project, make a separate post for each project.
• There will be a FO thread that is just for pictures of finished items.  No chatter please.
• There will, however, be a chatter thread for you to wank in and post progress pictures as you go.
• Please tag your projects with MGYCHAL1.  The "H" is for hoar.
• You need to be a member of the MGYC Ravelry group to be eligible for the prize(s), however you DO NOT need to be a current member of the current club.  You can be a former MGYC member, or be someone in possession of some MGYC yarn that has been released out into the wild.
• Prize(s) to be announced when I figure that part out.

I'll post more details, and links in later blog posts.  For now, this should get you started scheming.

Oh Captain, My Captain!

Baroque'n Hooker

Oh, Captain Hook, who would have thought that under that dapper exterior lies the heart and soul of such a wonderfully vicious villain?  Is it your fault a band of rag-tag snot-nosed brats led by a flying imp named Peter Pan harry and harass you and your hard-working crew?  Not only have they turned all of Neverland against you, allying with villainous scum like Pixies and Mermaids, but they have the NERVE to start recruiting from a completely different realm entirely. 

This month's installment is dedicated to you!  100g./4oz. 560 yards of Dizzy Blonde Studios Superwash Sock dyed up in blood red, brazen orchid and deepest black. 

A handmade orange brandy-flavored lolly dipped in milk chocolate, a blood-red stitchmarker and a gorgeous silver clippy bookmark with a hand-felted clock face from Jelby round out the loot!  Yes, my friends, for those who weren't quite sure what that adorable "felted clock thingy" (your words, not mine) was, it's a bookmark.

Pattern Recommendations
Nina's Beaded Scarf by Lana Holden
Faded Lace Mitts by Meg Haines
Miya Shawl by Fatima Lasay
Breezy Shrug by Mimi Alelis
Piquant by Lily Go
Cushion Cover by Pierrot 
Metro Kerchief by Yuliya Tkacheva
Love Me Mary Jane Slipper Socks by Theresa Grant
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Tennessee Twister by Daniela Richardson
Henslowe by Beth Kling
Lucille by Courtney Kelley

Rather Knotty

Ever wanted to know what this snark sounds like in person?  Well, wait no longer!

Well, actually, you'll have to wait until it launches, but then you won't have to wait any longer.