3rd Quarter 2009 Nominations have begun on Ravelry!

Hello Sexy Knitters!

Just a little announcement here for those of you who have not made the move over to The Official Sexy Knitter's Club on Ravelry yet, and those of you checking us out for perhaps the first time. Nominations are officially open but will be closing shortly (June 13, 2009 - June 26, 2009) to decide on projects for our third KAL this year. This quarter's theme is "Designers" and is our second time choosing a designer as our KAL theme. Get your nominations in quick - voting starts June 28th & lasts until June 30th, 2009.

We'll continue to use this blog for announcements, but will no longer be posting here. Come join us on Ravelry if you haven't already and put in your nomination for the next KAL. Look forward to meeting you there!

2nd Quarter KAL 2009 - Karma Tank/Karma Skirt, Spring Vines & Juno Regina Stole

Our second KAL of 2009 has begun! Your votes are in and this time we will be running a more "traditional" KAL in which a specific pattern has been chosen for the whole group to knit. As an added twist, we have also given you the choice of knitting either a small project or a larger project. Or both if you're that speedy! In the small project category, our winner and choice for the second quarter KAL is Juno Regina - a lace stole/scarf from Knitty, Fall 2007 (on Ravelry here). In the large project category, your choice was a tie between the Karma Tank/Karma Skirt by Wendy Bernard featured in Custom Knits, or Spring Vines by Dao Nguyen.

A few guidelines:

• Official KAL dates: April 4, 2009 - June 30, 2009.
• To participate, you may knit any of the agreed upon patterns in either the large or small categories, or both.
  
• Don't forget to tag your knits in Ravelry with SKC2009Q2 so people can easily find your related projects.
• Nominations for the third quarter KAL will begin June 15th.
  

We look forward to all of your lovely knits over at the Ravelry Group! Come join us! If you have any questions, you may contact either rchrispy or our new group moderator RobinM.

Happy Knitting!

2009 First Quarter KAL - Cables & Twisted Stitches

Our first KAL of 2009 has begun! Your votes are in and Cables & Twisted Stitches (i.e., any stitch sequence where stitches change position while they are being knit) is the technique of choice for 2009's 1st Quarter KAL.

A few guidelines:

• Official KAL dates: January 1, 2009 - March 17, 2009*
  
• A qualifying pattern will include at least 25% cables or twisted stitches
• You may knit any pattern that you feel is sexy and contains the technique we've elected to focus on this this quarter

Other announcements: Please welcome RobinM of Yarn Crawl as the newest member of our group leaders over on Ravelry. I'm (knittymuggins) taking a little time off from group responsibilities and Robin has kindly offered to step in and help rchrispy with the fun job of moderating our group and helping everything run smoothly. Thanks so much Robin & welcome! We'll also be welcoming Jeanie back soon to her leadership role at the group and are excited to have her joining us again - it's been a while and we've missed her!

We look forward to all of your lovely knits over at the Ravelry Group! Come join us! If you have any questions, you may contact either rchrispy or our new group moderator RobinM.

Happy Knitting!

*edited to change KAL dates