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Think Outside The SOX Contest Winners!

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Natalie Sorenson
on 03-02-2009 at 02:46 AM (19299 Views)
What a contest!

The judging for all of the categories took place on Wednesday and Thursday at STITCHES West 2009. The winners were announced during the Student Banquet on Saturday evening.

Before we show you the winners, we’d like to thank the sponsors... Skacel, SWTC, Mt. Colors, Regia, Universal Yarn, Unique Kolours, Cherry Tree Hill Yarn, and addi Turbo by Skacel – (not to mention Knitter’s Magazine, KnitU, STITCHES Knitting Expos, and XRX Books) who donated over 21,000 in prizes in 27 categories.

Here are a few quick stats about the contest...

The contest received 292 entries from 7 countries (38 states in the USA, Japan, Finland, Canada, Australia, Ireland, & Russia).

Another cool thing that we saw was that almost 65% of the entries purchased their yarn from one of the sponsors’ SOX HOT SPOTS. That’s great. On behalf of all of the sponsors, we’d like to thank the contestants for supporting their LYS.

Now for the winners...
South West Trading Company Categories
SOX Forever - #224

Yamuna Weiner
Florissant, CO

Unleash the Creativity - #275

Charles D. Gandy
Clayton, GA
Mountain Colors Categories
Cuff Down - #109

Terri D Gogolin
Milan, MI

Not Cuff Down - #268

Nancy Hazen
Kirkland, WA
Skacel Categories
It's good to get Hosed - #57

Vanessa Malone
Raleigh, NC

Socks to Dye For - #47

Betty Salpekar
Woodstock, GA
Betty attended the Student Banquet and received her award on stage.

Step into the Future - #146

Arden Okazaki
Deep River, ON Canada

Teddy Bear Footware - #258

Tammie Pearce
From Johnstown, CO
Addi Turbo by Skacel Categories
The Pros - #29

Cindy Craig
Kansas City, MO
Cindy was chosen from 36 entries from the US, Canada, & Australia. She is a teacher at STITCHES. She was in the audience when the winner was announced during the Student Banqet and received her award onstage.
Regia Categories
Best Foot Forward - #270

Charles D. Gandy
Clayton, GA

Get into the Groove - #193

Terri D Gogolin
Milan, MI

Toe Tapping - #177

Janice Talkington
Lake, MI

Twist & Shout - #244

Natalia Vasilieva
Moscow, Russia
Cherry Tree Hill Yarn Categories
Lace Socks - #290

Amy C. Rutter
Marietta, GA

Most Colorful Socks - #240

Linda McGibbon
Beaverton, MI
Unique Kolours Categories
Adult Fair Isle - #22

Cathy Leffingwell
Eau Claire, WI

Toddlers' or Childrens' Lace or Cable Socks - #182

Diane Wells-Nowell
Pebble Beach, CA

Adult Lace Socks with Cuffs - #125

Anita C. Vonderheid
Sarasota, FL
Universal Yarn Categories
Knitting in Colors - #157

Sarah L. Yost
Berlin, MD

Most Avant-Garde - #251

Deborah Wien
Kings Mtn, KY

Most Masculine - #67

Wendy Gaal
Encinitas, CA
Wendy was in the audience at the Student Banquet when the announcment was made. She received her award onstage.

Most Technical - #26

Chery Legendre
Colorado Springs, CO
KnitU Category

Best in the Universe - #240

Linda McGibbon
Beaverton, MI
This entry also won in Cherry Tree Hill Yarns’ Most Colorful Socks category.
Knitter's Magazine Categories
Inspired by Knitter's Magazine - #194

Cathy Leffingwell
Eau Claire, WI
Inspiration was from K63 page 29. (There were 40 entries into this category.)

From Sheep to SOX - #254

Geraldine Claire McCulloch
Mirrabooka, NSW Australia
XRX Books Category
XMAS SOX - #238

Karin Kussman
West Milton, OH
STITCHES Knitting Expos Category
Under 18 - #122

Elizabeth Brook Shelor
Meadows of Dan, VA
Elizabeth is 10 years old.
The KniTalk Category


The voting was online only—here in the Market at the STITCHES Live Booth or at home if you couldn’t be here with us this weekend. 1200 + logged on to look at all of the socks and hundreds voted in the last two days (while the voting was open).
Knitters’ Choice Award #195

Tanya Thomann
Berkley, MI
The Three Grand Prizes...


Third Prize
$500

#200


Leslie Comstock
Cerrito, CA




Second Prize
$1500

#101


Kirsten Hall
Rockville, MD



Grand Prize
$6000
#47

Betty Salpekar
Woodstock, GA
Betty was in the audience at the Student Banquet. She received her $6000 check from XRX Publisher, Alexis Xenakis to a standing ovation.

This entry also won the Skacel sponsored category “Sock to Dye For.”
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Updated 03-18-2009 at 06:39 PM by KniTalk Administrator

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Comments

  1. RudysMom's Avatar
    What a wonderful collection of socks and what imagination the knitters had! It was a treat just to see them all...
  2. brendahall's Avatar
    What a wonderful display of creativity! It's a good thing it went to vote, cause it would be impossible to judge a winner. They are all so wonderful. When I first read "Nice Kitty" on the grand prize winner sock, I read it as "Nice Knitty". That shows you where my head is at.

    Thanks again!
  3. Wardhc's Avatar
    Oh to have that kind of creativity. it truly blows my mind!
  4. holly1030's Avatar
    Great socks all around. The nice kitty socks are great. Got to see the socks at the SE Stitches in Marietta, GA. I was extremely impressed. A good job was done by all.
  5. digibabe's Avatar
    Congratulations to all of the sock knitters!
  6. JanetJ54's Avatar
    All the socks were great. Every one did a really good job. Congratulations to all.
  7. dressadvisor's Avatar
    Kirsten Hall is the best
  8. smauer's Avatar
    Two of the entries, 146 and 26, are very interesting. Are more details available?
  9. unregistered's Avatar
    I would love to knit the work boots. Does anyone know if the pattern is available, I am willing to purchase it. I think they should have had the directions included over some that were.
    Knitting Grandma
  10. Susan M.'s Avatar
    Some of these are such great and creative designs! I got here from KnitPurlGurl's XRX giveaway (http://www.knitpurlgurl.com/2011/03/...-knitting.html) and I'm really hoping to win because of the Sox book -- great work!
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