Being a team member of the Cotton Commandoes for Dishrag Tag has been a learning and fun experience. Emily at YarnMiracle. com started this race on August 1st, and it has evolved into a much talked abou
t and blogged about adventure. We thought we were racing against time in the form of just how fast one can REALLY knit a dishrag and get it to the USPS. We were wrong. It has turned out to be a test of patience, a waiting game in this relay race ,if you will. Waiting, and waiting, and waiting,…sigh..and waiting for the box to arrive at its destination in one piece. So, while all this waiting is happening, other contests for TAG have been on the minds of all the teams. One such contest is the Knitting-IN-Public picture to be e-mailed back to Emily for consideration. I was really up for doing this one and came up with a partial plan. The theme after all was built into our team name. Dress in camo, sit or stand and knit. But it had to be different, interesting or unusual…that was the kicker. My DD and I hit the Boardwalk in search of the SPOT and then, THERE IT WAS!
With no particular pose in mind, I just thought COMMANDO, and sat down at the caricature booth to have a colored drawing done. The artist was really excited to be a part of this TAG, and spent extra time on the drawing. We drew quite a crowd of on-lookers near the end of the piece, pointing and smiling……haven’t they ever seen a silver haired lady, dressed in full camo, sporting a skein of green in her side pocket with knitting on needles, yarn in teeth, wearing a fierce face ever before??!! It must have been a sight and oh what fun I had that night…..well, see for yourself.
19 Comments
August 26, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Oh, Marcia!!! I am cracking up over the caricature!! That is so awesome. You have really boosted the spirit of us Commandoes. We WILL find a cotton camouflage yarn!
Cotton Commandoes Forever!!
(Oh yeah… congrats on your blog!!)
August 26, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Too funny! Good for you!
August 26, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Congratulations on your blog! I’ve wanted to start one but haven’t taken the BIG step yet. I love your commando drawing. Good luck in the Dish Rag Tag.
August 27, 2007 at 8:36 am
Congratulations on your blog, from another dishrag tag competitor (disparate knitters)!
August 27, 2007 at 9:48 am
‘Welcome to blog-land’, I love your pic, it’s way to kewl!
August 27, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Hello Marcia – fantastic KIP photo and I love the resulting sketch. I am waiting, waiting, too for my turn at tag (on Team XDR) – I am next to be “it” so hope it will be soon. Welcome to the blogosphere. Cheers!
August 27, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I think you might be the winner. What an awesome idea!
August 27, 2007 at 8:04 pm
That’s a wonderful KIP picture, and a great cariacture, too! Congratulations on the new blog.
August 27, 2007 at 10:15 pm
That’s a fabulous KIP picture! Hello from Team XDR here too.
August 28, 2007 at 3:54 pm
I LOVE IT! That has got to be the coolest idea in the rag tag. Congrats on your new blog – have fun with it.
August 28, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Hi! Just wanted to say welcome to the wide world of knitbloggers. I was excited to see that you sew too! There seem to be so many multi-craftual people lately
August 28, 2007 at 10:35 pm
That is awesome! What a fun and crazy thing to do.
And Yay! for the new blog, ta’ boot.
(And yeah, another relayer team shout out – Rapid Rag Relayers!)
August 30, 2007 at 7:19 pm
I just checked into the wedsite and I love it. The caricature and picture of you at Kemah is great. I am glad that I landed in the group at Quaker Town Quilts. It is really fun & I have already learned a lot.
August 30, 2007 at 7:21 pm
The caricature is great & so is the pic at Kemah. It’s fun to be part of the group at Quakertown.
August 31, 2007 at 2:10 pm
OMG! This is great! I just love your commando pose. I’m in the “skanks with hanks” group. This is great fun isn’t it?
September 6, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Marcia, I love the photo!
NICE BLOG!
: )
Cathy
September 12, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Oh that’s just too good! I found your blog though a friends. I wish I could find an evening group for beginner knitters like your morning group! You ladies look like you have too much fun. I’m a crocheter but the knitting…argh!
November 29, 2007 at 1:52 pm
[...] Marcia – on the boardwalk have a look at the finished artwork! [...]
November 30, 2007 at 10:36 am
This is hilarious! The artist did a really good job on it too.