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Sock Wars III information is available here
Competition patterns are available here
Imagine all the warriors, living for today....
Welcome to the largest and most organized
death-by-knitting
and
death-by-crocheting
tournament in the world.
Join knitters and crocheters from all over the world as they come together on August 8, 2008, for a few shining weeks, to forget all of the things that make us different and remember all of the things that make us the same as we try to kill each other with two pointy sticks, a hook and some string.
Sign-up, and you will receive a top-secret file containing your target's information. To "kill" your target, you must follow the pattern to make a weapon for your event, and mail it to your target. Your target is "dead" when they receive your weapon. Your target then sends their incomplete weapon to you, along with their target's information, and you complete their weapon to kill their target. At the same time you are trying to kill your target, your assassin is trying to kill you. Join us and find out how exciting a trip to the mailbox can be as you open it each day to find out if you have killed, or whether you have been killed.
Sign-ups start June 1, 2008.
Deadline to sign-up is July 31, 2008.
Gauge and sample patterns are available here.
Materials list is available here.
12 Summer Smackdown Events:
The Olympics would never schedule every event to start on the same day at the same time (even though that would be wild to watch). The start of Smackdown is also staggered due to multiple events. The start dates and times are:
Competition patterns are available here
Friday, 8/8/08, noon ET:
Food Fight
Beginner Socks
Advanced Socks
Crochet Hat
Saturday, 8/9/08, noon ET:
Knit Animal
Amigurumi
Granny Square
Bookmark
Monday, 8/11/08, noon ET:
Knit scarf
Knit stole
Crochet stole
Dishcloth
Knitting Events
Beginner Socks for knitters who have completed less than 5 socks;
Advanced Socks for knitters who have knit 5 socks or more
Lace Scarf;
Lace Stole (stole is wider than the scarf and requires more knitting
Lace Bookmark (for those who want to deliver death by size 10 envelope);
Lace Dishcloth (kill your opponent by knitting several dishcloths);
Knitted Animal (smack your target with something cute and cuddly);
Crochet Events
Crochet Amigurumi (deliver death with a smile);
Crochet Stole;
Crochet Granny Square;
Crochet Hat;
Goofy Mystery Event....is a Food Fight!!!
Knitters and crocheters compete in the same event. The Goofy mystery item is "toast" which can be made by knitters and crocheters alike and is easy to mail. Assassins "kill" their targets by smacking them with "Toast". Toast can be easily mailed and can be connected together to make a scarf or blanket after the Food Fight is over.
New Twists Added for Summer Yarn Smackdown:
Leaderboard to rank warriors. Each kill is worth 2 points before resurrection.
After resurrection, each kill is worth 1 point.
Resurrection is possible. Once you are killed, you can choose to be resurrected
and compete again. Resurrected warriors enter the Resurrection Bracket
and knit against each other in head-to-head competition for points.
Registration includes providing answers to 5 questions. The answers to those questions
are used to verify WIP so knitting in anticipation of future kills is not possible.
The Diagram of Death lets you easily follow who has been killed.
What are the rules? - Take a look here
Every event uses basic lace knitting stitches, such as yo, ssk, and k2tog.
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This just in:
July 18, 4:20pm ET -
Food Fight Flyer is posted here.
Food Fight info for yarn shops
is posted here.
July 2, 5:11pm ET -
6 new events just added -
4 events added for crocheters;
1 goofy mystery event added
for direct competition between
knitters and crocheters
July 1, 2:28pm ET -
Gauge and sample patterns
are posted here.
June 28, 2008, 10:57pm ET -
I've moved information about
Sock Wars III to it's own page posted here.
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