Dish Rag Tag

Dish Rag Tag is a game I joined. It just began last week. There are 300 participants. Here is some info about the race.

The Short Version:Teams of Knitters will participate in a Dish Rag Knitting Relay Race that spans the 50 states.

The Longer Version:Teams of Knitters will participate in a Dish Rag Knitting Relay Race that spans the 50 states.There will be a box (the baton) that circulates through the team.Each box will be packed with a finished dish rag, two balls of dish rag cotton (you know the kind I mean: Sugar’n Cream, Peaches & Creme, or a similar cotton) and a small treat (stitch markers, a candy bar, one of those “what size is my needle” thingys).When a knitter receives the box, the knitter will report that she or he is “it”, and empty the box keeping the enclosed dishrag and treat.The knitter will then knit a new dishrag with the cotton in the box. The idea is to use one ball of yarn to make a dishrag and keep the other one for personal use, but that should not keep you from knitting a two color dish rag if you want.Dish rags may be any pattern, but must be standard dishrag size: 9 inches square or in diameter.**You may not start knitting your dishrag until you receive the box. This is cheating and will make William Henry cry. Not to mention ruining the fun for your whole team.**When the dish rag is finished, it goes back in the box with two new balls of dish rag cotton and a small treat (see above) and will be Priority Mailed to an untagged team member. The first box to make it through a team’s members and return to the Miracle Household wins! Prizes will be announced at a later date.The whole thing (even with priority shipping) should cost less than $12 per participant and take up a little more time than knitting a dishrag.

There will be prizes for the top three placing teams and additional individual prizes based on merit (even if your team is dead last, you have a chance at Personal Dish Rag Tag Glory). The members of all placing teams to receive the same prize. And of course, everyone will receive a wonderful dish rag to enhance their kitchen or bathroom.

Here is the website for the girl who is organizing the race. http://yarnmiracle.com/
The team I am on is called 2 Sticks and a String. Wish us luck. I will take photos of the box when it arrives.