Death by a Thousand Knits

August 14, 2006 6:46 PM

Sock Wars: Assassination by sock - a much more productive way to find out who is really the world's fastest knitter.
posted by jacquilynne (18 comments total)

Success in this competition seems to rely on your luck with the mail system as much if not more than your knitting skill.
posted by bob sarabia at 7:07 PM on August 14, 2006

Hmm. I wonder if this could be spliced with ironcoder to produce a "Code Wars 2006"?
posted by schwa at 7:37 PM on August 14, 2006

I'd do this, but it'd just be adding another project to the thirty thousand knitting projects I already have...

but I do knit a pretty fast pair of socks.
posted by Lucinda at 8:02 PM on August 14, 2006

Finally, a postive answer to the question "War - what is it good for?"

Socks.

Sounds fun, jacquilynne. However, even with sock wars, I subscribe to passivism.
posted by madamjujujive at 8:04 PM on August 14, 2006

That's a hoot, fun idea for all those closet knitters out there. There is no doubt in my mind that my grandma would rule the earth in this competition.
posted by BillsR100 at 8:20 PM on August 14, 2006

Maybe they should send in the Sock Army.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 8:22 PM on August 14, 2006

I can't knit.

Should I just sign up to receive a free pair of socks?
posted by pompomtom at 8:40 PM on August 14, 2006

This has me in stitches.
posted by sien at 8:51 PM on August 14, 2006 [1 favorite]

General Yo was no longer a young man. He was no longer a strong man. The time had passed, though, where he could use his advanced years as an excuse for inaction. This next battle would inevitably be his last, but he owed his country this one final effort.

The needles were still in his closet. Whale ivory, sharper than truth, with the names of his ancestors notched into the hilts. They shone like the sun, like the teeth of dragons. They would serve him well.

"If it is to be war," he growled, "let it be war."

"Sock it to me."
posted by Schlimmbesserung at 8:52 PM on August 14, 2006 [1 favorite]

Judging by the comments, a lot of people are very happy and excited about about this. How very pleasantly disturbing.
posted by Sparx at 9:19 PM on August 14, 2006

Alas, I am not a speedy knitter, but I find the reception of the war by the enthusiasts really interesting.
posted by Cranberry at 9:23 PM on August 14, 2006

Here at Metafilter we know all about wars between socks.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:27 PM on August 14, 2006

That is so awesome! It sounds like so much fun - I wish I had time to participate, even though I'm new to knitting and my only completed project has been small squares to donate to my church to be made into a blanket.
posted by Iamtherealme at 12:15 AM on August 15, 2006

Perhaps it could be introduced to Hizbollah and the IDF as a way of relieving tensions
posted by kingzog at 1:02 AM on August 15, 2006

I don't think the point is to win, really, just a fun way to do a knit along / secret pal exchange, both of which are rampant in the online knitting community.

I probably won't sign up, because I just don't have the time to knit that I used to. But it seems like it'd be a lot of fun.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:47 AM on August 15, 2006

Lily Chin is my girl! Check out the sweater she made for David Letterman while she was a guest on his show!


Oh, here, I'll start another war: Crochet is so much cooler than knitting.
posted by DenOfSizer at 10:39 AM on August 15, 2006

Now, now, DenOfSizer... we are all sisters under the yarn.

(saith me, aka knitgrrl)

In related fibery news, my publisher just posted my new book's website! This one's on spinning...

Anyone want to take me on in a spinning war? I don't do socks...
posted by bitter-girl.com at 2:19 PM on August 15, 2006

Wouldn't it be cool if they combined spinning (as in yarn) with spinning (as in those health-fitness-type classes)?
posted by DenOfSizer at 5:54 PM on August 20, 2006