the blue blog archives: tuesday is sign-up day

Okay, before you go sign-up, let me just remind you one last time that by signing up you are making a commitment to do three things: make socks for your sock pal on time, keep me updated with your progress, and let the pal that knits for you know when you receive your socks.

Alright, GO!

(Sign-ups are now closed. You can use the link in the sidebar to correct the info you have already submitted.)

Remember, you must sign-up through the above link. DO NOT SEND ME YOUR INFO THROUGH EMAIL. For details on the information that you need in order to sign-up, see this post. Please also note the following:

-- The first name you enter in the NAME box will be the name that appears on the participant list on my blog. If you use a web alias, this is the place to put it.

-- All the information in the PREFERENCES box will be sent to the pal knitting for you. That is the spot to include everything they need to know.

-- The COMMENTS box is for comments you have that are just for me. Don't put any stuff in here that's for your pal - they won't get it!

After you have submitted your info, you should get a new screen telling you that your information has been added to the database. Once you get that screen, you're all set! (If you realize later that you made an error when you entered your info - did you forget you're moving? measured your feet wrong? -, you can correct your information without contacting me. Follow the original link again and click on "Change your information". An email will be sent to the email address you used when you signed up initially with a link for you to click on to change your info. Click on the link in that email and it will take you to a screen where you can edit your information.)

I will close sign-ups at midnight (EST) Tuesday night. I hope to send out sock pal matches on February 1st, so we can all start knitting as soon as possible! The date for sending out socks will be May 2nd.

posted by alison at 12:01 am | in sockapaloooza

Comments

Whee! I've been so excited all day for this!

I don't know if I can go to sleep now, what with all the sock patterns dancing in my head!

lace, cables, bobbles, stockinette, ribbed . . . :)

Posted by: Heather at January 24, 2006 12:07 AM

How funny that I waited for this with bated breath. But I do have quite a bit of a sock yarn stash. Gotta do something about it!

Posted by: Kit at January 24, 2006 12:09 AM

Hooray! Thanks so much for organizing this :) I'm really looking forward to it!

Posted by: allison at January 24, 2006 12:09 AM

Yea! I just signed up I am so excited about this KAL!

Posted by: MommyknitsJen at January 24, 2006 12:10 AM

yay! I'm so excited to get started.

Posted by: Gina at January 24, 2006 12:10 AM

Thanks, Alison. I'm looking forward to it

Posted by: erin at January 24, 2006 12:11 AM

Alison, you rock! Thanks for organizing the most amazing swaps.

Posted by: Brynne at January 24, 2006 12:12 AM

Alison, Thank you so much for doing this again. I missed out on the last one, but enjoyed looking at everyones socks and updates. I can't wait until Feb. 1st now. Thank you again:)

Posted by: Rhonda at January 24, 2006 12:15 AM

Forgot to add "Thanks" to my submission to you! Thank you for all of your efforts in organizing this!

Posted by: Pam at January 24, 2006 12:17 AM

Whee! Can't wait to see who my pal is.

Posted by: Ashley at January 24, 2006 12:19 AM

Thank you! This is going to be a blast.

Posted by: Jess at January 24, 2006 12:20 AM

thank you sooooo much i cannot wait for this! :)

Posted by: lesley at January 24, 2006 12:21 AM

in in in! was sitting here just waiting for you to put up the new post...so silly, but my first one was so much fun, i didn't want to miss out...can't wait! *grin*

Posted by: laurie at January 24, 2006 12:22 AM

Woo hoo! I am excited! Thanks Alison!

Posted by: Jill at January 24, 2006 12:23 AM

Yay! I'm so excited to be a part of this year!

Posted by: Dana at January 24, 2006 12:26 AM

Exciting! Thanks so much for running it :)

Shall we steal your button and put it on our blogs?

Posted by: Rosemary at January 24, 2006 12:36 AM

Thanks for doing this! I'm really pumped about it.

Posted by: Courtney at January 24, 2006 12:38 AM

Thanks for spreading the sock love!

Posted by: Anita at January 24, 2006 12:44 AM

thank you so much, the past two swaps were so much fun I just couldn't miss out on this one!!!

Posted by: Leslie at January 24, 2006 12:52 AM

I wasn't sure to include this in the sign up or not, if we don't yet quite have a blog, can we send you the info for that later?

Posted by: Angelle at January 24, 2006 12:53 AM

Omg Alison, your data form is amazing. I'm in awe. (not signing up, but in awe:))

Posted by: Lauren at January 24, 2006 12:53 AM

Angelle, that's something you can change later through the "change your info" link.

Thanks, Lauren. All the work of my tech guys! They're the best!!

Posted by: alison at January 24, 2006 12:56 AM

Woo-hoo! Stayed up past my bedtime to sign up!

Posted by: Ina at January 24, 2006 12:57 AM

thank you so much for sockapaloooza! i'm so happy to be included - have been waiting all day to get on the computer to sign up!

Posted by: debbie at January 24, 2006 12:58 AM

A thousand thank-yous my friend!

Posted by: Kathy at January 24, 2006 1:18 AM

I had a great time knitting socks for my pal last time. Thanks so much for setting this up again. I know it is a huge project, but your hard work is appreciated!

Posted by: Rachel at January 24, 2006 2:09 AM

Hi Allison, i am just wondering if i can join the Weasley Knitalong,or is it too late, if so are you planning another?

Posted by: Kylie at January 24, 2006 2:42 AM

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!! Raging excitement! Great sign-up form!

Posted by: Julia at January 24, 2006 5:11 AM

Thanks for organising this Alison, This is my first time, though I have followed all the others avidly :-) Time to get my feet wet.

Posted by: Janine at January 24, 2006 5:16 AM

Thanks so much for organizing!!!

Posted by: Danielle at January 24, 2006 7:17 AM

Are you SURE we shouldn't submit our information through comments or via email? Are you CERTAIN??? heh

Posted by: Laura at January 24, 2006 7:33 AM

i'm going to tell my sil about this. she's a good sock knitter...I don't have the time to join this one, though I was given some Opal recently.

Posted by: Orli at January 24, 2006 7:36 AM

Thank you Alison as always!

Posted by: Cara at January 24, 2006 7:48 AM

This is my first time participating. Really sounds like fun! Can't wait to get started!

Posted by: Sheri at January 24, 2006 7:51 AM

I'm so excited to participate this time around!

Posted by: elisa at January 24, 2006 8:06 AM

And heeeeeeeere we go!! What fun.

Posted by: Ruth at January 24, 2006 8:14 AM

Forgot to sign up before I went to bed, but woke up thinking about this! Thanks again for organizing this Alison!

Posted by: Samantha at January 24, 2006 8:17 AM

This is so exciting. Thanks for all the work.

Posted by: Mindy at January 24, 2006 8:26 AM

Thank you for doing this Alison! This will be my first sock exchange and I'm looking forward to the knitting. I've watched the past sockpaloozas and I'm always amazed at the designs & colors that are created. So glad to finally be a part of this!

Posted by: Heather B at January 24, 2006 8:26 AM

Thanks for organizing and running this - Im very excited to play along this time!!

Posted by: Dani at January 24, 2006 8:27 AM

Oh what fun! I've watched from the sidelines before and have finally got up the courage to run onto the pitch!

Thanks for organising!

Posted by: kirsty at January 24, 2006 9:01 AM

This will be my first sock exchange...and my first pair of socks! I'm very excited to be joining in on this!

Thanks for running it. I know that it takes a lot of time and effort to do this, and we do appreciate it.

Posted by: Leigha at January 24, 2006 9:05 AM

Thanks again for organizing!

Posted by: Amy at January 24, 2006 9:15 AM

So steeping out of my comfort zone on this one - thanks for the shove

Posted by: Darci at January 24, 2006 9:22 AM

That would be stepping...a bit early this morning

Posted by: Darci at January 24, 2006 9:23 AM

I'm loving the sign up form and database!! You are on the ball, Alison! Thanks for doing this!!

Posted by: Carrie at January 24, 2006 9:25 AM

Alison, you are amazing! It's incredibly generous of you to organize these sockapaloozas. I SO enjoyed knitting and receiving my socks last time and am very disappointed that I can't knit along this time. I'll be watching though, and maybe I can do it NEXT time...

Posted by: jenny at January 24, 2006 9:29 AM

Thank you so much for doing this again! I just love the nun socks that I got last year! I wear them all the time.

Posted by: Amy at January 24, 2006 9:38 AM

so glad you are doing this again...can't wait for the 1st to see who my pal is....

Posted by: sharon at January 24, 2006 9:38 AM

I signed up before bed last night and I am so! very! excited! Very glad you're doing this again!

Posted by: Jenn at January 24, 2006 9:44 AM

I signed up, I signed up :)
Yippeeeeee and the dates they be already in my calendar!
WOOT

Posted by: stinkerbell at January 24, 2006 9:50 AM

I'm very excited to be joining up! So much fun!

Posted by: Jennifer at January 24, 2006 9:52 AM

w00t!! I woke up early (here in Cali, it's around 6:45) so I could sign up! Thank you so much Alison for being the (blue) hostess with the mostest!

Posted by: emily at January 24, 2006 9:55 AM

Thank you so much for organizing this. I am so excited! :)

Posted by: jaya at January 24, 2006 10:00 AM

Woo hoo! I'm in!!! yay! I think I will do my sockapaloooza sox for my olympic challenge!

Posted by: Jen at January 24, 2006 10:01 AM

Alison, I want to know when you are going to publish the Sockapalooza Sock pattern book. I'd buy it!

Posted by: Amy Lu at January 24, 2006 10:07 AM

Yay, I'm signed up! I missed this last time but loved watching from the sidelines. I'm so excited to be participating this time! Thank you!

Posted by: Heather at January 24, 2006 10:11 AM

Yay - my first knit-along! :) Thanks for organizing this. I can't wait to see all the socks!

Posted by: Sheri at January 24, 2006 10:14 AM

I'm in!! Is there a button for our blogs to brag with? Let me know, still a newbie to all this blog stuff!!

Posted by: Dana at January 24, 2006 10:26 AM

Done! I'm excited!

Posted by: Scout at January 24, 2006 10:30 AM

Thanks Alison! I am happy I am in it this time around :) I guess I should be since my current life revolves around sock yarn and knitting socks :)

Posted by: Dani at January 24, 2006 10:31 AM

Thank you Alison!!!!!

Posted by: Carrie at January 24, 2006 10:41 AM

Delurking to join this KAL! What fun!

Posted by: christine at January 24, 2006 11:06 AM

Thanks for all your hard work. I'm looking forward to another fun sockalong.

Posted by: Tracy at January 24, 2006 12:20 PM

I think I clicked on the submit button more than once, so just in case, I wanted to let you know that there is only one of me. Sorry!! Thanks for setting this whole thing up again!!

Posted by: Illanna at January 24, 2006 12:31 PM

Thank you, Alison--I'm so excited!

Posted by: Lorraine at January 24, 2006 12:40 PM

Wahoo! My very first KAL, I can't wait to get started. I've been reading the blue blog for a long time now and am super happy to be joining in on the fun instead of just reading about it...
Thanks Alison!

Posted by: molly at January 24, 2006 12:41 PM

...wauhhh, i just signed up and i'm already very excited, can't wait to start knitting socks for my pal.....forgot to add THANKS ALISON under comments.

Posted by: malle at January 24, 2006 1:35 PM

I signed up, woo woo, begginer baby!

Posted by: pixie at January 24, 2006 1:54 PM

I just signed up - beginner too!
This is going to be so much fun - Thank you so much Alison!!!

Posted by: libraryliz at January 24, 2006 2:15 PM

If I can be of any help in the org process, please let me know. Thanks for all the effort you put into these!!

Posted by: MaryC at January 24, 2006 4:01 PM

Thanks Allison.... got to love a sock a long!!!

Posted by: Mama-E at January 24, 2006 5:10 PM

Thanks for setting this up again Allison. This is my first time doing this and I'm really excited. (I forgot to say this in the comment box)

Posted by: Joyce Poon at January 24, 2006 11:51 PM

SIGN-UPS ARE NOW CLOSED.

Well, that was fun! I'm so excited that there are so many folks joining in this time. Give me a week to get a list of participants together and get every one matched up with a pal. For now, go ahead and copy the sockapaloooza button to your server and put it up on your blog if you want.

I can't wait to start knitting and see all those socks you all are going to knit!

Posted by: alison at January 25, 2006 12:17 AM

That figures... just yesterday our home computer had do die, so I didn't make the deadline. Well, good luck to all of you who made it, I'll be cheering for you all!

Posted by: Helene at January 25, 2006 3:09 AM

Wahhhhhh!!!! I forgot to come back and sign up =( Next time!
-Mary

Posted by: Mary at January 25, 2006 9:46 AM

Alison do you want the button to link to the sockapaloooza page or your blog? I put it up yesterday linking to the sockapalooza page but I can change it. And Thank you so much for doing all the work that I know this must be.

Posted by: MommyknitsJen at January 25, 2006 10:20 AM

Hmmmm, Jen, good question. You can link to the blog main page. Or to the archive category page: here. Or to the page with the list of participants, which I haven't put up yet. You can decide! :)

Posted by: alison at January 25, 2006 10:57 AM

So sad that I didn't know about this until today - which is Wednesday! Any hope of being included in sockapalooza?

Posted by: Amy at January 25, 2006 1:58 PM

DANGIT!!!!! I missed it AGAIN!.

:'(

Posted by: Libby at January 25, 2006 2:07 PM

I need to figure out how to put the button on my blog. I was unsuccessful yesterday. I can't seem to find good instructions for adding a button to Typepad. Any suggestions, anyone?

Posted by: Songbird at January 26, 2006 10:55 AM

I am making my first sock for the Knitting Olmypics. Hopefully I can be decent enough at it to be able tp participate next time!

Posted by: Z at January 26, 2006 1:27 PM

Never mind. I did it!

Posted by: Songbird at January 26, 2006 8:32 PM