Alright, hopeful sockapal-2-zers, this is your 24 hour warning! Get your foot measurements and sock preferences together and get ready to sign up. My tech guys (hubby and my master webmaster) are hard at work getting an automated sign-up system all set up. Tomorrow, I'll tell you where to go to sign-up and you'll need to have all your info ready to enter. Here's what I'll need:

- BASIC INFO: name, email address, blog address, mailing address (don't worry, I won't be sharing your email or mailing addresses with anyone but your sock pal)
- GROUP INFO: do you want to be in the beginner group? are you willing to ship overseas?
- FOOT AND SOCK INFO: foot measurement from heel to tip of big toe AND foot circumference measured at the ball of the foot as in the image below, plus any other measurements or info that your pal needs to make socks fit your feet

from Priscilla Gibson-Roberts' dream sock pattern

Also include any of the following sock details that are important to you:
fiber preferences - got allergies? prefer summer socks?
color preferences - solids/variegated colors? specific colors you hate?
design preferences - do you like crazy socks? lacy socks? prefer calf length/ankle length?

Include whatever you think your pal should know. If you're up for anything, just say that and your pal can have fun with your socks!

Got it? See you tomorrow then!

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Anyone new to the Sockapalooza, here's some info to catch you up on what it's all about. I'll collect names, addresses, and sock preferences from lots of people (probably about 200). Then, I'll assign each person another person to knit a pair of socks for. So someone will be given your info and will knit a pair of socks for you and you'll be given someone else's info and be knitting socks for them, the person you're knitting for will be knitting socks for another person, and so on, and so on..... We'll all start knitting around mid-June and will send our socks out mid-September, that way everyone should receive their socks around the same time. And remember, it's a secret! Don't tell your sock pal you are knitting for them! It'll be much more fun if it remains a surprise.

Got it? See you tomorrow then too!