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Obama! Obama! Obamolo!!!

Calling all knitters! Dizzy Sheep and your country need YOU!!

Today is an exciting day and we have a project in honor of our new president! We want you to help us make the:

United Blanket of Change!

Today's deal gets you... a FREE skein of Austermann Bombolo to make your square of this symbol of hope! ... Right, as expected I don't see a flurry of excitement and enthusiastic clicking over everyone's "favorite" yarn. Here's the thing - this is what we have to work with. We don't always have the ideal yarn or the softest cashmere, but we can still make the best of it and create something beautiful!

The unique squares you knit will be combined into the United Blanket of Change and sent to the President!

We are all counting on our new President Barack Obama to move forward with blanketing changes and knit this country together into one great nation... and Dizzy Sheep wants to unite knitters to show our support!

Even if you didn't vote for Obama or agree with all of his ideas, we still need you! The 51% wool and 49% acrylic content symbolizes the ever present differing views of the people in this great country, spun together to create - "Austermann Obamolo Bombolo!" Alright, that might be going a bit far, but the point is,

United We Knit!!!

Details:

United Blanket of Change

Your payment covers shipping for the yarn and for the return of the completed square - we provide the yarn at no additional charge.

Have a group that wants to make multiple squares - CONTACT us with an email address.

For each kit ordered, you will receive:

One free skein of Austermann Bombolo
A pre-paid and addressed Priority Mail^TM envelope to return your completed square
General guidelines for the completed square
A form to provide an optional acknowledgment and/or dedication for your square
A photograph of the completed blanket via email

All completed squares must be dropped in the mail by March 2, 2009.

Dizzy will combine the squares into a very large, probably wall size blanket.

The completed blanket will be sent to President Obama along with a document containing all the acknowledgements / dedications.

General guidelines:

Each square should be 10" x 10"
Any design - perhaps something inspiring, important or symbolic to you
One skein will make a square, but you can add other yarns, beads, etc
Please nothing that would be generally considered offensive
Yes - crocheting is perfectly acceptable (Dizzy considers crocheting: knitting using a hook :-)

We are trying for participation from all 50 states. We will note any states in the Blaaag that are missing and we know that the wonderful online community of knitters will "needle" a friend or relative to participate.

Posted on Jan 20, 2009 at 12:00 AM | Permalink

etoile on Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:09 AM wrote: A bit confused here - how exactly is it free, if it actually costs $10? Or is it just that we're paying the return shipping in advance? I'd like to participate but I'm a broke student and this pricing is confusing to me!	etoile Joined: Wed Jan 7, 2009 9:31 PM Posts: 4 Report
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Carl on Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:23 AM wrote:

etoileA bit confused here - how exactly is it free, if it actually costs $10? Or is it just that we're paying the return shipping in advance? I'd like to participate but I'm a broke student and this pricing is confusing to me!

Thank you for pointing out the confusing pricing. I have added the following information for clarification:

"Your payment covers shipping for the yarn and for the return of the completed square - we provide the yarn at no additional charge."

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KelleBelle on Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:46 AM wrote: What about Canadians, can we knit a square too? As a Canadian I'd love to show the support that Mr. Obama has from Canadians to be able to inspire changes in our own country, by our citizens. We could knit squares too; perhaps we could show how closely knit Canadians and Americans are, with a little symbolic Canada-U.S. border :)	KelleBelle Joined: Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:37 AM Posts: 1 Report
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quinnspins on Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:01 AM wrote: Cool idea, but as Dizzy has no opposable thumbs, just exactly who is going to be doing all that mattress stitching?	quinnspins Joined: Tue Dec 2, 2008 5:41 PM Posts: 69 Report
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Cassi on Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:33 AM wrote: Knit only, no crochet?	Cassi Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:40 PM Posts: 1 Report
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Carl on Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:10 PM wrote: CassiKnit only, no crochet? Pardon Dizzy for the oversight - yes of course a crochet square is a wonderful idea. Thank you for your interest in this project!	Carl Administrator Joined: Wed Oct 8, 2008 11:57 AM Posts: 38 Report
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Carl on Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:21 PM wrote:

KelleBelleWhat about Canadians, can we knit a square too? As a Canadian I'd love to show the support that Mr. Obama has from Canadians to be able to inspire changes in our own country, by our citizens. We could knit squares too; perhaps we could show how closely knit Canadians and Americans are, with a little symbolic Canada-U.S. border :)

Thank you for your kind words and Dizzy likes the symbolism. We need to implement a solution – perhaps we should meet at the border :-)

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Carl on Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:30 PM wrote: quinnspinsCool idea, but as Dizzy has no opposable thumbs, just exactly who is going to be doing all that mattress stitching? Dizzy is not concerned - Dizzy knows that knitters are a very wonderful group of people eager to help on a good project. Besides from Dizzy's point of view - thumbs are highly overrated :-)	Carl Administrator Joined: Wed Oct 8, 2008 11:57 AM Posts: 38 Report
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ferretlady on Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:36 PM wrote: This is such a cool idea & I signed up for my state. But, considering security measures taken with mail/packages coming into the White House, do you really think the Obamas will actually get the blanket? I hope they do, but ???	ferretlady Joined: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:28 PM Posts: 1 Report
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Carl on Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:53 PM wrote: ferretladyThis is such a cool idea & I signed up for my state. But, considering security measures taken with mail/packages coming into the White House, do you really think the Obamas will actually get the blanket? I hope they do, but ??? Knowing Dizzy, I personally believe that Dizzy will be able to get it delivered.	Carl Administrator Joined: Wed Oct 8, 2008 11:57 AM Posts: 38 Report
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