The Knitting Fiend

Ten gorgeous cats placed their paw in the “Knitting Fiend Cute Cat Contest”; all had their ardent supporters. The votes are in, and have been counted.

Drumroll please!

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Third Place

This adorable kitty had the “cute kitten” thing going on. His wide eyed “pick me up” look and perfect white bib won this member of the “orange kitty” society third place. Let’s give a big round of applause to
Baby Carrot

Baby Carrot was nominated by knitter, weaver, and cat afficianado, Karen B of “Karen’s Blog/Scenes from the Woodpile” on 7 5, 2005.

Learn more by visiting Baby Carrot ’s blog article.

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Second Place

This handsome cat used his mature sophistication to win votes. A gorgeous, talented and masculine, representing classic black and white cats, everywhere our runner up is Jake

Jake was nominated by knitter and hor·ti·cul·tur·ist extraordinaire, Jerry Gaiser of “When Knitting Was a Manly Art” on 7 5, 2005.

Learn more by visiting Jake ’s blog article.

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The Winner

He’s an exotic but cuddly Siamese. Classic and sleek. Striking an affectionate pose with his twin, our winner is:
Chinni!

Chinni was nominated by ck, the lovely and talented diva of “Diva Knitting” on 7 15, 2005.

Learn more by visiting Chinni ’s blog article.

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The Prize

Our winner Chinni is entitled to all bragging rights associated with winning “The Knitting Fiend Cute Cat Contest, 2005″. Should the winner, or his human companion, fail in his duty of bragging sufficiently, the runner up shall be given permission to brag in their place.

Heck, the race was tight. Every cat entered was adorable and received at least 10 votes (which is 1/3 the number obtained by the winner.) They can all brag about how cute they are.

But we know cats don’t brag; that’s what humans are for! So, brag away, and let’s have another big round of applause for all entrants, their human companions and, of course, the winner,

Chinni!

I guess I’m devoting the summer to making turning this blog into a knit blogging “resource”!

In April, I started the “Machine Knitting Web Ring”; there are now 11 members with functioning links. So, it’s an actual ring (whoo-hooo!) I said I’d keep a list up at the “home” site, but I was bad about that. I finally did put a list up. That motivated me to check the links, and I removed some dead links and emailed some of the list owners to see if they can revive their links.

I also came up with a brilliant idea! Why not set up a feed aggregator page so people can see what’s new at the MK blogs? So, it’s now here: Machine Knitting Blog Feeds. The page is created from feeds published by the blogs in the Machine Knitting Blogs Web Ring.

I’ll be making this new feed aggregator page the “home” for the machine knitting web ring, which means future members will be provided ring code that points to the aggregator page instead the old blogspot page . Those of you who are inclined to edit your web ring links can substitute the feed link for the old home link in your site ring code. (Although, changing your ring codes is neither necessary nor urgent. I’ll just keep both the old “home” and the new “home” pages up and running. That way, the machine knit web ring is publicized both through blogspot. Some people find it the ring that way, so that’s a good thing.)

I sent a message to let people on the machine knit email list know the news feed is up and running. So, some of you might actually get a bit more traffic today and possibly in the future. I also hope you think that’s a good thing!

The competition is going to be tough! Mr. Teeny and Chinni have entered the cute cat competition. Both Mr. Teeny and Chinni adopted “pet my tummy” poses.

Remember, you have until July 17 to enter your cat!

Mr. Teeny was nominated by Lily Schmidt of “Schmidt’s Knits” on 7 14, 2005.

Learn more by visiting Mr. Teeny ’s blog article.

I cast my vote for
Mr. Teeny of Schmidt’s Knits.

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Chinni was nominated by ck of “Diva Knitting” on 7 15, 2005.

Learn more by visiting Chinni ’s blog article.

I cast my vote for
Chinni of Diva Knitting.

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