Knit alongs/ swaps etc

General Knitting
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Ok, I have found that whenever I visit someone elses blog, they are always doing a KAL, swap, etc. How do you all ever find all of these in time to get entered?? I never seem to stumble onto them until after it is too late.

Help a girl out. I want to be part of all the fun too!!

Trish

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I’ve just made a habit of clicking on “view posts since last visit” every time I come to the board.

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I do that too, but a lot of the things that people are participating in aren’t discussed here. Things like the Mystery shawl KAL, I had never heard of until I found it on someone’s blog. I want to do those things too whining and stomping my feet now, LOL.

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Do you mean KALs that are done here, as part of KH, or off-site KAL, like Project Spectrum, Secret Pal 8? I would imagine the off-site KALs are found by googling the pattern name and seeing what comes up.

Project Spectrum is sponsored by Lolly. There are lace KALs and stashbusting KALs.

I would say google away to see what you can find!

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Here are a couple that you can get in on NOW.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mystery_Stole_2 (This one closes today.)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monthlydishcloths (another "mystery’ KAL you are given a few lines a day.)

Some time at the end of the summer http://secretpal9.blogspot.com will start up.

Hmm…that’s all I know abou that are open now that aren’t part of KH.

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I googled knit alongs and found this list for 2006 kal’s.
Perhaps it’s just me…I’m more comfortable doing a swap type of thing here, with people that I know…I’ve been burned a bit doing it with very anonymous people…and I don’t mean to reflect badly on any of these off KH swaps, I’m sure that they are great, that was just my experience, and my 2 cents :wink: .

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Thanks for that KAL link Rebecca, it is great!

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Where is the “view posts since last visit”? I can’t find it, but I would love to start using that. I miss so much stuff too!

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It should appear at the top of the first fourms page, on the upper right hand corner. (I hope this helps!)

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gracias, gracias!!! :cheering:
it’s my new favorite link!

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Yay!! Thank you thank you. That’s just what I was looking for!! How do you know about these??

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Yay!! Thank you thank you. That’s just what I was looking for!! How do you know about these??[/quote]

I am part of the stitch marker exchange, secret pal 8 and the dish cloth. I debated joining the shawl one but have too many projects that need to be finished first.

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Dn’t forget… You can always join in one of the KALs right here at KH!. We’re pretty relaxed about them, too, anyone can pretty much join whenever they want to. And I always have a link to the Monthly Challenge in my signature (along with my cheering minions, of course!)

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OH, Hilde…you are the :cheering: :cheering: Best

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I sense that Hilde’s sig line is about to get longer! :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:

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:roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:

Cheering minions… :rofling:

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Oooh, check out sara with all the high-tech photoshopping… :wink:

Hildie, I agree, you ARE the best.

:smiley:

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I’d hardly call it high tech! It was a cut and paste into MS Paint! :wink:

and yes, Hildie is the best!

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if you check out secret pal 8 for example, they usually post when the next one will begin as the current one is ending.

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Thanks all!! I will certainly be signing up for SP9. Looks like tons of fun.