Are You Ready? - A Not Silent Sunday

Those of us in the United States will be celebrating Thanksgiving this week.  But, worldwide there is another celebration about to start and, to this knitters mind, it is an even bigger party than Thanksgiving will ever be! (And I love Thanksgiving, what isn't there to love about a holiday that revolves around food, spending time with the people you love and being grateful?)

The Fifth Annual Independent Designer Gift-A-Long starts this Tuesday at 8pm Eastern Time.

If you have never heard of the GAL, let me tell you just a little bit about it.

(Lifted from the header of the GAL Group...)
The Indie Design Gift-A-Long is a 6 week long KAL/CAL of holiday gifts made from patterns designed by a rather extensive list of independent designers. From November 21, 2017 at 8:00 pm US EST to December 31, 2017 at midnight US EST there will be fun games, contests, and 8 KAL/CALs that will help you get your holiday knitting and crocheting done with companionship and fun! From November 21, 2017 at 8:00 pm US EST to November 28th at 11:59pm US EST.

Once you’ve got your Gift-A-Long patterns, we encourage you to join a relevant KAL/CAL! (For instance, if it is a cowl, please join the Cowls, Scarves, & Other Neck Things KAL/CAL.) To join, simply write a post in the KAL/CAL thread you want to join, including the pattern name you will be knitting and a link to your project page. KAL/CAL participants are eligible for lots of lovely prizes but you’ve got to post to win Please Note: all prize winners must be group members!
KAL/CALs will run from November 21, 2017 at 8:00 pm US EST to December 31, 2017 at midnight US EST, plenty of time to knock out all your holiday knitting and crocheting. We have tons of prizes, games, and great conversation, plus a lot of other fun, so pull up a chair and join us!

Along with the threads for the individual categories of prizes there is a group chat where you can just "hang out" and...well...chat.  That has already started and even though we are still a couple of days away from the official kick-off it is a fast moving, all inclusive thread!  (And the conversation isn't all about knitting or crocheting, there is spinning and weaving, cooking, kids, pets...you name it we are talking about it!)

So if you are not already a member of Ravelry, run over and join, it's free and easy!  Then join the group and get ready for the biggest crafting party of the year!

Tomorrow, if I don't get side-tracked trying to clear my needles for Tuesday evening, I'll share some of what I am doing to "get ready to party!"

~M