hand eye crafts

I am not gonna lie;  I'm really happy that Sam Elliott is The Knitters' Hunk.   I've been in love with him forEVER.  ("Lifeguard," anyone?*) It's one of those things about me that you know if we spend more than, oh, say, 18 minutes together. Both fields, Hunk and  Chick, were top-notch.  Quite a few of the nominees sort of mesmerized me as I looked for photos of them.  Lucy Liu doesn't appear to have ever taken a bad picture.  Pretty much the same story for Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Chris Evans, Julianne Moore and Aishwarya Rai.  Kiernan Shipka is amazing.  Viggo Mortensen is much, much  better-looking when he doesn't smile.  One picture that was/is so brilliant, but, ultimately, unusable: I can't recall who Harrison was up against when I found this, but I didn't find matching bike shorts and black knee socks for whomever it was. *

The new Knitters' Chick is TINA FEY. In results that were, frankly, unexpected, she defeated Meryl Streep by a most impressive margin (63% to 37%}.  She actually sort of breezed through the whole race, now that I look back on it. Tina was nominated by two readers --- Kim S.  (who actually nominated Fey and  Streep) and Carol .   They will each, therefore, receive a grand prize.  Kim's address I have, but, Carol, if you could get in touch with me (handeyecraftsAthotmailDOTcom) and give me yours, I'll have the packages out as soon as I can. The new Knitters' Hunk is SAM ELLIOTT. The votes were 71% to 29% ( more  than 2-to-1)  Poor Viggo --- runner-up two years in a row.  Somehow, though, I imagine his life will go on. The grand prize goes to Sam's nominator, Lorette .  Congratulations to you, too!  And thank you for nominating someone I've, personally, had a colossal crush on for close to 40 years. One more winne...

Sometimes, there is a wealth of good photos to use in a match-up.  Since this is The Final, I thought I'd just go on and take advantage of that. Who will be the 2015 Knitters' Hunk?  The winner, either way, will be a first-time champ.  And what a wonderful Hunk he will be.  The announcement  of all the winners will be made tomorrow at 1:00 PM (ET) Knitters' Hunk 2015 Thank you all for another wonderful field of candidates, and for voting every day!!

It has come to this. Which of these women do you want to carry the banner of Knitters' Chick for the coming year?  With which would you like to knit, or yarn crawl?  Which would give you empathy when you have to frog that Fair Isle hat, or cheer you on as you try to finish that baby gift in time? There are many things to consider, but only two choices.  The winner will be announced Sunday, along with the new Knitters' Hunk and  the winning nominators, as well as the winner of the yarn bowl. Knitters' Chick 2015

It's interesting to watch how voting goes in these contests.  Early rounds end in ties, or one- or two-vote wins.  From the Quarters on in, the vote differences are larger.  Quite often, they are landslides.   I don't know that that means anything in particular, but it is interesting. Also happening as the contests go on is I look less and less to find very similar pictures of the people running against one another.  If I find some, great, I'll use them.  But, I figure most of you know what these folks look like by then, so it probably won't cause much of a disparity. All that said, come tomorrow, Tina Fey and Meryl Streep will face off to become your new Knitters' Chick.  The four people who nominated the two of them are also facing off in a way --- who will win the Grand Prize? Narrow the Hunk field now, would you, please? Knitters' Hunk Semifinal 1 Knitters' Hunk Semifinal 2

Is it cheerleading to say that I think all four of the Knitters' Hunk finalists are uber-worthy?  Hunting for their photos has not, at all, never, been a chore.

It looks as if we'll be voting for the new Knitters' Hunk and Knitters' Chick by week's end.  Your Hunk Semifinals will consist of Sam Elliott Sam Neill Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Viggo Mortensen Goodbye to reigning Hunk Mike Rowe.  Take some comfort in knowing you were defeated by a former KH, Mr. Neill. And, here are your Semifinalists for Knitters' Chick.  Happy voting! Knitters' Chick Semifinal 1 Knitters' Chick Semifinal 2