Ready needles, Set your patterns, and GO! It's Soakbox knit-a-long time!
We
gave you a bit of a teaser in the newsletter last week and now it's here... The official beginning of the Soakbox knit along! For the next three months
(to work up to your holiday knitting) the nice folks at Soak are going to be providing you with information about Soakboxes. They'll do a feature on each box over the
next two weeks with tips and tricks to help you knit a great
pair of mitts. After that you'll see ideas about what you
can do with your Soakboxes, fun activities and events and more
information about how they came to be.
Don't have a Soakbox yet? You can get them right from Soak, or ask for it at your LYS.
Fiona Ellis, the designer of the mitts has recorded a video for each of the patterns. She's even graciously offered
to drop in via Skype to yarn shops and groups that are doing their own
knit-a-longs. You can send her an email at
fiona.ellisATsympaticoDOTca to set something up.
What do you say we kick off this KAL with a contest? We'll be giving away two kits here on the Lorna's Laces blog. (Cuff Au Lait and Lace Kelly). Each will be personally signed
by Fiona. We need you to answer this question:
What is your preference: round tips or square tips for your nails?
Leave your answer in the comments section. We'll keep the contest open until Monday, Oct 22 at midnight CST. Then we'll let our friend the random number generator pick the winners!
What is your preference: round tips or square tips for your nails?
Leave your answer in the comments section. We'll keep the contest open until Monday, Oct 22 at midnight CST. Then we'll let our friend the random number generator pick the winners!
They're also giving away two kits on the Soakworthy blog, Double Pointe Pink and Clark Cable. Just hop on over and follow the directions there.
Until we see each other again, may your hands be soft, fibers fresh and nails match your knits.
169 comments:
I prefer round nails, but I'm a hopeless nail biter of fifteen years and desperately trying to kick the habit! I had a recent setback but keeping my nails painted in fun colors always helps and I love the colors in these soakboxes!!
Square tips all the way!
I prefer round tips on my finger nails.
Round tips!
I just prefer that they are not broken! My nails have a tendency to break, which makes keeping them nice challenging.
I prefer rounded fingernails and square toenails. But like Liz, I'm also a nail biter since my nails have a tendency to tear. I need to get back in the self-manicure habit, a Soakbox would be a great incentive!
Round! It makes my manicurist crazy.
Round for sure!
Square tips for me!
Round :)
I prefer short square-shaped nails. I do a LOT of typing and love to keep them short and neat. I've seen the kits in person and they're wonderful!
Round... the better to play guitar with!
Round for fingers, square for toes.. but I rarely get to tips. I need to keep them short because I find my finger nails are a great always-available tool ... and square is just easier to do as I stretch for my toes (and try to prevent issues when running). :) i'm totally DIY for my nail care and the soak boxes are such a great idea for a luxurious treat!
Definitely rounded for me, although between doing a lot of typing and attempting to learn both ukulele and guitar, I have to keep them pretty short!
Square tips for sure. When I round mine they split on the sides.
I prefer round. I think that suits my fingers better than square.
Round tips!
I like round, but my nails desperately want to be square, lol! It seems as soon as I get them nice, they break!
I prefer square nails when they haven't broken or split on me.
Mine are square with slightly rounded corners. Grin!
rounded, definitely !
teabird on Ravelry
I'm a round-tipped girl all the way!
I'm 50/50. If my nails are bare or have a translucent polish, I like round. If I have on an opaque polish (especially one of the sort of funky color ones like gray...which is my fave), then I like square.
I like round tips!
Round for fingers, square for toes. Mostly because that's how mine tend to grow anyway.
I prefer round tips.
SQUARE NAILS - I have a shot to keep them on. Round and they fly everywhere. Seriously, I have been in a meeting before and my round nail went flying and landed on the presenters notes....OUCH. It was electric pink nail polish - no hiding who is came from!
round for me.
Definitely round for me.
Would love to do round, but I have big farmer hands -- so square makes my hands look a bit more dainty.
Round less damage to the palms while knitting :-)
I'm a rebel. I prefer them square with rounded edges. But heck, I'll take any that aren't broken! LOL!
Square for my hands.
Round tips. Sometimes mine are unintentionally square and I catch them on everything.
Square...makes typing easier I think...
I generally have round tips, but that's pretty much because they grow that way. I'm pretty good at ignoring my nails until I get a hang nail or one splits and starts catching on my knitting.
round if possible
Round tips. I find that they don't snag on the yarn that way!
I like mine mostly square ... but a little rounded at the edges or else I scratch myself! :) I sure do hope I win this contest because I need a new manicure! :)
Haha, love the question! I prefer round tips. :)
Round. I work in an industrial setting and square or long tips would be broken all the time. Ouch!
Round tips, and have to keep them short. :)
I like round, and relatively short. Keeps me from using them as tools and breaking them to bits!
Square tips in funky colors! Currently rocking green magnetic polish :D
These days I lean toward rounded square nails.
Square tips for my nails with a subtle polish. Wild colors on toes only!
i prefer round for natural and square for fake.
Typically no nails :) but when I have them, I prefer round - just works better for everything i do and I like the look.
Round for me!!
Round tips and fairly short!
Round tips! Much easier for me to keep neat.
round tips.
I find the square tipped nails are sturdier and make typing/handwork much easier to do.
My nails are naturally round, I have tried to grow them square but find that I get them caught on things like my knitting! Thank you
square/round .. square on the top, rounded on the edges!
Round, for sure. Square catches on things.
I love square when I get a manicure but go rounded when I do them myself.
Just had a manicure yesterday and I prefer a kinda square top but the sides to be rounded, not sharp but soft looking and no color as the minute they finish I mess them up so no waste of color for me. I can never have all the nails the same length either, right now the thumb on left hand is down to the quick and the pinkie on the other hand is down there too.
I like round tips
It's hip to be square, I say! I also find that I can keep them up better if I ask for them to be square.
I prefer round nails. Mine tend to snag and break easier if they are square. Love the Soakboxes!
I usually keep my nails rounded because that's the way they've always grown in and I think they look pretty that way :)
I prefer round tip nails.
I like the classic look of round tips!
Square for me, please!
I prefer round tips definitely!
square!
I prefer round nails. But my nails always grow out rather squarish if I don't cut and polish them once a week minimum.
I like round tips best, but with all the knitting I do, my nails are much too dry to keep any kind of manicure for more than one day! I'd rather keep knitting!
square, but short!
I get the signature nail system done in rounded tips. It's similar to acrylic but better for your nails. I'm hard on my hands and they don't break :-)
I prefer round. Less likely to catch on something
I like my nails square.
I like my finger nails rounded.
For my nails, I prefer rounded tips.
square nails if I have to grown them!
I prefer round nails.
Squarish, shortish.
square tips snag more on knitting (at least in my experience), so I'll have to say round :)
Definitely round tips for me!
Round and super short so they can't get in my way or get clay / paint / etc. underneath them!
Round!! Square might catch while knitting.
Square, no polish and filed frequently.
I am a nail polish junkie! I like rounded-square nails! :)
rounded nails - I'd love a chance to win the giveaway - thanks ! Melody
Round tips for me!
I've only got two girlie things about me - my fake nails and my hair dye (I don't wear make-up). My nails would fall in to the squared category, though the edges are soft rather than sharp corners. Too much detail, huh? ;-)
what a fun giveaway! thanks to julie (needle emporium) for directing me to this giveaway! oh, and square tips :)
Round tips - squared off corners just catch on things - especially my knitting!
I like to keep my nails rounded other wise i will pick at the edges and then there will be no nails :)
When I have time to file them, round tips for sure!
My preference is round tips for my nails!
Round tips! Thank you!
Trina Baird
Definitely round tips for me!
short and round for me.
Erm... no nail tips? I can't have long nails (that is more than 3-4 mm)... I work with my hands, so they get dirty quick and drive me nuts.
Square at a sport length - just past the tip of the finger, and I do round out the sides a bit to keep from snagging on, well everything, but most importantly my yarn.
I like my nails to be rounded
Rounded squares for me!
Kimberly RavID 4throse
I like rounds tips only.
Square tip, however my edges tend to be slightly rounded to enhance the look :)
Round tips for me.
Round tips absolutely.
Round tips. My nails tear when they are square - and when they are round!
I'm definitely a square tips women!!! I love this soakboxes, I'll be part of the KAL, it will be my first mittens, I'm so exited!
I like round nails - I keep them very short because I don't like them clicking on everything. I'm also a chronic biter and trying to kick the habit.
When I wore them long, it was square all the way, but now that I keep them very short most of the time, I like a little rounding at the corners.
round tips - thank you.
Round tips easier to knit with.
thanks!!
I prefer round tips.
Round, always round! Great contest too.
Shortish and square easy peasy
See you at sheep n wool
Short and round. I've never even tried square nails before.
Short and round. I don't want to injure my baby.
In highschool I used to wear them long and oval, with slightly pointed tips. It looked really nice.
I haven't tried square tips, so prefer round :)
I like the square tips.
round for sure... square look unnatural and seem dangerous to me!
For me, I like just slightly longer nails than is rhe fashion just now. My fingers have rounded corners on square nails, just enough to keep from snagging on my fingerless mitts. I seem to be doing more stranded colourwork, so the rounded corners definitely help with the snagging issue :)
What a great gift idea for the holidays or for any occasion.
Thanks for offering the kits, but aroo? What an odd question. I prefer nails that are short and out of the way. I don't much care how they're shaped. Aside from knitting, I garden, I have a small farm and I'm a potter. Nails that are too long get dirty too easily and get in the way, especially when potting. And all ratty nails do is get caught in yarn.
Round round round and round. Why do nail salons always do them square?
My nails have always been round. Square just feels unnatural to me.
I think square tips are pretty but I prefer round tips
Round tips work for me!
If I do them myself I usually do them round, but if I get a Manicure I like them square. I love how it looks, I just can't make the squares look right myself!
I prefer square tips for sure.
I like rounded tips on my fingers and square on my toes!
Ah, I was wondering about these kits. I sat next to a woman on my flight up to Stitches East who was knitting the Clark Gable kit! I get my nails done with round edges but straight across along the top. So I guess a combination! What a great giveaway.
Round!
Mine grow in squarish but I prefer roundish!
Squoval! the hybrid of square and round!
I really don't suppose it matters much to me as I am hopeless at keeping finger nails of any kind. I love the look of square nails though and if I could keep nails would go for square.
Round, Baby! :) (All these square people--I had no idea!)
Square. Just like me.
Square/Oval I like those rounded edges but flat typing fingers
Short, round tips. I'll start picking if my nails get long.
Rounded edges with many coats of topcoat for a snag-free finish :)
I strongly prefer square tips because they make my hands look really nice. I love deep cherry red and hot pink polishes, although I also like dark taupe as well.
I like my nails more square than round and more round than square. Sort of both at the same time.
I like round tips.
I like square tips with rounded corners so they dont catch. I remember when i was little, my mom and I were watching VH1 and Paula abdul's rush rush video came on. My mom saw that she had square tips and said "i wanna try that!" 80's nails were long and round or pointy so paula started a trend! ive always liked square better now.
I like slightly rounded square tips, which probably makes me a little crazy. My nails grow pretty square to begin with, I just like to have them a little less harsh.
Round tips for me! I think the square tips look great on others.
Round tips. Square tips do not look natural to me.
Betty K
Definitely rounded tips!
Definitely round tips!
I love the look of square tips, but the edges always wind up snagging on something, so I usually choose round tips instead.
As short as possible, rounded tips, since I work in the operating room!
I prefer round tips. They are less likely to catch on my knitting. Square tips look awesome, but I can't wear them.
Round for fingers and very, very short! No snagging, no fuss.
I think I'm somewhere in between round and square - squoval? Either way, they have to be short. Having been a life long nail-biter (the habit is mostly kicked) it drives me crazy to have tips longer than my fingers now. Thanks for the chance to win! I love the Lace Kelly colorway!
Round please!
Round tips!
I prefer square tips. Unrelated, I saw these SoakBoxes in my LYS this weekend and SWOONED. Their sign suggested it as the perfect gift for your BKF (Best Knitting Friend). Which I agree with, but only if I can buy two and keep one for myself!
I find that rounded tips not only help to disguise any broken or slower-growing nails but also help to make my stubby fingers look longer and more graceful! As a life-long nail-biter, my nails were always truly horrific, regularly site and bleeding due to my nasty habit...but 10 weeks ago I broke the habit and for the first time in 26 years, I have a full set of beautiful nails! I'm having so much fun with polishes and foils that I can't understand why I never tried to kick the habit before!
hmmmm... rounded-square? Is that an option? I'm a DIY nail-er, and they're the easiest for me to do :)
I'd have to say squoval - I like the square shape, but my nails are so weak that I need the corners rounded a bit or they will catch and rip.
I like the look of square tips personally, just wish I could have all my nails the same length at the same time !
I prefer square nails but generally end up with a rounded square finish.
rounded for sure!
I like my nails rounded......makes it easier to type!!
I prefer rounded. Not all the way, though, like an oval, so I might be another 'squoval' vote! :)
I like square-ish tips.
Thanks!
(Goodstuff on Rav)
I've just started doing them more square than round. Kind of like them this way. For now anyway!
Thanks to everyone who joined in our fun! We have our two winners. Kaykatrn and Monika. Please send mailing info to us at yarnATlornaslacesDOTnet and we'll get your Soakbox on its way to you!
short & square & sweet!
Guess I would call it square but not too severe, rounded edges soften the look :-)
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