Prepping for Next Year: 2024 Romancing the Vote and Ahead

I didn't really make time to blog about Romancing the Vote last summer but the joy and community it brought and continues to bring to me has been so critical. Below are screenshots of the various things I put into the 2024 auction, all of which have gone off to their various homes. One cowl even went to an author whose name was immediately recognizable. I hope it's been a great addition to her winter wardrobe. 

The auction went again to support organizations that work for voting rights, registration, and access and that is a cause I am very pleased to stay engaged with and to put support towards. 

As we got into the week of auctions, it was clear that "more things" would probably sell and I ended up adding two custom honey cowls. I emailed the winners after and we negotiated what colors I had in stash that I could knit up for them. I saw one in a picture in the online wild recently! 

And the team behind RTV has said we will indeed be back for 2026. On one hand, the idea of July 2026 feels like it is a million years from now. On the other and at the speed I have been knitting recently, that's basically tomorrow. So I'm back into the stash, pairing up things for yet more honey cowls to knit on the go. I have a plan for a great big shawl for people to fight over -- we'll see if I get it done enough that I am confident to submit it.