BRING ON THE KNITS TO MODEL!!!

LATE-BREAKING NEWS:

RYAN WON!!!!

It was announced on The Early Show this morning.  As of this writing, Ryan is still there giving interviews and such.  What a big, big deal this is.  I have no doubt that WE did it.  Thank you, thank you all for all your votes and your moral support!  You guys are the BEST.

I'm off to make a donation to the Red Scarf Fund in his honor.  (don't let this post overshadow the earlier post about prizes)

My wonderful friend Adelaide wasted no time in responding:

in honor of "Ryan the Winner" another prize for your Red Scarf
give-a-way:  Two skeins of Koigu.  Dye code P315; dye lot D278.

Thanks, Adelaide!

ANOTHER UPDATE:  A message from Ryan:

If you are in NYC and would be willing to let me thank you personally, I will be at the Niagara Bar and Lounge on 7th St. and Ave A tonight starting at 10 PM (i am in rehearsal until then).  Please come if you can!

Comments

[adelaide]

FAN-TAS-TIC!!!!!! Three cheers for Ryan!

[Margot]

w00t! Go Ryan!

And knitters!

[Jan]

Hooray for Ryan!! Bring on the knitwear!!

[Ann]

JUST SAW IT! WHAT A GRACIOUS GUY! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!

[Sarah]

YYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!

SO SO SO SO happy for Ryan!

[Michele]

Woohoo! He's joining a show that got quite a few people off to a great career in acting - many congrats!

[Mary Lou]

That's great. It seems like such a long time that anyone I voted for won....

[Elspeth]

Go, Ryan, go! I'm glad my votes could help!

[--Deb]

Hurray!! Knitters, quite simply, rock! (Not that he didn't deserve it anyway, of course.)

[Lisa]

Congratulations to Ryan.

[Kirstie]

Yay! Congrats to Ryan!

[Isela]

Wohooo! Congratulations Ryan!

[Dave Daniels]

Congrats to the kid, he deserves this.

[Cara]

Congratulations! I'm might just have to start watching ATWT now.

[Beverly]

Woot!

[maryse]

haha congratulations to ryan!!

[Paula]

It's so nice when your vote counts! Congratulations Ryan. I hope this marks the beginning of a successful acting career. Sorry I can't be at the bar tonight. Abigail honey? Give him a big hug for me.

[Jan]

Fabulous! Congratulations to Ryan and a nod (again) to all of the knitters, definitely a force to be reckoned with!
I may have to start watching again...after 20 years away. Think I'd still recognize anyone? Probably.

[Sandy]

Yay for Ryan! I sat there and clicked and clicked and clicked. I swear I was able to vote 6 times!

Good luck Ryan - break a leg!

[Kathy]

That's fabulous!! And how darling is he with his email!

[ELIZABETH AIRHART]

lovely news
whose hand knit does he get to wear on the show

[marianne]

YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!! HUGE congrats to Ryan!

[Karin]

WOO HOO! So glad I took the time to vote multiple times!

[Wanda]

Woo and hoo! I'm so happy and excited for Ryan, that is wonderful! And Ryan will be getting paid! Hats off to him. I'll be looking for him on the show now. I'm glad I took the time to vote multiple times and at various computers!!

[Elisabeth]

Congratulations!!!!

[Soo]

I don't know Ryan, I never watch As the World Turns but I'm ridiculously pleased!!!! I voted as much as I could, and I spread the word (along with many many others) on a few message boards.

Power to the knitters!

Wahey Ryan!!!!!

[Carol]

Behold! The power of......talent!
You thought I was gonna knitters didn't ya? Congratulations!!!!I'm so happy for you all!!!!!

[Vicki]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

[April]

Best. News. Ever.

Congratulations, Ryan!!! Woohoo!

Such awesome news on a Monday morning. :)

[Annie]

OMG, how exciting! Congrats to Ryan. :)

[Annie]

OMG, how exciting! Congrats to Ryan. :)

[Carrie]

YAY! YAY FOR RYAN! It's the first time in my life when I feel like my vote(s) actually counted for something. ;-)

[Leslie]

Gosh it's so wonderful to know that my 10 votes actually went the way they were cast for a change! (home and work computers can be so terribly helpful in cases like this) Congrats to Ryan - may it turn into a permanent gig. Now let's hope Abigail finds something too :)

[Ruth]

Go Ryan! Congratulations!!!!

[Kristen]

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! {jumping up and down and scaring the cats--and probably the downstairs neighbor} Wooo, hooo!

[whitney]

Hooray! Way to go, Ryan!

[Rhonda from Baddeck]

HURRAY FOR RYAN! That's so exciting! I know it's just the beginning of wonderful things for him, and I'm happy that I could contribute a small bit.

[Lisa in Georgia]

Congrats! I'm so happy that our combined efforts paid off!!

All the best to Ryan and his future star-ness!

[rho]

Congratulations Ryan!!

[Janine]

Fantastic! the power of knitters! ;-)

[Cookie]

Totally fucking fabulous!

Congrats, Ryan!

[MonicaPDX]

Hurray for Ryan and votes and contracts! Congratulations, Ryan. Have fun working! Ok, do we make him Official Knitting Model now? If he can pull in the votes with your help and Kay's and umpteen other blogs in getting the word out, imagine him getting people to click for charities. Also, maybe he could manage to get across to us what a guy really wants in a sweater... [vbg]

[Kathy]

Woo-HOOOOOO!!!! Ryan did it! And we helped! Grin, grin, grin :-)

[Beth]

CONGRATS!!

[julia fc]

Oh man, how could he lose?
I only voted for him on one computer, but it was with all my heart.
Good going, knitters can do anything!

[Anne]

Dude, I wish I were in NYC...

[Manise]

Fan-fucking-tabulous! Congratulations all around!! So happy for him. He must be over the moon! Now Abigail can continue to eat. :-)

[Jean E.]

Totally awesome!!!

[Alarming Female]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE it when we pull something like this off. Super cool.

[sandy]

YAY!!!! Abigail gets to EAT!!! haha! Congrats RYAN!