We have a super easy contest for you this month. See this pretty mannequin? We need a name for her. She’ll be modeling hats, scarves, and cowls here at Loopy Central, but so far a name has eluded us. She looks rather 40’s-ish, doesn’t she? Or maybe not. So the contest for the month – leave a blog comment with your name suggestion OR tell us your grandparents first names in the comments section. We might find a good name from one of your grandparents, too. (And that way, we’ll have a good man-name in case we add a guy mannequin at some point.) We’ll choose the name that we think fits her best! If you suggested it, we’ll be sending you some Wollmeise. (If more than one person suggests the same name, we’ll draw for it.) We’ll also do a random draw from all of the comments, for another winner of Wollmeise, just because we want to. (By the way, I missed Blog De-Lurk day on Monday, so today would be a good day to do your annual de-lurk here on the blog – and get into the contest at the same time!)
Update on things here: We all need a bit of a Wollmeise Breather. 🙂 The two Customs-stuck boxes have come in, but the yarn needs to be photoed and put up and I’m heading out to CA on Friday. So – no Wollmeise for awhile. We haven’t decided about next week yet. And speaking of leaving, I’ll be back to the blog on Monday with another Loopy Limelight. (Thanks for all of your fun emails and comments about the Limelights. It is fun for me to share more about these wonderful dyers and knitters with you, and I’m glad you like it, too.) Next Monday’s Limelight features the indie dyer whose sock yarn I’m currently knitting into a sock. Wonderful stuff.
Monday: there’s no mail here in the U.S., so we’ll all off that day. (Me? I’ll be recovering from a very quick weekend in CA. The Elves? Spending time with their kids, who will also be off that day.) All orders from Friday noon, through Monday evening, will begin shipping on Tuesday morning. I hope you all have a nice long weekend, if you’re lucky enough to have Monday off, too!
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What about my name? Edna
I am often told, “That was my grandmother’s name or my great-aunt’s name.”
My mother-in-law’s name is Hazel. She just celebrated her 100 year birthday! Her mother’s name was Dora Belle and her father’s name was Filmore.
I think she could be: Evangeline, Nora, Nona, or Naomi.
My Grandparents names were:
Mildred and Thomas
Ellen and Peter
Do love the Loopy Lola and Loopy Lupe suggestions but she does remind me of Louise Brooks also.
My grandparents’ names were Harry, Sybil, Sam, and Sylvia — no”L” names, and I do think she looks like a Lola …
I think she looks like a Rose, which happens to be my step-grandmother’s name.
My grandparents names are Anna, Tony, Hester and Jimmy.
I vote for Loopy Lola did you meet the in Old Soho?
I love the movie ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ and the head reminds me of that movie. She especially reminds me of the character Muzzie (Carol Channing) who was at the leading edge of fashion and trends.
My suggestion is Muzzie Ewe
How about Lara, as in Loopy Lara. The girl in Dr. Zhivago was named Lara, and the movie was set in a very cold Russia, which always makes me think about knitting lots of warm woolen accessories. My grandmother’s name was Julie.
I think she looks exactly like Elizabeth Taylor. She has the same mouth and eyes. You should call her Liz.
I think she looks like Anita Loos, a famous film screen writer of the 20’s & 30’s (she wrote “Gentleman Prefer Blondes” – but my real vote is for Blanche – etheral, moody, but boy does she look good in hats!
I think she looks very french so I suggest Genevieve .
Grandparents names were:
Sydney and Grace
Richard and Frances
Have a smiley day
I love Yvonne.
My grandparents names are Mary and Crystal (same as mine)
Hi and Happy New Year Loopies,
For some reason, your plastic lady looks more 20’s than 40’s to me. She did, in fact, tell me that her name is Zelda. Whisper “Zelda” to her and see if that doesn’t get you a coy smile.
Claudia – all the way
GP’s: Lupe & Jesse (Jesus), Dorothy & Edward
Tallulah (or… Tall-ewe-lah….)
How about Angelica…
My grandparents names: Mildred, Otto, Ellen & Charlie
Veronica, she looks like Veronica Lake.
I think she looks like a Clementine
Thelma?
My grandparents are Helen, Frank, Rachel, and Harold. None too glamorous.
She is totally Great Gatsby-rific. I would have said Zelda, but Sue right above claimed that one. How about Dahlia? if she were blond i would go for Daisy.
My grandparent’s names are Rosina, Angelo (but everyone knew him as George) Annie and Jack.
Marguerite was my maternal grandmother’s name, I like that one.
I think another L-name would be nice too….how about Liza?
My grandparents names are Franklin, Jeanice. Charles, and Eldora.
Eldora seems to fit her somehow.
I think all my ideas have already been suggested. I like Lola. Or Louise after my mom. 🙂
Grandparents names were Marth and Harold and Mabel and Ed, nothing glamorous. 🙂
Mom’s side: Raymonde, Ernie, and Audry (Yes, Raymonde is my grandmother’s name. Audry is my step-grandmother.)
Dad’s side: Geraldine “Jerry” and Malcome
She looks very mysterious and exotic…kind of like a Cleopatra
Having said that, how about Cleo or Cleolooptra
My grandmother’s name was Celia and she won the title of “Bomb Beauty” in the 1920s. This looks just like her 🙂
I think she looks like an Audrey or a Sabrina or a Beverly. My great-aunt’s name was Beverly, but everyone called her “Bev”.
My grandparents names are: Angelina (Angie), Paul, Mary (Gail), and Ronald (Ron)…not very exciting names.
She looks like a Vera to me. Not your ordinary girl!
She looks like a Millie to me!
My grandparents names — Judith and David, Linda and Fletcher …not super exciting ….
Definitely a Vera. Or a Ruby. Not your ordinary girl!
As soon as I saw her, I thought of my flapper great-grandmother, Cordelia, “Delia” to her friends. So, my suggestion is Delia de’Loop.
Grandparents: Lois and Karl, Ethel and Earle, great grands: Cordelia, Maude, Oscar, Verne, Thomas and Mary (there’s one more set, but I don’t recall their names…)
Another name, suggested to my imagination purely by your mannequin’s elegant face, is Veronica. She just looks like she could be a Veronica.
I think she looks like a Gemma. The fashionable flapper Miss Gemma Washburn of New York City. Or perhaps Nan, Miss Nan Worthington, the famous actress of my imagination!
My grandparents names weren’t too fancy, but they are/were:
Razel (Yiddish for Rose)
Matya (Russian for Martha)
Hyman
Melvin
Cheers,
Jaia
Josie
I think that is what she looks like
Rita is the name that first came to mind.
my grandparents were Katharine(Kit) and Bill, and Teresa Victoria and Frank
My grandmothers’ names are Helen and Greta. I used to have a great wool suit of Greta’s, from the 40s. Elvira is the name that popped into my head when I saw the face, though. Maybe it should be a double name, like Betty Boop or Daisy Mae. LOL!
Deirdre!
My grandparents were Arthur and Olga and Frank and Mary – but I think she’s more of a Maude (my great-aunt who turned 99 in November) or Millicent.
My grandparents’ names were Ruby & Leo and Mae and Dan. I could see her as a Ruby or a Mae, although other possibilities come to mind – like Claudette, or Lana (which interestingly enough, means “wool” in Spanish!).
My Grandparents were Bernice and James, or El Versie.
Just remember – she is an elegant model. I like Lillian, Dorothy, Violet or Leona.
She looks like an Ima, as in Ima Loopy. Other names that come to mind — Lillian, Laura or Ethel.
The mannequin has the cosmetic look and hair style of 1920s flappers that held over into 1930s Hollywood, like Greta Garbo, Tallulah Bankhead, Theda Bara, Fay Wray, Marlene Dietrich, ZaSu Pitts, Jean Harlow, and Norma Shearer. The long, exaggerated, thinned, and oval arc of the eyebrow with heavy dark kohl eye makeup and false eyelashes was a distinctive part of the flapper look, right down to the beauty mark and pointy Betty Boop lips. The slick “bobbed” hair cut was a signature look, usually fingerwaved and often with the side curl that hugged the face pulled out in front of the ears. (Remember Victorian women during the early 1900s – 1919 had miles long hair – the Gish sisters, Marion Davies, and Mary Pickford, and when Mary Pickford cut her below the waist-length tresses, it was worthy of international news and a significant amount of broohaha, and the fight for women’s enfranchisement escalated during the 20s when flappers cut their hair, threw off their corsets, raised their hemlines, and wore bloomers.)
The ultimate and original flapper was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife Zelda, so I agree with the others that she should be Zelda, in honor of a spirited, adventurous knitter/writer/feminist whose life was tragically cut short, but ZaSu would be equally good.
See Zelda here:
http://images.google.com/images?q=zelda+fitzgerald&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title
and here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Rky7iXbK4yMC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=zelda+fitzgerald+knitting&source=bl&ots=tFhKfWUhp0&sig=4rLLyEczlkZZszV0YHezWC9pPOU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPP1,M1
Hmm…looks like someone already beat me to Velma (a la Velma Kelly), so why not Veronica? She also reminds me of a Maxine, or Max.
I think she looks like an Eliza or a Sally.
This might have already been suggested, but she makes me think of The Great Gatsby, so how about Daisy?
My grand parents were Margarite and Marius, Virgie and Lee.
Norma Desmond. I still laugh thinking of the Carol Burnett skit when she imitated Gloria Swanson.
Bernice and Harold were my grandparents.
My grandma’s names were Florence and Hilda, both of which would fit the manequin. I also like Dorthea. Rose is a pretty name for a mannequin??
My grandpa’s names were Norman and Dean. Of those two, I think Norman would be more suited for a mannequin.
What a fun contest!
I think she looks like a Vivian or a Madge. My grandparents nmes were Helen, Adolph, Adele and Joseph.
I think Daisy or Wallis would be great names for the mannequin! My grandparents were Dory, Freddie, Martha & Herman. For some reason I just love the name Herman and think it would be a great name for a male head.
She looks like a Knitvona to me. Grandparents names here were Emmaline and Fanny Ellen. As you can see double first names are a southern custom. More family names were. Mary Oline, Emma Dell and Linda Lee. Have with the contest!
Mary Lynn