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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My grandmothers’ names are Martha & Florence. Grandpas’ names were Theodore & Joseph.
I think she could be a Martha!
Hi,
my mother’s parents were Belle (short for Mary Belle) and Barry. My dad’s parents were Daisy and Louis. I personally prefer Belle and Barry myself– I tend to stay away from names that sound too cute or contrived… I’d never make it in the marketing business!! 🙂
this is a fun contest– I’ll be looking forward to seeing the results!!
Marjorie. Definitely Marjorie, just like my Nana!
Lucy was my first thought, but Jean or Mayme are my grandmothers’ names and those suit her too. Although “Loopy Lucy” has a nice ring to it…Very fun model!! Have a good weekend!
I like the name Gigi for your mannequin. My grandparents on my Dad’s side were Lillian and Leslie. On my Mom’s, they were Violet and Vernard.
I think she looks like an Inez with Rupert for a male Partner.
My grandparents names were pretty ordinary:
Grace, Stephen, Margaret, and Thomas
To me she looked like a Vivian.
But my grandparents were Joe, Daisy May, Gerald and Geraldine!
Wow, she looks a lot like Louise Brooks, a.k.a. Lulu! My grandparents names are very traditional–Alice, Katherine, Harry, and Angus.
I think Gigi would be great. She looks very chic, vintage, and possibly French.
Betsy 🙂
Forgot to mention my grandparents’ names.
Dad’s side- Dorothy and Robert
Mom’s side- Ernestine and Woodrow
Betsy 🙂
Wow – sure are a lot of comments! My grandparents names are
Helen
Ellen
Donald
Leo
What about Ermentrude.
Grandparents
Ida, Wilfred (Wilf), Katherine (known as Kitty), Wilson
Delilah It seems like a 40’s name for an enchantress.
She looks a little bit like Catherine Zeta-Jones character in the movie Chicago, Velma Kelly.
So, Velma the Vivacious??
Or The Loopy Flapper??
Grandmothers/Great-Grandmothers names: Lillian, Dee, Ortha, Margaret
How about Margaret Mannequin??
How about Veronica or Alice?
My grandparent’s names (and a great-grandparent) are:
Blanche
Anna-Marie
William
Stephen
Margaretta
My grandparents’ names were Phyllis, Milton, Hilda, and Clifford. I really think she looks like a Francine or a Faye, though!
I think she’s Lucille, after my grandmother! Loopy Lucille–it has a nice ring to it!
I immediately thought Esmerelda when I looked at her, so that is my suggestion.
She looks like a Zelda to me. howvwe, you might also cal her Loopy Lucie! i still think she is a zelda.
psssst….
She whispered to me that her name is ‘Liza”
How about Ophilia Yarn
For a guy maybe Harry Norman or Herman Nelson.
I also vote for Pearl and Pete.
Marlena (as in Marlena Dietrich) came to my mind right away. My parents were Lillian and Arthur, grandparents-George and Alice, Joseph and Nellie. Quite a collection of names! Lots of good suggestions from everyone — would be great to win!! 🙂 Paulette
Why, that’s Minnie…Minnie the Moocher. Didn’t you know, she’s a red-hot hootchie-cootcher. Her heart, I’ve heard, is as big as a whale – but that don’t mean she won’t steal those hats if you turn your back on her!
And, my grandparents names were Franklin and Gloria on my mother’s side and Christine and Gustav on my father’s.
My grandmothers’ names are Euline and Adeline. So I suggest Lena, borrowing from both!
She looks like Lulu … as in “Lulu’s back in town” …………
I would name her Christine…..for the character played by Angelina Jolie in “The Changeling”
My grandmothers’ names were Rowena and Ruby. I like Ruby. It seems to fit her.
I’m adding another name because I was thinking about how the mannequin looks like a a glamorous 1930’s/1940’s movie star type, so I am submitting Vivian (as in Leigh*g*) as a name for her.
How about Gilda? She reminds me a lot of these gorgeous hollywood divas in the 1920s to 1950s. Hedy Lamarr is nice also.
Grandparents names are Henry and Apollonia.
Two of my many great aunts…Aileen Sunshine and Glee Bernadine.
Thought I’d give you a Swedish/danish collection of names as well so here are my grandparents names:
Anna, Charlotta
Karl, Johan
Gunna, Wilma
Olle
How about Mon Cheri Very French, very close but not quite Sheri. Her elegant French cousin.
Peace
My great aunt’s name was Theodosia which I love the sound of. My mother Mildred (Millie and Iggy for short) was a flapper with hair much like your model’s. Florence, James,Nashville and Abigail were my grandparents.
I think Mona would be a nice name for the mannequin.
My granparents names were Malvina & Norbert and Margaret & Charles
Let’s see – mannequin names huh –
Zoe
Chloe
Madelaine
She strikes me as an Adele, though I can’t say why. My grandparents were Ella and Stanley, and Eva and George. I’ve always liked old fashioned name–I got pretty “Brittany” and “Ashley”-ed out for a while there!
Grandparents DAISY, BEATRICE, HENRY GLADSTONE, ROY
Personally I favor LOOPY TU
She looks like a Vivian Lee to me.
I propose Cleo, which happens to be my great-grandmother’s name. My grandparents’ names are: Helen, Edgar, Marion & Victor
How about moi petite , she looks very sophisticated and is , well petite.
grandparents tcora , dillard.
Shelda
Well, my grandmothers’ names are Maria Dolores Lolita (I kid you not!) and Maria Teresa Lourdes… My grandfathers’ names are Jose Javier and Juan Gabriel. Ironically, I’m not Latina. -laugh-
Personally, I think she looks like a Louise or Lyssandra or a Lizabeth… because I like “Loopy Lisabeth,” myself. ^_^
How about Josephine for the girl and Cecil for the guy? My grandmothers’ names were Clementina Josephine (can you imagine??) and Marguerite Marie.
So I give you Laverne and John or Kitty and Forrest. But she looks a bit like a Maude or a Milly or maybe a Molly. 😀
Now here is one I don’t think I have seen yet…
Fedoria
It’s the middle name of all the women in a family that I know. They all hate it, but I think it’s quite different and nice. My favorite is Barbara Fedoria.
I’ll suggest my oma’s name: magda. 🙂
Hi All,
I looked at her and said, “Lili”. My second guess would be “Mamie”.
Looloo
Hi Sheri,
Trust you had a great weekend in warm CA! We just continue to shovel snow here!
Grandparents names:
Allen and Evelyn
William (Bill) and Audrey
For some reason, she looks like a Babette to me…but I agree, very 40s indeed. 🙂
I like the name “Elena” which means “light” in Greek.
My both grandmothers had a name “Elizabeth” and grandfathers “Vassiliy”.