I’m not knitting anything currently, and it’s driving me absolutely mad. I can’t even cast on, because I don’t want to start anything until this next weekend. Why? Because it’s

RAVELYMPICS!

Ravelympics began two years ago (during the last Summer Olympics) as a Big To-Do on Ravelry. Coinciding with the Olympics, there’s different “events”, each representing a fiberworking goal.  I haven’t decided yet exactly which events I’m going to participate in, so I can’t give you an idea of what my updates will look like. I’m definitely going to try my hand at designing something for the first time, and might be knitting a hat, shawl, and/or socks. And I’d feel a bit silly if I didn’t do something toylike, as I started learning more knitting techniques simply because I love amigurumi.

However, I have the conundrum as to when I shall actually begin the Ravelympics. Cast-on is not allowed until the Olympics Opening Ceremony (and to win an event, you must be finished with it by the end of the closing ceremony). But since I’m a landmass and pond away from Toronto, the Opening Ceremony doesn’t start here until 2am on Saturday. I don’t do well with all-nighters. I’d go to bed early and get up early, but I’ve a dance performance that Friday. Alas!

Well, we shall see how this turns out. Will be blogging about the Ravelympics throughout the month. Until then!

Categories: Arts, knit
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