Ravelympics, pre-game and Event One!
Elysse| 14 February 2010 8:36 pmYAY RAVELYMPICS!
I have a confession to make. I didn’t have the wherewithal to withstand a lack of fiberwork in my life—so on Friday I started asphyxiation from the anticraft. I managed to finish one motif before Ravelympics cast-on, and thus can put it away (without worrying it will fall apart) for the next few weeks.
Shiny crochet thread!
But on to Ravelympics! The first “event” I’m competing in is Designer Original Dance, where one must knit or crochet a design sample (but not necessarily write or edit the pattern). What am I designing? A chess set!
The King and Queen
My inspiration was the fact that I could only find a few chess sets on Ravelry (and only one knittable, the others being crochet), and I didn’t really like the designs. I became a bit of a chess set snob when working years ago at the swordshop (we sold chess sets, too), and thus decided to throw together a design of my own. So far only the king is finished, and the queen is halfway there. The rook should be easy, the knight should make me kill things, and I’m not quite sure what’s going to happen with the pawn. Or the bishop.
If I finish my other Ravelympics events, I might have to redevelop this into a Chinese chess set. They have CANNON.
And on that note, so long and Happy Chinese New Year!
One Response to “Ravelympics, pre-game and Event One!”
A crochet chess set, thats certainly original. I agree, the Knights are going to be a very tricky one to get right. Good luck.
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