Okay, we're not technically allowed to do it any more...the group at Ravelry was slapped on the wrist because Olympics is trademarked...BUT I'm doing my own private Olympic game. Which means (as long as I qualify), I automatically get a GOLD!
Here's the plan: cast on your project any time after the opening ceremonies, and finish your project during or before the closing ceremonies.
Four years ago, I knitted a cardigan. This time, I'm working on a sweater for myself. But not just any old sweater. I'm knitting a luscious, cream, cashmere sweater using yarn from some of my favorite ladies who happen to have a knitting mill. They have let me take home cones and cones of yarn for machine knitting. When I have finished, I'll use the scale at Pianegiani to weigh the sweater, and tell the ladies the final weight. Then I'll pay for the amount of yarn I've actually used!
In the meantime, I get to watch the Olympics...the only sporting events I actually enjoy watching! Last night I turned on the TV for the first time since the summer Olympics of 2012, and watched men's something-or-other skiing (40 minutes uninterrupted by anything), men's figure skating, pairs' skating, and a tiny bit of snowboarding. During the figure skating, they let us listen to the music and watch the performance instead of telling us what we were watching.
They had a mini-presentation on the Tonga bobsled team. I guess the Tongans decided that what the Jamaicans could do, they could also do?
One inch done on the sweater, and an hour of armchair athletics...
Love,
Alexandra
Love it! Can't wait to see your sweater. Not enough of a fan to commit to an Olympic-specific project but your post makes me wish I was!
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