Ravelympics
The start of the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing began three hours ago. That's 7:00 a.m., CST. I was supposed to be up and casting onto my knitting needles my second pair of Hand Spring Mitts for my entry in the Ravelympics, which is coinciding with the regular Olympics. It may sound boring for non-fiber people, but I assure you, it is great fun for yarn enthusiasts world-wide. So, I was really excited about waking up, casting on and posting pics on Ravelry.com with my fellow teammates. A little too excited to sleep, evidently. I got about five hours of sleep when I require at least seven or eight! When my husband woke me this morning, I didn't make it to the metaphorical 'starting line' like I thought I would...but instead, slept another twenty minutes and then 'stumbled out of the gate' once I made my coffee.
I hand-dyed some lovely Silky Alpaca Lace yarn yesterday for these mitts. I call it 'Pecan Praline'. I ran out of brown, or it would have been darker.
Now, I won't bore you with constant update photos here on my blog. Maybe one or two more and then a photo finish at the end. Closing Ceremonies in Beijing will also close our Ravelympics. Just seventeen days to finish the new mitts, plus finish my swap with Patchy and complete my mom's second mitt. Oh...and give our daughter a 5th b-day party, and get her all set for her very first day of public school! (Sigh.)
Wish me luck!
RM
Comments
Thanks! Pre-fab Pier 1 Imports, but it's still nice...and at only $30 a piece, we couldn't pass them up.
RM
Thanks! Unfortunately, I have an update on this:
I failed miserably. Really, I just should have just entered the 'WIPs Wrestling' event. I finished my mom's mitts (pics to come), but hardly got started on my Ravelympics mitts. Just too much going on within the past two weeks. Oh well...I know they'll get done, eventually!
:-) RM