Sunday, February 14, 2010

Ravelympics 2010

Ravelympics 2010 is on at the moment - a celebration of both the Winter Olympics on the telly and the yarn crafts, with the two being done at the same time over at Ravelry. I am in a team with a whole heap of other Aussies - Team Doing a Bradbury, in honour of Steven Bradbury, an Australia speed skater who once did this:



I signed up ages ago, but not feeling the crochet love lately I thought I would be a non-starter, and my dreams of podium glory in the WIPs Dancing and the Sweaterboard Cross events would be no longer. Yesterday while the opening ceremony was being held, I was shovelling mud from my street gutters, allowing storm water to flow a bit easier. I may have also been standing at the window for hours gazing at that rare event, rain.

But after a long swim in the pouring rain this morning (yes I may be nuts, but so are my friends and a neighbour who were at the pool with me) I came back home feeling soggy, but energised. I was going to finish off those Adirondack Socks, so help me! I set up my Winter Olympics viewing platform:

The view from my crocheting sofa

Then I ordered a hot chocolate and a chicken toastie from the kitchen (ha ha), and settled in to watch the moguls and the rain, and crochet my heart out. I had an early equipment failure - I found my Knitpicks Harmony 3.5 mm hook broken inside my project bag.

Broken hook

Luckily I had a spare metal hook. Ninety minutes later, and half way through the first run of the men's luge, I had a pair of finished socks.

Adirondack Socks

They are made with Wollmeise 100% superwash in the colour Rhabarber. I quite like them.

Adirondack Socks

I started them back in October and was speeding along, and then I got busy doing other things. Let's ignore the obvious mistake in this photo, shall we?

Adirondack Socks

Now I am excavating my yarn stash, trying to find suitable yarns for my next event - the Sweaterboard Cross. My only problem is that I have three lovely patterns to choose from.

Ravelympics option 1 Ravelympics option 2 Ravelympics option 3

I'm thinking option 3, actually.

13 comments:

  1. Hurrah! (but bummer about your KP hook, not salvagable at all, is it!)

    I was going to say option 1 (the purple) but they are all so nice, you can't go wrong can you! And if your stash find is over a year old, you'll qualify for the Stash Compulsory Dance too!

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  2. The socks look great. Sweater no 2 would be my pick

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  3. Adirondack Socks strike me as quite the thing to be wearing under a pair of speed skates. I'll be Sweaterboard Cross cheering from the sidelines!

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  4. I second Michelle - number 2 is my pick as well!!

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  5. Those socks are fantastic! I love the pattern and the colours. I like number 3. :o)

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  6. The blue one !!! The blue one !!!

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  7. Your socks look fantastic. I would pick the blue sweater too, it is so nice!

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  8. Well done on the finished socks! I like the second one too ... and a single button has got to be better than a row of hook & eyes like the first one ;-)

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  9. Love the stunning socks, and the fact that you are in a 'Team Doing a Bradbury'. I'd join the team just for that.

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  10. I like number 2 also. And whilst that hook might not be any good for crochet anymore, it may make a lovely shawl pin??

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  11. no way - no 1 or 3 definitely for you.
    A love the ice skating story - it is such a cack.

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  12. very nice comeback after equipment failure! I have medaled in Charity Curling and Hat Halfpipe so far. I am captain of teamSharingOurGifts.

    I have linked your post to my blog post today. Happy Ravelympics competition!

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