I really didn't know if I was going to make it. Especially at the end things began to get crazy around here; I had a French test Thursday, a Bible test today to study for over the weekend, an assignment which I should have worked on but didn't to gain more time for knitting, and a last minute overnight trip Saturday.

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Wish I had a few pictures to include here, but it really feels like there's no time for such things. It's coming down to the wire; just four more days (not even) before the Closing Ceremonies. Four more days of testing the limits and attempting to defy the odds which right now seem stacked against me.

Progress report; here on day three of work, the ( Read more... )

Yesterday the Ravelympics project hit a major bump in the road. The bump was two-fold actually; 1) with two skeins of yarn left I was only halfway to the desired length, and 2) the blanket, despite previous measuring results which said otherwise, was only 29 inches in width. In times such as this there is very little one can do. I could buy more ( Read more... )

After such a strong showing out of the gate, knitting on the Heirloom Baby Wrap has slowed greatly. While fairly small the blanket isn't really that portable of a project. Add in a night of meetings, another where exhaustion took me down before 9pm, and yet another of writing fundraising letters after a late class, and you've got a recipe for no- ( Read more... )

It's day four of the 2010 Ravelympics (or Knitting Olympics, depending on who you ask) and things are going well. I decided to focus my efforts on the Heirloom Baby Wrap, a sweet little project I've only before made in mini form. The full size version is said to be 34 inches by 42 inches. Doing the math, I figured I need to knit about 2.62 inches ( Read more... )

Have been staring at this page for around ten minutes now, attempting to think of something to write. It's not working. I don't know what happened, but at some point between Christmas and the start of the new semester I lost all drive to knit. I didn't touch anything; no patterns, no yarn, no needles. Nothing was made.
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Should have known that writing I'd be posting updates daily on my progress for the Ravelympics would mean I wouldn't be able to write anything until they were done. Oy. The good news though? I did it. All 14 projects I set out to make are finished... or at least I should say that I finished 14 projects in the timeframe. Had to be creative when a ( Read more... )

Yesterday I promised a more detailed list of the projects I wish to complete for the Ravelympics.

In true Olympic fashion, participates were given the chance to enter events and sign up for teams. I entered four events - Pet Pommel Horse, WIP Wrestling, Knit Gifts Pentathlon, and Holiday Handball. There were others I could have joined due to the ( Read more... )

I did it - I joined the 2008 Ravelympics. Knitting and the Summer Olympics - woohoo! In honor of this special occassion, I will be posting updates daily of new developments in my quest.

After much consideration - okay, more like a day - I decided to try and complete a total of 14 projects. In all fairness, seven of these are WIPs from before the ( Read more... )