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gonna catch up a little on my crochet posting.
a few months back I joined a great community called ravelry. it's a crochet and knitting community all about sharing patterns and ideas and friendships over fiber arts. much love for this site!
so they did something recently that I just adored called Ravelympics. it reminded me so of NaNoWriMo. the idea was to sign up to start a project during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, and to be done by the closing ceremonies. I signed up for 5 projects, figuring since 4 of them were small I could finish them. even though I was losing 4 days to GenCon! yeah, right. *grin*
so due to the logistics of when I was able to carry around a lot of different colors of yarn, I started on my 1 BIG project 1st. and that was the only one I finished in time. but I did medal in the Ravelympics! :) I made a pretty awesome backpack! and it qualified me for a medal in Bag-n-Tote Backstroke, and since I made it for my niece it also qualified for Gift Knits Pentathlon.
my medals! :)
and I think the backpack just rocks!
the outside pieces being assembled (on my horribly messy desk at work during break!)
the outside pieces fully assembled
the inside lining complete. notice the cool pockets!
complete from the front-ish side!
complete from the back!
complete on the inside (with the cool pockets in use)!
colors are Red Heart Super Saver Bright Yellow, Carrot, and Pumpkin, chosen by my niece, Chiharu.
a few months back I joined a great community called ravelry. it's a crochet and knitting community all about sharing patterns and ideas and friendships over fiber arts. much love for this site!
so they did something recently that I just adored called Ravelympics. it reminded me so of NaNoWriMo. the idea was to sign up to start a project during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, and to be done by the closing ceremonies. I signed up for 5 projects, figuring since 4 of them were small I could finish them. even though I was losing 4 days to GenCon! yeah, right. *grin*
so due to the logistics of when I was able to carry around a lot of different colors of yarn, I started on my 1 BIG project 1st. and that was the only one I finished in time. but I did medal in the Ravelympics! :) I made a pretty awesome backpack! and it qualified me for a medal in Bag-n-Tote Backstroke, and since I made it for my niece it also qualified for Gift Knits Pentathlon.
my medals! :)
and I think the backpack just rocks!
the outside pieces being assembled (on my horribly messy desk at work during break!)
the outside pieces fully assembled
the inside lining complete. notice the cool pockets!
complete from the front-ish side!
complete from the back!
complete on the inside (with the cool pockets in use)!
colors are Red Heart Super Saver Bright Yellow, Carrot, and Pumpkin, chosen by my niece, Chiharu.