And the crowd goes wild! [2010 Knitting Olympics update]
I’m so excited (and quite frankly, damn proud of myself!) that I can hardly type. Twelve days ago I wrote about my plans for the 2010 Knitting Olympics. Well, the Olympics are coming to an end this Friday with the official Closing Ceremony — which will also be the end of the Knitting Olympics — but I am already standing proud on my invisible virtual podium!
On February 12th at 7:30 pm during the Opening Ceremony in Vancouver, Canada, I cast on a female version of Ruth Homrighaus ’s famous Sheldon pattern.
On February 23, 2010 at roughly 10:30 am, I finished my turtle. I’ve named her Shellen:
She’s adorable and I already just love her. I won’t be gifting this, she’s MINE ALL MINE. And I love her. (Oh, I’ve already mentioned that? Sorry.)
I have definitely opened a huge can of worms with this project. I am now absolutely obsessed with the idea of knitting hundreds — no, THOUSANDS! — of critters, creatures, and monsters. And of course I want to knit them all RIGHTNOW, thankyouverymuch. But alas, knitting is not a sport for the impatient and must be trudged along at a slow, smooth pace.
This is just a tiny peek of my current knitting queue. Feel free to notice the overload of cute:
I will openly admit right here, right now, that I will never — I repeat, NEVER — be able to knit all of those stuffies. But that certainly doesn’t stop me from fantasizing about doing just that…
For March I’ve started a Ravelry group called March Madness where we are trying to finish up small project. Possibly you should join and then work on all these ADORABLE stuffies???
Hi Christina! I joined the March Madness group and even made a post about what I’ll be working on this coming month. :) Thanks for the invite!
Love, Ester