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Category: Olympic Knits (page 3 of 3)

Click…click…join!

Early in my knit blog lurking days I saw someone equate reading & clicking through blogs to Alice going down the rabbit hole. There are times when I start reading blogs where one click leads to another…and another…and another…here’s an example of how all the clicking works together…

I can’t remember how I came across the link to Melissa’s dishcloths…Lolly’s recent post had a link to Whip Up…this week they had a post about Handmade valentines which had a picture & link of the same dishcloth pattern…I followed that link & discovered Natalie had made the dishcloth as part of the Monthly Dishcloth Knit-a-long. In 1997 my grandma taught me how to knit using her basic dishcloth pattern from Lily Sugar’n Cream yarn – this knit-a-long seemed like just the one for me to join. So I’ve joined up & look forward to trying new dishcloth patterns each month!

(I’ve continued to knit a few more Valentine dishcloths this week – I think a couple will stay home with me.)

With regards to another joining project…I have now joined Team Midwest in the Knitting Olympics. Fellow Midwesterners who browse my blog, check out the Team Midwest blog for details about how to join the team!

Baa…baa…

Baa, baa, black red, white & pink sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir! Yes sir! Three skeins full!

Knit Sheep

In today’s mail was my first set of handmade stitch markers. Katie has hung out her Pink Sheep shingle at Etsy & has some adorable sheep available for purchase.

I think that at least 2 of these little cuties will be making their debut for the Knitting Olympics. They are all posing with the yarn for my project.

Patience Knitting Grasshopper

When I got home from work yesterday I had a package waiting for me…a yarn package…a package that is a key element of my entry in The Knitting Olympics.

I quickly ripped into the box & smiled at what I saw. Then came the hard part – restraining myself from getting started right away on this project.

Thankfully I have several things planned for this weekend that will divert me from focusing on this project. (more about those in another post)

In less than 2 weeks the games begin in Torino…until then I will leave you with a sneak peek at the yarn! Any ideas what my Olympic Knitting event will be?

Patience Knitter

Knitter in Training…

As many of you are aware…the Yarn Harlot has called on all knitters to gather for the Knitting Olympics on February 10th for 16 days of knitting challenge. Are you ready?

Just as an athlete trains & goes through compulsory exercises before “the” event…while I decide what new project to tackle for the Olympics I’m spending a little time in training – tackling some new stitch patterns, “practicing speed” with my standby dishcloth pattern, looking at all the bookmarked patterns I’ve saved in the last couple of months as I started browsing knitting blogs. It’s not an exciting picture but here is a sampling of some of the “training” that has been happening this weekend.

Knitting Olympics Prep

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