Getting Ready For The Olympics
Oh my goodness, this is going to be fun!
I just had a look on Ravelry to see what’s going on for the Ravelympics. I am trying to decide what events I will join. You see, unlike the regular Olympics where most athletes will compete in only one sport, in the Ravelympics you can compete in multiple events….you are constrained only by the amount of time between the opening and closing ceremonies….and the other things in your life that you have to fit in during your non-knitting hours.
My continued loyalty is to Team Canada, but there are tonnes of teams to choose from, and not just countries….there’s a Team Bacon, a Team CrankyPants, a Team Korean Drama Addicts, a Team Middle-Earth, a Team Too-Busy, a Team Whatever, and even a Team Zombie Slayers….so no matter who you are, or what you do, there’s a team for you!
Here’s the list of events from ravelry
- Aerial Unwind eventaerial (Frog those poor unloved projects to reclaim that yarn. (This event only: requires a WIP or FO pic and frog pile pic)
- Bag Jump eventbagjump (Bags, totes, pouches)
- Beading Biathlon eventbead (All things beaded and embellished)
- Bobsled eventbobsled (All things pets)
- Cable Cross-Country eventcable (All things cables)
- Charity Curling eventcharity (Projects for charity)
- Designer Biathlon eventdesignerbiathlon (From a swatch to published pattern in 17 days sample completed and pattern released on ravelry – swatching allowed before torch lit)
- Designer Original Dance eventdesignerdance (Create your own design sample from scratch in 17 days {swatching allowed before torch lit}; pattern need not be written])
- Designer Pattern Skeleton eventdesignerpattern (Create a publishable pattern (sample can be already knit); do what you feel is necessary to produce a publishable pattern testing, editing, etc)
- Downhill Dyeing eventdyeing (dyeing yarns – this will only create stash)
- Felting Freestyle eventfelting (All things felting and fulled)
- Fleece to FO Long-Track eventfleece (Start with fleece or roving and create a finished object)
- Flying Camel Spin eventflyingcamel (Just spinning…lots and lots of spinning)
- Free Dance eventfreedance (Don’t fit into any other event? This is for you)
- Giant Slalom-ghan eventgiantslalomghan (Afghan, blankets, throws)
- Hat Halfpipe eventhathalfpipe (All things hats and heads)
- Holiday Jump-Start Skiing eventholiday (Projects to be gifted/given in Dec 2010 and holiday-themed items)
- Junior Olympics eventjunior (garments/accessories for kids and babies {toys have their own event})
- Labyrinth Weaving eventweaving (All things woven)
- Lace Luge eventlaceluge (Lace patterns and laceweight yarns)
- Mittens Moguls eventmittenmoguls (Mittens, gloves, anything that covers hands/wrists/arms)
- Nordic Colorwork Combined eventnordiccolorwork (Colorwork, intarsia, fair isle)
- Platter Lift eventplatter (Home and décor projects)
- Samalog Machine Skate eventsamalog (Machine knitting)
- Scarf Super-G eventsuperg (Scarves, cowls, neckwarmers, smokerings, scarflettes…all things neck)
- Short Track Shawls eventshorttrackshawls (Shawls, stoles, wraps, shawlettes)
- Single Skein Speed Skate eventspeedskate (Projects of just one skein/hank)
- Skelegurumi eventskelegurumi (Toys and amigurumis)
- SnowCross eventsnowcross (Projects that combine knitting, crochet, needle-felting, embroidery, sewing …; minimum of 2 crafts combined together)
- Sock Hockey eventsockhockey (All things socks and slippers)
- Stash Compulsory Dance eventstashdance (Use of long-neglected stash purchased at least 1 year ago)
- Sweaterboard Cross eventsweaterboard (All forms of sweaters, vests, cardis, pullovers, boleros)
- WIPs-Dancing eventwipsdancing (WIPs/UFOs and only these; Projects not touched since Jan 12th)
A single project can compete in multiple events….so I’ve got some thinking to do. I would like to use up some of my fleece, so I think I’ll be signing up for the Fleece to FO Long-Track, the Flying Camel Spin, perhaps the Downhill Dyeing and then comes the hard part.
What should I make with my handspun?
I think I’ll sleep on it for a while. There are still 16 days before we all need to cast-on!
What event are you going to compete in for these Ravelympics?
Tags: fleece, knitting, knitting olympics, ravelry, ravelympics, vancouver 2010
