Finish Line and Medals

I finished my Ravellenic Lacey Shawl (my first lace weight project) about 11:15pm Wednesday night. I’ve crossed the 2012 Ravellenic Games finish line for the following events: Lace Long Jump, Shawl Sailing, Single Skein Sprint, and Synchronized Stash-Busting. For you non-knitters and non-crocheters, the Ravellenics is a knitting / crocheting challenge where participants challenge themselves to start and finish one or more projects during the Olympic Games. One can participate in one or more of the 32 Events, depending on what project they choose.

When I was at the podium to receive my medal for the Lace Long Jump, Bobicus (the Master of Ceremonies of the Ravellenic Games) said “to honor our revered medal winners upon completion of their herculean challenges in this the 2012 Ravellenic Games!
Fine yarn, thread, lots of chains or ssk’s, you persevered and conquered. The crowd ooh’s and ahhs the nupps, picots and gossamer weight of your projects and their general excellence.
Accept this lovely bouquet of summer flowers plucked from hillsides of Mount Olympus. And from the Bobicii Nereids, your Event Medal!

You’re now officially immortalized forever in the history books of the Ravellenic Games! Yeah You!
Now will Ravthletes and spectators alike bow your heads for the stately yet thrilling Ravellenic Games anthem” and the crowd roars with excitement at yet another successful bid for Ravellenic Glory is achieved!
When I received my medal for the Single Skein Sprint, the Master of Ceremonies was recorded saying “Many a competitor has succumbed to the siren call of the single skein. So tempting to think it’s just one little itty bitty skein… it won’t take up much room in the stash… and whoosh. In seconds, you’ve purchased yet more yarn. Hence the beauty of this event: turning those seductive skeins into objects of finished beauty (and making more room in your stash at the same time)!”
For the Shawl Sailing event: “Accept this lovely bouquet of summer flowers plucked from hillsides of Mount Olympus. And from the Bobicii Nereids, your Event Medal! You’re now officially immortalized forever in the history books of the Ravellenic Games! Yeah You! Now will Ravthletes and spectators alike bow your heads for the stately yet thrilling Ravellenic Games anthem … dum de dum dum … dummmmmm .. DA DUMMM!
and the crowd roars with excitement at yet another successful bid for Ravellenic Glory is achieved!”

For those of us receiving our medals for Synchronized Stash-Busting, Bobicus congratulated us: “Bravo for fearless competitors who tackled the stash pile. Mounds and mounds of languishing stash magically transformed into beautiful and functional things of handmade wonder! The fiber world is a bit less crowded today thanks to your efforts to tackle the stash.”

I’ve won 4 medals! Yeah, what a Ravthlete!!

And let us remember the 11 souls killed 40 years ago in Munich.