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.

Ravellenic Games

I’ve entered the Ravellenic Games 2012 (same time as the Summer Olympics). I entered four events: Shawl Sailing, Lace Long Jump, Single Skein Sprint, and Syncronized Stash Busting. I will be making my first shawl with lace weight yarn. The yarn has been sitting in my stash since last year’s Ravelry’s Yarn and Falafel group’s annual picnic for a special project.

I hope I’ll be able to finish up the shawl before the end of the Summer Olympics and the Ravellenic Games 2012! I’m a bit nervous since the lace yarn is so fine and I don’t know how long it will take me to get used to knitting with that weight of yarn. The yarn is 100% natural sheep wool from Estonia in a gray and black variegated.

I will loose a night and a full day since cast-on is on a Friday night. I’ll have to get started on Motzei Shabbat. I guess I’ll just have to try and make up for some of that time lost on Saturday night and try to allocated a good chunk of Sunday for getting a good start on the shawl.

Lace Yarn

It hasn’t been easy waiting to cast-on and get started on my first lace weight project. I’ve been keeping myself busy with a few other projects.  I whipped up a cute kitty (or tiny dog) dress and have started on my first entrelac project.

Counting down the days to cast-on!!!