[Translate] For the next 31 days, almost the entire world will be focused on South Africa for the FIFA World Cup of Football (soccer for stubborn North Americans). As an homage to the most popular sport in the world, I am launching a World Cup of Knitting (or Crocheting). Seeing as this post will go up just before/after the first match kicks off, you’re probably just in time to get going on it. It will [more]
[Translate] Well, the Paralympic torch was lit in Vancouver last night, and that also signaled the beginning of round 2 of the knitting Olympics.For those of you who are new to this or don’t know about the knitting Olympics, here’s the basic jist of it. At the last Winter Olympic games, Yarn harlot, a well known knitting blogger, started the knitting Olympics. In order to participate, all you had to do was cast on a [more]
[Translate] Normalcy? What exactly is that anyway? I don’t think there’s anything “normal” about me at all. However, with the first part of the Olympics over, I think that I may be able to find some sort of routine to my days again – maybe. I’m not promising anything as the Paralympics start tomorrow and I have my own gold medal to win by finishing my sweater I started way back when. It’s funny, because [more]
[Translate] Well, I won’t get a gold medal in the knitting Olympics because I have been too distracted by the real thing! Vancouver has a set of rings that are normally blue, but go gold when we win a gold medal. We did that twice today and came within inches of getting a third! Okay, but before I get into the update there, I’m pleased to announced I have another FO! I decided to make [more]
[Translate] I must apologize for not putting up a post on Friday and Sunday, but the Olympic fever has hit Vancouver full on. I truly believe the entire world has landed at YVR and have flooded the city. There is no way I can describe the sheer mass of people that have invaded the city streets. Getting around downtown has become an adventure, and there is still one week to go. I simply had to [more]
