{"id":411,"date":"2010-02-28T02:22:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T10:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/?p=411"},"modified":"2010-02-28T10:53:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T18:53:29","slug":"records-were-made-to-be-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Records were made to be broken &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sorry folks, but today I have to brag about what Canada has done at these Olympic games before I say anything about knitting. We came into these games with a huge monkey on our backs &#8211; that of never having won a gold medal on home soil. Well, needless to say, we not only got that monkey off our backs, we gave it a good, swift, kick in the a**! With the Martin rink winning gold in curling today, Canada now has 13 gold medals. This is how that accomplishment breaks down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are leading all countries with the number of gold medals won. With only two medal events left, we are guaranteed to win this race.<\/li>\n<li>We have won more medals than ever before for Canada, in either winter OR summer games.<\/li>\n<li>We have won more medals than any other host country ever has in winter history.<\/li>\n<li>We have tied two other countries with the number of gold medals ever won at the winter games &#8211; and we still have one to go!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe src =\"http:\/\/www.vancouver2010.com\/widgets\/medals-widget\/\" width=\"306\" height=\"340\" frameborder=0 scrolling=\"no\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouver2010.com\/olympic-medals\/\" title=\"Vancouver 2010 Medals\">View the vancouver2010.com medals&#8217; table<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I would just like to thank all the athletes for providing us with such an awesome display for the past 16 days. It&#8217;s hard to believe that 2 weeks have gone by so quickly and will be over tomorrow. The one bright spot for me however, is that now that the Olympics are over, I can get some knitting done! I didn&#8217;t realize how much of a distraction it would be to have the Olympics right here in Vancouver. Oh well, now that I know I can properly prepare for the second part and finishing my project for the knitting Olympics. If you have finished whatever you started for the knitting Olympics, you have my congratulations. I didn&#8217;t have anybody comment on here that they were doing anything specific, but remember that March 3rd starts another one at the kickoff of the Paralympic games. I have started another project &#8211; my first bead knitting project. I have strung a lot of beads unto a merino\/cashmere blend yarn that I had in my stash and will hope to have something finished within the week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;d like to close today&#8217;s post with one final wish &#8211; for Canada to get its 14th gold medal in ice hockey. I predict a score of 4-2 for Canada. \u2588 \u2665 \u2588<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hugzzz \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry folks, but today I have to brag about what Canada has done at these Olympic games before I say anything about knitting. We came into these games with a huge monkey on our backs &#8211; that of never having won a gold medal on home soil. 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