Victory!
The Olympic Knitting has concluded,
and the SOCKS were the Gold Medalist!
Knit on US5 birch dpns,
with Rowan's CORK yarn in the SNUGGLE colorway,
from the most excellent pattern in Handknit Holiday
book by Melanie Falick...
Nothing flashy, just steady persistent knitting
with an excellent fiber and a terrific pattern.
The FAVORITE, going into the long program
was the PI shawl...
PERFECT in the short program,
it was just not meant to be.
Somewhere in the last rounds of the 288 stitches section,
there were a couple of unfortunate errors...
and although I kept going,
in the end the Sasha Shawl
was frogged.
I'll try again with larger needles
and more markers,
as I do think it will be beautiful
and well worth the effort.
How was YOUR Olympic experience?
I have to say that I was really underwhelmed.
The Games were always so dear to my heart, but now
they have become so dominated by television
coverage and the money that goes along with that...
I just spent most of my time with my finger on the MUTE
button, and not just for the mindless repetition of commercials
for NBC shows that I have NO intention of watching.
I was furious and appalled at all of the negative comments by the
so called EXPERT commentators.
These athletes trained HARD for these Games (with the notable exception
of some of the media darlings) and I think it must be very discouraging
for young athletes to have THAT to aspire to.
sigh.
The Olympics have always made me PROUD and inspired me
in so many ways.
I feel a real sense of loss.
I think I'll stick to my Knitting.