Knitting Olympics

Addicted Again

I had a little reaction to the Knitting Olympics. It was similar to my reaction to anything that becomes an obligation. I didn’t want to knit anymore. Oh, and my hands were sore. Now that a couple of weeks have passed I’m back to squeezing my knitting in around other jobs like looking after my… Continue reading Addicted Again

Bleurgh

A week of being sneezed and coughed on by snotty little boys has finally caught up with me and I have a stinker of a cold. Everything hurts. Added to which I think the tiny needles are creating hand problems. Whine, whine, whine. I know. In sock news, I got fed up with untangling the… Continue reading Bleurgh

Slacking For Snowmen

I confess I have made very little progress on my project today, but there were snowmen to be built. Since I have an almost-three year old and this has been only our second big snow this winter, I feel that Snowmom has to be my other event. So I’m a biathlete (now, why does that… Continue reading Slacking For Snowmen

Snow For The Winter Olympics

WinterOlympics Originally uploaded by jwordsmith. Look, it’s obligingly snowing here, just to make it feel extra-winter-Olympicky. I tried to get my 11-month old to model the socks-in-progress, but the window frame was much more cooperative (and showed off our lovely snowscape, to boot). I’m making good progress on the Husband Socks. Assuming they fit him…Will… Continue reading Snow For The Winter Olympics

The Knitsanity Begins

Due to some confusion about when I was supposed to start (and the fact that NBC presented their coverage as if they Olympics were starting at 8pm EST, which was odd, really, since I KNOW that’s 2AM in Turin) I lost a whole five hours and the feeling of solidarity of starting with thousands of… Continue reading The Knitsanity Begins

Oh no! Not another blog. Oh yes. I’m afraid so. This one is begun in honour of the first Knitting Olympics and the insanity that is my joining it. I’m sparing the spare readership of my writing blog the tedium of hearing me rant about knitting. Instead I’m sharing my obsession here, perhaps with other… Continue reading Knitting Olympics