Watching all those hot cuties competing in the Men Figure Skating of the 2010 Winter Olympics is not very conducive to knitting, even of ropes*.
This is my excuse for tonight and I am sticking with it.
And now I must go back to the television before I will miss even a fraction of the performance of one of those lovelies!
*I decided to call the twist in that rope a decorating element and I moved right on.
I think there is a conspiracy against me.
I feel it in every corner of the house.
I hear the whispers whenever I pass a yarn ball or skein (even in storage).
It sounds like Sam’s yarn is joining in too. (Shshshshhhhhhhhh,,, please don’t tell her, the girl is quite possessive, I fear her response,,,,)
Each and every yarn in this household seem to want to be turned into ropes!
I am afraid I am doomed.
I am afraid I will have to knit those ropes until the end of my days.
I enjoy myself tremendously :)
After much deliberation and all sorts of ideas, I decided to be true to myself and do my own thing for the Knitting Olympics.
I am going to knit only Ropes or if you prefer the official name: sev[en]circle from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics tomorrow night until the closing ceremony on February 28, 2010.
To make it more fun, I invite you to come (and send your friends over too) and place your guess how many Ropes Cowls I can knit during those 17 days?
The person that will come closest to the number of my finished cowls* on February 28 (not including the 2 I already knitted and the one that is currently on my needles) will receive a package of goodies from me that may or may not include one of these Ropes! :)
Please leave your guess in the comments of this post.
As I may want to discuss my progress here, I will leave the comments open until Midnight of Tuesday, February 16, 2010 (12:00 am est) which will be the deadline for placing guesses.
Please only one guess per person. Thank you :)
If more than one person will guess the correct number of finished cowls* or will be at the same numerical distance from the final number, I will randomly choose one winner either with the help of one of those online number thingies or the good old hat.
So lets play!
*Please note – we are guessing the number of finished cowls I will have at the end of the games not the number of actual ropes I will knit.
Each of my cowls will include as many ropes as are needed to make it a nice wearable cowl, my guess is that most will be around 7 ropes (as in the original pattern) but some may include a few more (if I use lace yarn it looks better in my view with a few more ropes) or maybe only 6 if the yarn is heavier (I don’t think I will go to very heavy yarn that will require less ropes).
p.s.: Do you think this is going to be the start of a new game in our Knitting Olympics? :)