Knitting Olympics Update

Well, here we are just a few short days until the Knitting Olympics are over, and I have some less-than-ideal news to report.

I only have 4 hats ready for donation. Two modified Tychus hats from knitty.com, one stockinette striped in navy and denim, and one 3x3 rib in brown and black.



In my own defense, however, I had to make an emergency hat for Kirk last night, so I have knitted 5 hats since opening ceremonies [only one of them isn't available for donation, so I can't add it to my total]. Lame excuse? Yeah, I thought so, too. This is the Knitting Olympics after all, and just like in baseball, there's no crying in the Olympics (except, of course, when standing with a gold medal swinging around your neck, listening to the uplifting, emotional strains of "The Star Spangled Banner").

If the goal was eight hats, that means producing 8 would have been a gold medal, 7 a silver, and 6 a bronze, right? So as it stands right now, I still have a chance to catch up a bit and at least qualify for a bronze. That would be one medal more than Bode Miller, though. Poor guy - everyone had such high hopes for him 11 days back. As of this morning, he still does have one chance left - let's all give a resounding "Go Bode!" Ready? 1...2...3...Go Bode!

As I am sure you can see in the pic, I did end up buying two skeins of camouflage yarn - one the traditional green/brown/black and one in desert tan/brown/grey. You can see the desert camouflage Tychus in the pic, and at this very moment, I have on the needles a quarter of a Tychus, in the green-based camouflage. This green one is really coming out great - I definately see myself making another after all of this cutthroat competition is over.

Wish me luck for the rest of the week, OK? Minimum of 2 to go, still aiming for 4...

I'll keep you posted.