Tag: Ravellenic Games

I haven’t gotten any knitting in yet today – laundry and grocery shopping had to be done (why does life have to get in the way of knitting??) – but I’m about to pick my sweater up for a little bit in a moment.

Here’s where I left off last night:

I didn’t get as much done last night as I could have, because I kept having to stop to watch the Olympic events! The events last night (well, yesterday – but we watched in prime time) were fantastic! The USA Gymnastics team did so well – they were phenomenal! And it was wonderful to see Michael Phelps win his 19th Olympic medal and become the most decorated Olympian ever.

I’ve been craving ‘British’ food since the Olympics started, so yesterday for dinner I made Cumberland Pie and Yorkshire puddings.

Everything was so yummy! (The boys didn’t like it, but they typically don’t like beef stew. Their loss – it just left more for hubby and me!)  In the coming days I’m planning on making bangers and mash, and fish and chips, plus an afternoon tea with cucumber sandwiches and scones.

I’d better wrap up here so I can get a few rows in before the laundry needs switching over and dinner needs to be thought about!

Happy Knitting!  And keep it up Team USA!!

I’ve been chugging away at my sweater.  As of last night I am 49 rows into the pattern.  Whew!  I’m still not sure I’m working fast enough to finish in time, but I’m doing my best, and that’s all that counts, right?

Day 3 progress:

Day 4 progress:

I’ve placed the scrap yarn for the pockets (the lighter colored yarn on each side of center steek) and I’m almost done with the waist decreases.

I realized that I don’t have a circular needle long enough to do the neckline/hem when it comes time to do that, so I’ve ordered a new needle – hopefully it’ll get here before I actually need it! And I’m thinking I need to re-do my armhole calculations, because I’m not sure I did them correctly, so I’ll take another look at those today – shouldn’t be getting to the armholes for at least several more days, so it’s not an immediate problem.

I might be able to start the v-neck shaping in the next couple of days!

For today I’m cooking some British food (a Cumberland Pie with Yorkshire Pudding) to take a little break from all the knitting I’ve been doing, but I can’t take too much of a break! 🙂

Happy Knitting, and Go Go Go Team USA!

So, at around 6pm on July 27th (after the Opening Ceremonies had started), I casted on for my Olympic Venezia Cardigan!

Then, while watching the (non-live! boo NBC!) Opening Ceremonies that evening, I got a bit done:

I enjoyed the ceremonies, but was a tad bit disappointed. I loved the forging of the rings, and the lighting of the cauldron – but I think Rowan Atkinson stole the show (at least he did for my boys – they were laughing up a storm!)

So after the first night here is where I was:

Then I got a bit done yesterday and last night – we watched the cycling events and swimming and volleyball. Very shocking that Phelps didn’t make the podium, but hopefully he can do better at the next events!

Here’s where I stopped late last night:

In comparing my progress from my 2010 sweater, it looks like I’m running on par or maybe a bit ahead of where I was back then on day 2:

but I’m still very nervous about finishing in time, especially considering all the modifications I’m making to this sweater! The neckline/hem alone is going to take quite a bit of time to work, so I need to be sure I leave plenty of time to do that at the end!

I’ll be sure to keep you posted throughout the Games!

Happy Knitting, and GO TEAM USA!