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I almost gave up on trying to finish the Olympic sweater last night, but cooler heads prevailed.  The Syracuse v. Villanova game was on TV (34,616 fans inside The Dome — madness!) so I grabbed a tapestry needle and hunkered down in front of the tube.

The game had the correct outcome, and so did the sweater.  Yay, Orange; yay sweater!

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I waited ’til today to weave in all the yarn ends since I went to Park City and thought it would be appropriate to finish the sweater in the shadow of the ski jumping venue from the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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All that remains is to finally attach the buttons during the Closing Ceremonies. But I’m torn between the two finalists.

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Which button gets the gold and which comes in second??

Photo Finish

Two weeks ago, I got swept up in the excitement of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies and impulsively started a new sweater, thinking it would be a perfect Knitting Olympics project.

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I envisioned myself proudly wearing my new cardigan while I watched the Closing Ceremonies.

Wrong.

This seemingly straightforward project has kicked my arse.   If I had a nickle for every time I reknit the sleeve cap . . . well, you know what I mean.

Now here I am, one day before the end of the Olympics and I’m just blocking the pieces:

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Will it be done by tomorrow?  No.  Well, I guess that depends on how I choose to define “done.”  I think I’ll be able to get all the pieces sewn.  And I might also be able to knit the neckband.  But, it will surely be button-less since I have no appropriate buttons and no time to buy any.

So, what do you think?  Do I make it onto the podium with a button-less cardigan?

Cycles

I tend to vascillate between knitting and spinning in cycles.  The cycles may seem random to the casual observer, but I think they’re actually a function of stash accumulation.  When the yarn starts to pile up, I break out the sticks.  When the fiber supply can’t be contained, I head for the wheel(s).

This weekend I spun some superwash top I bought at the Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair many years ago.  Aren’t the colors spectacular:

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I Navajo plied the singles and got about 200 yards of a dense, chunky weight yarn.

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I’m thinking it would make a good bag, maybe with cables.

Spinning the top gave me some room to store my latest fiber acquisition–some lovely carded thrums I got from Spinderella:

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I love spinning Lynn’s fibers. They always make such interesting yarn. And, if they weren’t already reasonably priced, she’s running a Valentine special if you’re a member of her Ravelry group.
Oh, dear, somebody stop me from buying more!

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