Ravelympics!

About a month ago I asked my Plucky Knitter friends to join me on a team for the Ravelympics – a Ravely based knit-along with all sorts of events cleverly named too relate to the Winter Olympic events.  I had initially planned to knit two cowls and finish up a UFO, but things didn’t go as planned.  I’ve really enjoyed watching the Olympics this year.  I think my new favorite sport is the short track speed skating.  I was up and jumping around rooting for Team USA – go Apollo! – more than once.  I also really enjoyed the freestyle and alpine skiing.  Right now, I’m rooting on the US in their gold medal hockey match.

Project #1:

Colors!

Title: Summer Greens to Winter Greys (rav link)

Pattern: Dipped Infinity by Laura Chau

Yarn: The Plucky Knitter Merino Cashmere Nylon Fingering in “Shrieking Eel,” “Gatsby,” “Far Far Away,” “Punkin’,” “Science and History,” “Tracy Lord Haven,” “Brick & Mortar,” “Fire Swamp,” and “Thinker”

All snuggled up

I was able to finish up one cowl – a Dipped Infinity in a variety of Plucky MCN

fingering.  I’m totally in love with it.  It’s so colorful.  There were a lot of ends to weave in, though!  Anyway, it earned me two “medals” – one in the “Scarf Super-G” and another in “Nordic Colorwork Combined.”

Project #2:

Title: Clover and Mint (rav link)

Pattern: Ballard Slouch from Sweet Georgia Yarns

Yarn: The Plucky Knitter Silk Merino Aran in “Burst of Mint”

This was a really quick knit!  I couldn’t believe how quickly it went.  This picture is unblocked.  I think knitting lace is fun because blocking it is like performing magic – it becomes a whole new item!  The band on this hat is a bit big, and if I knit it again I would probably CO fewer stitches and do more increases to get to required number of stitches for the main part of the pattern.  I would also knit the band wider, as it got pretty narrow with blocking.  This project earned me “medals” in “Lace Luge,” “Hat Halfpipe,” and “Single Skein Speed Skate.”

Slouch

Projects #3, 4 & 5:

My final projects are three blanket squares for a fellow team member’s Haiti blanket.  All three were made with Plucky MCN Worsted scraps that I had left over from two unblogged projects.  These were really rewarding to knit and took very little time to complete.  It always feels good to do a good thing – plus they each earned me a medal in “Charity Curling!”  Here are photos of two of the squares (the third one is wet blocking):

Love for Haiti Square(d)

Sunshine for Haiti

As for the blog, I’m going to make more of an effort – if Amy has the time with a job and a baby, I’m thinking I can find the time!  For now, I’m going to try to update on Sundays, so check back!

ETA:  I forgot this one earlier!

Project #6:

I unwound a previously knit hat to reclaim the yarn.  The yarn is Pluck Aran Cashmere in “Watermelon” and I’m hoping to use it in an oversized cabled cowl.  This earned me an “Aerial Unwind” medal!