Is it Friday yet? It feels like a Friday. January kind of hit me in one fell swoop this week – and here we are more than half-way through the month. Oiy!
Here’s What’s on My Mind…
February is going to be a great month for knitting. First of all, there’s the Super Bowl. Which since I probably don’t care a wit about who’s going to be in it (my poor Packers had a tough year this year) I’m watching for the commercials! Then, there’s the winter Olympics. If you’re at all familiar with Ravelry, you might also be familiar with Ravellenics. The idea of Ravellenics is to challenge yourself to knit something during the 2018 Winter Olympics.
My friend Knittymuggins and I were talking about the Clayoquot cardigan and steeking one day. We fell upon the idea of doing a KAL with the Clayoquot cardigan, with the possibility of a skype phone call to do the steeking portion. (Sadly, we live waaaay too far apart to do a in person steek together.) Since the Ravellenics are right around the corner, we decided to do the cardigan as our very own Knitting during the Olympics KAL. I encourage you to sign up for a Ravellenics team. There are a lot of different teams out there. I signed up for the YH Ladies one. I tend to be a bit of a lurker when it comes to these big online group events, which is why doing a KAL with my knitting bestie is much more my style.
I’ve chosen this, The Fiber Co. Arranmore Light, as my yarn for the project. I need to do a gauge swatch beforehand because time will be of the essence during the actual Olympics. Wish me luck on that one! Actually, wish me a lot of luck as my plan is to complete an adult size cardigan for me.
What I’m Knitting
I’m pretty much still knitting on everything I said I was knitting last week. I did finish a Cindersmoke mitten (my 2nd one) but I need to knit a 3rd so that I have one class sample and one pair of mittens for me. Yes, it’s crazy, but it makes sense in my head.
Loose Ends
Thanks to everyone who has commented on the blog in the last week. It’s so nice (and slightly terrifying!) to know that people are out there reading this.
Knitting Up North 