Now that the Tour de Fleece has concluded and you’re all rested up, now it’s time for another fiber-related event – the 2008 Ravelympics!
Similar to the Tour de Fleece, the Ravelympics begins with the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic games and ends after 17 days with the closing ceremonies. The basic idea of the Ravelympics is for you to choose a project to complete, start to finish, during the Olympic Games. There is one exception to this basic ‘rule’ – the WIP Wrestling event, in which the participants declare the WIPs (for those that aren’t fully initiated into knitting lingo, that’s works in progress – projects that you started some time ago but haven’t finished) that they will complete. There are many other events you can choose to participate in, including two that will be of particular interest to spinners:
- Fleece to Finished Fencing – in which the participants will start with a fleece and end up with a finished knitted or crocheted object
- Handspun Heptathlon – in which participants will either spin a certain quantity of fiber or will knit or crochet something with handspun yarn
I’ve decided to sit out the spinning events and concentrate on my knitting instead. I’ve entered the WIP wrestling event and intend to finish both a pair of socks and a cardigan that I’ve been working on.
If you’d like to enter the Ravelympics, go to the Ravelympics Overview page on Ravelry (login required) to learn more. Hope to see you on the Ravelympics discussion boards!
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