Olympic Fever!
I have complete Olympic fever. I spent yesterday wandering around the crowded streets of Vancouver and it was amazing. The energy in town is infectious and the torch/cauldron was inspirational. I spent the day today cheering on our Canadian women’s hockey team at UBC’s Thunderbird. I even knit up a pair of Maple Leaf Mittens for mumsy to show her pride! (you can see them in this pic, very tiny).
I’m also working away on the Dude sweater for the Knitting Olympics. The sweater is a tribute to the sweater in the movie The Big Lebowski. I so enjoyed drinking White Russians and watching that movie with my cousins in Winnipeg this past summer that I really just had to knit it. It is unfortunately all done in a 1×1 rib so that’s a bit time consuming but I still love the pattern. Very clearly written and well charted. I’m knitting the large size in Cascade Eco Wool.
Must get back to events!
Some February FO’s
February has begun and I am ready with some projects under my belt: I have finished some things! It was sort of my goal to knit up some of those hibernating projects that have been nagging at the back of my mind this year but with so many yummy yarns and colours flowing through the shop it has been damn near impossible!
The first project I finished that was not part of the stash was my newest pattern: The Canadian 2010 Headband. I thought this would be a nice little number to wear to the Olympics. I was lucky enough to get tickets to 2 women’s hockey games and 1 men’s hockey. I’m pretty stoked! I made this headband with some of my own hand dyed yarn (the blue/green) and Debbie Bliss Rialto DK. Kits will be available at Urban Yarns shortly. It’s a quick knit with snowflakes and maple leaves, who could ask for more?
The other finished object is my February Lady. I knit it up with Sweetgeorgia Superwash Worsted. 44″ bust meant 14 skeins but it was worth it. I’m still not sure the buttons were quite right but no matter, they are easy to change if I change my mind, right? I’m so smitten with the project I’m working on the baby version from Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitter’s Almanac, FO forthcoming.
For those of you who can’t get enough Gourmet Crafter I will also be blogging for Urban Yarns on Mondays so you can check me out there too!
