(Also posted on Ravelry Forums)
I host the Knit Alongs (and Crochet Alongs!) Website (http://knitalongs.xaviermusketeer.com), and this year, there are FAR FAR fewer knitalongs being sent to me to post!
It’s not just that they’re not being sent to me to add to the site that made me notice, but I haven’t read about any on blogs either.
So what is up?
Are they being started here on Ravelry instead of on blogs or Yahoo! Groups (and then not being posted on the Knit Alongs site)?
Is everyone still working on the 2007 Alongs instead of starting new ones?
Have there just not been any patterns worth alonging?
Is the heyday of the knitalong just over?
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Stephanie proposed a new Knit-Along today, “The Knitting Olympics.” The goal is to start and finish a challenging project within the 16 days of the Olympics. She asks that anyone who wants to join post in the comments. I posted:
I’d be in, if we could do it with a UFO. I have a pair of Sanquhar gloves that are nowhere near to being a pair. They’re maybe 1/2 a glove right now, and 16 days would definitely be a challenge for me to finish them! I’m planning on not starting any new projects until I get through a couple of the UFOs that backed up in 2005.
Maybe I’ll start the alternative “UFOlympics.” :)
And as I pressed “post,” I thought that this really is a good idea! So, anyone who wants to be in the UFOlympics, sign up in the comments!
The rules will be similar to those of “The Knitting Olympics.”
Rules:
1. No starting on your designated UFO before the opening ceremonies start.
2. Finish before the flame goes out.
3. You may choose 1 or more UFOs, depending on how much is left to do. All UFOs you intend to finish in the 16 days MUST be declared prior to the event.
4. You cannot join both the Knitting Olympics and the UFOlympics. The point of the Knitting Olympics is to start a new, challenging project. The UFOlympics is about finishing those unfinished objects laying around.
**The UFOlympics is not associated with The Knitting Olympics. They are separate events/KALs.**
So, who is in?
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Behold, the no-longer-a-UFO, the FINISHED rug!
(Okay, it’s not completely finished, I haven’t bought the backing yet, but the knitting is ALL DONE.)
I love it. It blends nicely with our sagey-green walls and the beige of the carpet. The creams & yellows pull out some of the colors in the living room couch.
I think I may wash it before I sew the backing on, that way it can shrink if it’s going to, and then the backing won’t be too loose.
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