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This is where I am on the final day. I will come back to the interim stages after changing to a new hard disk on my computer.

Day17 when the closing ceremony begins

It’s 3:30 am in Finland, and the closing ceremony is beginning. I’m going to bed now and will be doing the finishing later.

The good part of this project is that I knitted the jacket I really wanted to knit. The downside of making it the Olympics project is that all my favorite sports require close watching: figure skating, ice hockey, ski jumping and Nordic combined.

I’m having trouble with my hard disk. But this is what I knitted yesterday:

Day 7, end of body border

Now the difficult and slow part begins.

This is the very curly body after day 6. I straightened the circ in hot water, but the knitting itself is very curly now. 35 grams today, total 280 grams knitted.

Curly body after day 6

Have you noticed the very nice markers, made by my friend Kaarina?

The sleeves are finished and I’ve started on the body. Yarn used: 17 g + 25 g = 42 grams. Total use 245 grams.

Sleeves

Now they’ve been washed and are drying in my sauna.

This mess is the beginning of the jacket body. I’ve decided not to steek, so I’ll be knitting the body back and forth. The circular needle is the same length as the knitting. That’s another reason for knitting  back and forth.

Body start on curly circular

Today, on day 6, I will be away for a long time, so there will be less knitting. Sigh. My hands are starting to show signs of carpal tunnel syndrome, so maybe a pause is a good thing.  After all, I’ve knitted around 40 hours so far, five full working days.

Day 4 progress

The second sleeve is nearly finished. I’ve knitted 57 g, a total of 203 grams. I expected the sleeves to weigh 300 grams, but they will weigh 220 grams. This difference is mostly due to the Shetland yarn.

Day 3

First sleeve finished, 110 grams. The Shetland is much lighter than the Florica. Second sleeve started. 36 + 12 grams knitted, total 146 g. You can see the Knitting Olympics participant list here.

Still knitting first sleeve, 34 grams of yarn knitted, total 98 g. I’m a bit behind in my schedule.

Day 2

After being offline for nearly 3 days, I can finally start reporting on my Olympics knitting. I started with the sleeves, and this is the result of 1 day of knitting the first sleeve. Please note that as I’ve been suffering from hypothyreosis, due to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, not being in balance due to insufficient medication, I’ve just knitted plain stocking stitch with the odd cable here and there. Knitting two-colored  work is now possible after starting onT3, or Liothyronine. But it’s so slow! 64 grams of yarn used.

Day 1 result

Dragonship sweater sleeve swatch

http://www.sandnesgarn.no/Strikkekurs.aspx?language=en

The One and Original Knitting Olympics

The new Olympic project

Team Finland Ravelympics logo

I wanted to join I joined, for the first time, the the Yarn Harlot in her traditional Knitting Olympics, as she is Canadian and has been doing these events since 2006. But she didn’t start in time, and Ravelry did. This means that I’m in the Ravelympics 2010 with the Sandnes Dragonship sweater, representing Team Finland. Following the original Yarn Harlot rules, I chose a project that will be a challenge to finish during the Winter Olympics. There isn’t any good picture on the Sandnes site, but I found one on Ravelry. Sorry, I haven’t asked for permission to publish that picture. The sweater depicts a Viking ship with mirror image. The pattern isn’t regular except for the sleeves, which I will start with, also to confirm the gauge. I’m lucky to have bought circulars in 3.25 mm and 3.75 mm, since neither 3.5 nor 4 mm gave the correct gauge, 22 sts on 10 cm/4 in. **The Yarn Harlot has started an Olympics project after all yesterday, and I joined that too! Yay!**

The yarns I’m using:

The blue yarn is Shetland DK from Jamieson & Smith, and the white is Novita Florica sport weight doubled.

I’m so waiting for the Olympics to start, although the ten hour time difference means I’d have to start knitting at 4 am on Saturday. I’m not that a knitwit, so will adapt to my own schedule. It also means that I have a lot of hours less to finish my project, since I’m not going to stay wake all night on the 1st of March for the Closing Ceremony!

What has the world come to? Last week I went to the post office. When leaving it, I opened the door to an elderly lady who formed a square angle over her rollator. I repeated the operation at the second door, and she burst out into praise, calling me the white angel! Why does normal courtesy seem so rare? Are we neglecting the senior citizens in our hurry and selfishness?

Vad har hänt? Förra veckan gick jag till posten. På vägen ut öppnade jag dörren för en äldre dam som böjde sig över sin rollator i rät vinkel. Jag gjorde samma sak vid den andra dörren, och hon brast ut i en svada av lovord, kallade mej den vita ängeln! Varför tycks normal artighet vara så sällsynt? Förbiser vi de äldre i vår eviga brådska och själviskhet?

Mihin maailma onkaan menossa? Viime viikolla menin postiin. Lähtiessäni sieltä avasin kahdesti oven vanhemmalle naisihmiselle joka kyyristyi rollaattorinsa ylle. Hän purskahti ylistystämään minua ja kutsui minua valkeaksi enkeliksi! Miksi tavallinen kohteliaisuus näyttää tulleen harvinaiseksi? Jätämmekö vanhemmat ihmiset huomioimatta ikuisessa kiireessämme ja itsekkyydessämme?