Ravelry - Ravelry is a free social networking website. It functions as an organizational tool for a variety of fiber arts including knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving. Members share projects, ideas, and their collection of yarn, fiber, and tools via various components.
Basically it's an addictive, social site that sucks hours of time from you. Not just with chatter, but with endless patterns to browse, yarn suggestions and help forums, etc. It's loads of fun.
Alrighty then..
It's the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympics and I'm waxing nostalgic. My daughter was born during the 1998 Winter Olympics and I fondly remember watching the events all day while I was in the hospital.
So what are the Ravelympics? It's a time where knitters are invited to challenge themselves by starting and finishing projects during the 2010 Winter Olympics. How you decide to challenge yourself is entirely up to you. There are teams to choose from and events to participate in, with many knitters joining in on the fun and supporting one another. I'm signed up with three teams, Team K'nerd (the nerdy knitters), Team Michigan and Team City Knits (my local yarn store of choice).
In a previous post I mentioned the problems with my wrist, which has affected my project/event choices. Since I rested from knitting starting Monday, iced and exercised, it feels better, but not 100%. Therefore, my alternate projects are much smaller, but that's OK I'm happy to compete and will be challenged just by completing these without hurting myself.
Here's Bob, the overall Raverly mascot and ambassador of this year's Ravelympics.
I'll be blogging about my first experience as a Ravelete as I progress.
2 comments:
Thanks, Ig, for defining the unfamiliar terms to those of us interested in what you like to do even though we (okay, I) choose not to participate in it. (Did that make any sense?)
At any rate, have fun and take care of your injuries so you can finish the competition!
There are some athletes with injuries competing at the games and you'll be one in spirit with them as you knit on despite your sore wrists. Be sure not to overdo it. Good Luck! See you at the finish line in my Selbu Modern Hat.
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