The Shawl Challenge

Those fireworks on Sunday signalled the end of the Ravelympics.  Actually, they signified the end of the real Winter Games, but you know where my priorities lie!

My challenge: to finish two shawls during the Ravelympics and knowing how I’m so easily distracted by, “ooh shiny and mmm sparkly…”, I had to focus and get these projects knitted and bound off before the flame died out.  Things went according to plan (YAY!) even though my Milkweed shawl got off to a pretty rough start and had to be frogged 3 times before I got into the rhythm of the pattern.

My plan: To knit Traveling Woman and Milkweed, both triangular shawls for which I planned to use Handmaiden Casbah.  Let me say, this gorgeous yarn didn’t disappoint at all.  Squishy and soft, producing perfect stitch definition and excellent blocking results – that’s Casbah for you. 

I signed up to be a part of two teams – Team Amiras (can’t forget my peeps) and of course, Team Canada (no brainer).  My projects made it past the finish line and I think that I may have been able to get in another project before Feb 28.  But I chose to sit back and relax with no knitting for a change and just enjoy these winter games.  I am so glad that I did because the Men’s Hockey finals – that was a cardiac arrest waiting to happen!!  Dramatic finish in Canada’s favor though, so all is well!!

Traveling Woman

Pattern: Traveling Woman Shawl by Liz Abinante
Yarn: Handmaiden Fine Yarn Casbah Sock in “Ruby”
Needles: Size US 6/4 mm

Milkweed Shawl

Pattern: Milkweed Shawl by Laura Chau
Yarn: Handmaiden Fine Yarn Casbah Sock in “Sea Spray”
Needles: Size US 6/4 mm

Being a part of the community hosting these Winter Games just made everything seem so close and real.  Something that we will never forget and I am so grateful that our kids got to experience first hand how our country came together through sport.  Vancouver2010, we thank you.

ETA: Medals Won at the Podium, woo hoo!

  

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11 thoughts on “The Shawl Challenge”

  6. mamie

    awesome work…that yarn looks beyond deluxe.

    so, i thing we will be in your area sooner than i thought, probably in late may. not for as long as i thought and not in a vanagon, but i would love to try to meet up is we could figure it out. 🙂 then i could hug a winning Ravthelete (i did nto even know there were teams…i am so unschooled in the ravelry world).

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