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Just a post for my convenience: Olympics TV schedule

Knitting Olympics

Well, today is the today.  The Knitting Olympics started without me, though.  I wasn't able to start knitting at the beginning of the opening ceremony.  Here on the US West coast, that happened at 11:00 am PST.  Sadly, I have to work to pay for yarn and needles and that is what I was doing at 11.  I will start my knitting on Odessa tonight at 8 pm local time (the start of our Olympic broadcast).  The color of this hat will be Thunder, which is a nice dark grey.

Updates to follow.

Newest CIC Challenge

The current challenge posted to the CIC Yahoo Group is to make fingerless mitts to be given to the caretakers at the orphanages.  I have almost finished my first pair and have to say that it worked up faster than expected.  I have made a few pairs of mittens, but it has been a very long time.  You most likely can tell that I live in Southern California and don't really have a need for many pairs of gloves.  I do own a pair, but have only worn them once this winter.  Hopefully, they will languish in the darkness of my glove compartment for another year.

This is my first of the mitts:

I am using  Reynolds' Odyssey, a pretty marled merino wool.  I will finish the second mitt while watching the Super Bowl and then try to figure out what to start next. 

This morning I made the drive to Alamitos Bay Yarn Company to do a little for my Secret Pal.  Sorry, no photos to follow, but it's a secret, right?  It was too overcast to get any good shots of the bay--guess I'll have to go again when the sun is shining.

I wasn't going to do this, but I am joing in the Yarn Olympics.  Call me crazy, but I really want to make the Odessa hat from MagKnits and this seemed like the perfect excuse reason to try out a new-to-me-yarn and a new pattern.  I bought two balls of Rowan's Cashsoft DK and will try to make up two hats (minus the beads) for my sons during the 16 days of the Olympics.