Faster, Higher, Stronger
Posted By jenifleur on February 12, 2010
It’s less than two hours until the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Knitting Olympics (or Ravelympics!) and I’ve swatched. I’m (im)patiently waiting my turn to enter the stadium with my event. I could have entered one of the WIP categories, since I started this project two years ago with the dreams of a fiber farm. We brought home five pregnant Shetland ewes and Fleury Sheep and Wool LLC was just a sparkle in Jared’s eye. Those lambs were born, they thrived and grew and they were shorn. Their fleeces were stored as we inched slowly toward mill ownership. One of the lamb fleeces-from Anemone-was the one I chose to process first on our brand new machinery. Skirted, washed, picked, carded, pin drafted and then spun into yarn. And now in 17 days if I compete well, it will be a sweater for the shepherd.
Let the games begin!
OMG! You can’t make that with Shetland! Think of the itch! Well, maybe if you line it with cotton…
This is so exciting, Jen. I’ll be cheering you from the sidelines!
So wonderful! I can’t wait to see the finished sweater. I can’t express how awesome I think this project is!
Isn’t it technically a WIP if you’re making it from yarn you spun?
Go for the gold, sister! I’m cheering for you!
ooh, cobblestone!! a great choice. good luck!
So very apropos. And a pretty significant milestone too. Go you! I’ll be shaking my pom poms for you.
Very nice! I wish you the best of luck (I am so not going to finish, but that is aOK by me).