Olympic closing
Yesterday was my Olympic day, it was supposed to be a day of olympic reading but I couldn’t focus late in the afternoon. I finished watching part of the Ladies’ Long Program on tape and didn’t see the last 1/2 hour because I hadn’t set the VCR correctly. So to find out who won the gold and bronze I had to look it up online. I saw the gold medal winner’s performance but my tape cut off right after that. Oh well. I still have the Medal Winners Gala to watch too, so my Olympics aren’t quite over yet.
Last night Bryan and I watched the Closing Ceremonies. Strange at times but entertaining nonetheless, we muted the tv during Ricky Martin’s performance. I don’t know what he has to do with either country that just hosted or are hosting the Olympics next time. Maybe they just wanted someone entertaining. I would have rather had a few more songs by Andrea Bocelli than Ricky Martin but that’s just my personal opinion. I’m sure there are lots of other Ricky Martin fans out there, I’m just not one of them. During the Closing Ceremonies, I worked on my “Olympic” sweater for the Special Knitting Olympics. There was a part of me that hoped I could finish it before the end of the Olympics but after ripping it out last week, I’m glad to be where I am. It’s my first fair-isle sweater ever. I’ve done the mittens and a hat but never a sweater. In bulky yarn, I think it looks pretty darn good considering that bulky yarn doesn’t hide your mistakes very well. I have a few puckering problems in a few areas but I think those can be worked out with a bit of reworking the strands in the back. This is the back of the vest, I figured make the mistakes in the back and then do the front. It was a bit of a challenge to work the pattern on the purl side (wrong side) but I had to trust myself and just do it. Who knows I may be up for making a more complicated pattern in the future, in the round of course. I just have to finish the other sweaters that I’m working on.
Thank you all so much for your comments with the last post. I was having one of those days and now I feel so silly about it. I know there are a lot of lurkers and I’m happy there are people actually reading my blog.
