Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Boycott The Olympics


I would like to encourage all knitters, crocheters, and people who appreciate the hard work and talent involved in the fiber arts to boycott the Olympics. The United States Olympic Committee has contacted Ravelry to request that they not use the name “Ravelympics”. While they have a right to defend their trademark (even if they are going a bit overboard), they made some extremely rude remarks including:
“We believe using the name “Ravelympics” for a competition that involves an afghan marathon, scarf hockey and sweater triathlon, among others, tends to denigrate the true nature of the Olympic Games. In a sense, it is disrespectful to our country’s finest athletes and fails to recognize or appreciate their hard work.”
I find it very insulting that they think using the names of sports to describe knitting competitions is disrespectful to the athletes.  

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Oops...

I've been bad you guys.  Yesterday Webs was selling these grab bags of Tahki Cotton Classic...and I definitely bought a 50 skein bag.  I got the email advertisement at lunch and my entire thought process before and during the purchase basically consisted of "WANT".  I can't wait to see what colors I get!

So...which of these blankets should I make with my 50 skeins?

The Babette Blanket

The Mitred Square Afghan