Life of the Lintee Bean

Spoiler Alert!  Rob, Renee, Brett, and Kirsten – if you don’t want your baby blanket surprises ruined, do not read on!

It’s time for those famous summer international games!  In London!  Personally, I did not watch any of the coverage, due to my annoyance with the U.S. Committee.  I mean, protecting your copyright, I understand that – but there’s no need to be downright RUDE!  (Plus, really, we have to cease and desist from using adorable images of Ravelry’s mascot “Bob” in a hand-knit hat?  That’s sad.) (Information on the controversy here and here and lots of other places.) Anyway, while the Ravelry games (our play-along with yarn) had to be renamed to the “Ravellenics” to avoid lawsuit (since we’re such a horrible threat to the U.S.O.C’s money-making ventures), we still HAD the games and I participated for the first time.

We’re supposed to challenge ourselves.. and I decided to do so by trying to make a LOT of items (mostly for charity), including some knit items.  (Finishing a single knit item within two weeks is a challenge for me, as I’m still rather slow.

I’m pleased to announce I received medals in the following events!

• Scarf hockey (two crochet scarves, one knit scarf)
• Hat dash (two crochet hats, one knit hat)
• Charity rowing (above six items)
• Single skein sprint (one of above hats)
• Afghan marathon (two crocheted baby blankets)
• Synchronized stash bust (above blankets)
• Baby dressage (above blankets)
• Sweater triathlon (crocheted shrug)

I’m pretty pleased with what I accomplished in seventeen days.

By the way, why are all my charity hats/scarves black?  They’re for a local men’s homeless shelter, and the men prefer them in plain black as anything that draws attention tends to be stolen.

Crocheted scarf for charity

Crocheted hat for charity

Crocheted scarf for charity

Crocheted hat for charity

Knit scarf for charity

Knit hat for charity

Lion baby blanket for Kirsten and Brett

Frog eyes baby blanket for Renee and Rob

Shrug