Join the Crochet Olympics

[crochet smartcat]

UPDATE: Jingles96 has graciously offered to host and "organize" this crochet a-long, please see this post (http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showpost.php?p=284633) for instructions to join. Visit her Crochet Olympics Website/Blog (http://www.jinglelady.us/crochet/olympics/) for details and to join.

While out browsing the world wide web, I wandered into yarn harlot (http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/olympics2006.html)'s blog and got excited that she has organized a Knitting Olympics. I got to thinking it might make a fun CAL here. I am participating in the knitting olympics, so don't feel up to organizing the CAL here, but thought I would throw this idea out, for someone else to start.

The rules are:
1 - The project must be a challenge for you to complete in the specified time frame.
2 - You can NOT start until opening ceremonies (Feb 10, 2pm Eastern Time)
3 - You MUST finish by closing ceremonies (16 days later, Feb 26th)
4 - You can do prep work before (guage swatches, winding, etc), but no working on the actual project.
5 - Pick something that is doable, but challenging. Do not set yourself up for failure.

These rules are paraphrased from yarn harlot's Olympic Rules. It sounds like lots of fun. As a beginning knitter, I am going to do a sweater (my first knitted wearable).

Wishing everyone luck that chooses to participate. If someone does decide to take over this, it should probably be approved by an admin and moved to the Crochet A-long thread.

BTW - she has over 1300 participants, can we out do her?

[jingles96]

I was wondering if anybody would start up a crochet version. I'm fighting with myself about whether I want to join the knitting one or not. I'm a COMPLETE novice knitter, so I could make just about any (small) thing and have fulfilled my requirements. Plus it would push me to keep knitting...

As for crochet, it would push me to finally make a wearable top for myself - something I've been wanting to do, but procrastinating about.

As for hosting the CAL, I could be persuaded. I'd definitely lend out hosting space for the page and blog button graphics and such.

Oh, heck - if nobody else has volunteered by the time I post this, I'll organize a Crochet Olympics. :) I'm horrible with making buttons though - but I'll host them and organize a page on my domain and such.

I'll start the page up tonight when I get home from work. Go Crochetters!! We can get at least as many crocheters signed up, right? :cheer:cheer:cheer

[terrybb]

Sign me up - I want to play with you. Now I have to pick a project. Good idea Tandy. :yay

[natalie058]

Awesome!! I can't knit a bit so I was totally out on that one, but I'm game for the Crochet Olympics!! I'm going to make myself a wearable... maybe something from Cool Crochet?

[Jimmie Lu]

Id sign up!!! Heck Id even head it up if you all still need someone. Again I am terrible with buttons but am glad to organize!! Oh we could even have a prize like a gold Chook!! lol

[queen_mo]

I'm in! I want to make a short-sleeve cardigan for my mom (finally found a pattern that she likes), but she wants it in Estelle Royal Cotton, which is much finer than I'm used to. It'll be a challenge for me, but so satisfying if I can give her something she'll love.

[ziggidy1]

Ooooh. Sounds like fun!! My challenge will be beginning a project and seeing it to the end in two weeks without getting distracted! I don't know if I can do it...

[DainaJ]

Good idea!

I am also a novice knitter, and I haven't officially signed up, but plan to do an aromatherapy tea cozy from Canadian Living: http://tinyurl.com/95tao
(I bet this could be crocheted nicely, too. As a matter of fact, if the knitting gets too tough, maybe I'll try to design a crocheted version!)

I would be game for the Crocheting Olympics also. The tea cozy is small enough that I could probably do a crocheting project as well. I think I would do the "Fit to be Tied" shrug for myself. I made one for my brother's GF and am about to start on one for my sister. I really like that pattern, and it's a quick one. I used Jo-Ann's Angel Hair yarn for it, which is nice and soft.
http://store.nobleknits.com/fittobetishp.html

[jingles96]

Looks like we're getting a good bunch going here. Woo hoo!

DainaJ - That fit to be tied shrug looks cute! However, since you've already done it, is it still a challenge? Rule one states the project should be a challenge for you to complete in the 16 days. Or is the time frame the challenge? Maybe something else for the Crochet Olympics would be more challenging - just a suggestion. :)

[jingles96]

Id sign up!!! Heck Id even head it up if you all still need someone. Again I am terrible with buttons but am glad to organize!! Oh we could even have a prize like a gold Chook!! lol


Jimmie Lu - would you like to co-host with me? Two heads are better than one. Even the yarnharlot has somebody helping her organize all the entries. :hook

[flybabytina]

I will join! I already posted over on Craftster.com about joining their "Crochet Olympics" but theirs doesn't seem to be developing into much....
My Crochet Olympic project is a Mrs. Who Shrug! I can't wait! I have never done anything wearable before besides hats and scarves....

Tina

[Jimmie Lu]

Yes I will co host with you. I am thinking of doing a granny sq blitz for those days setting a goal (I did 500+ In a month) Not sure what and then pushing myself to exceed it. It would benifit my Amegios project and the people in Mexico. Humm??? If not Maybe I will try a poncho never made one before. What do you all think???

[Jimmie Lu]

Do you sopose we should head over to the CAL board??? Before we get to far ahead and then everyone gets lost??? just a thought

[eurolyons]

This sounds like fun...I've got so many projects I want to do I'm gonna have to think on this for a moment...but I'll sign up...

[jingles96]

Do you sopose we should head over to the CAL board??? Before we get to far ahead and then everyone gets lost??? just a thought

Good idea. I'll ping Julie or Kari about moving this thread over to the CAL board.

[ThreadHeroine]

I want in!! :cheer I have no idea on what I'm going to make but I still want in!! :lol

[Katchkan]

I want in, I even know what I want to make.......:hook Something I keep putting on the back burner. What do I do to sign up?

[jingles96]

I want in, I even know what I want to make.......:hook Something I keep putting on the back burner. What do I do to sign up?

Hi Katchkan! Wow - something challenging for you must be superhuman for me. :) Welcome aboard. :cheer

As for sign up, I'll set up an email account tonight and I'll post it here. Then I'll set up a page to list everybody's name, link to website (if available), and project they'll be working on.

[LadyBeBop]

I will join! I already posted over on Craftster.com about joining their "Crochet Olympics" but theirs doesn't seem to be developing into much....


Tell me about it, Tina. I'm the last one who posted in their Crochet Olympics thread, and that was over a day and a half ago. :ohdear

I am soooo in this, OK? I've already got the yarn for the project, and I'm prepping for it. I'm making a Snow White baby afghan for my soon-to-be-born great niece. Hopefully she'll be born before the Olympics..my niece's due date is Saturday.

[jingles96]

Ok All - I've got an email set up for you to send your sign ups to. Send your Name (or Nick if you prefer), a link to your blog (if you have one/want to), and the project you will work on to crochetolympics@jinglelady.us (crochetolympics@jinglelady.us)

Remember:

The rules are:
1 - The project must be a challenge for you to complete in the specified time frame.
2 - You can NOT start until opening ceremonies (Feb 10, 2pm Eastern Time)
3 - You MUST finish by closing ceremonies (16 days later, Feb 26th)
4 - You can do prep work before (guage swatches, winding, etc), but no working on the actual project.
5 - Pick something that is doable, but challenging. Do not set yourself up for failure.


I've set up a page to post all these to at: http://www.jinglelady.us/crochet/olympics/

Currently this site is empty. If anybody would like to lend their design talents to helping make this site look purty, I'd really appreciated it. While I'm great at tweaking designs to get them how I want them, I'm very bad at coming up with something on my own. I'll link to you and send you a pretty thread bookmark if you help. Pretty please with sugar on top? :blush

[kazily]

I am in! I think I have an idea of what I want to make but have to decide on a pattern.

I do not know much about site design but I was just playing around with buttons so I made some buttons & blinkies for this CAL. I hope you like them. I tried to make them different sizes for different blog needs.



http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/th_cal1.gif

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/th_cro_olympics.gif

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/th_cal3.gif

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/th_cro_olympics2.gif

[jingles96]

Hi Kazily! Welcome. :) The buttons are cute. Thanks for making them! Just one thing: can you turn down the blink speed a little? My eyes hurt when there are too many blinking things on the screen.

[kazily]

Ok I slowed them down a bit. How is that?

[jingles96]

Ok I slowed them down a bit. How is that?

Much better! Thanks! :)

[chsarrow]

:cheer :cheer This sounds like a challenge to me...but I want to try! I will be working on a baby blanket since I know I will need them for showers in the future:yay :yay



Charlene

[MamaHooks]

Ok, I am willing to create a site for the Crochet Olympics. Unless you have somone else who has already said they would. If I do this I have a few conditions...



I would like your input on what you want it to look like....I have an imagination so I can throw one together with little input... I like input however...
No one can make fun of my design....:blush. :nahnah
Ok, I guess thats all my conditions....:think

[BarbaraJean]

I want to do this too! Sounds fun! Guess I need to pick a project, huh? :clap

[JulieKay]

This sounds like great fun, you guys, and sure wish I could join in, but I already feel like I'm in the crochet olympics, just keeping up with all my crochetalongs !

You guys have fun -- it'll be neat to see what all you choose to do and how many can get it done in their time frame.

Good luck ~~~:)

[dazy]

i've sent the email and now there's no turning back. i'm going to try the fluffy pink shrug. i did it back when i first learned to crochet, but only did the sleeves part cause the ruffles looked pretty daunting. this time, i'm going to try to figure out the whole thing:think . my mom says not to look at the pattern as a whole. just do one row at a time and it won't look so scary.:hook i think i'll do it in something inexpensive and then, if it works, i'll buy the good stuff. if not, i can frog it and use it for something else.:lol

[crochetlady]

Call me crazy but i am in!!! I know exactly what i want to make!! Mrs Who's Shrug! I have been putting it off way too long now and this seems like the right oppurtunity for it! Going to go dig in my stash to see if i have what I want:)

HUgs
vims

[jchllm]

Well, I've sent my email.......I'm in.
Bent my brain trying to figure out what to do and then it came to me....a doily. Now, I know some of you may giggle at me but they all look so pretty and dainty, just looks so 'over my head', seeing how I'm a newbie still, but I'm going to try.
Now, to find the perfect doily pattern for me......hmmmmmmm

Lisa :hook

[Kimberly]

Oh eeeekk!!! I just signed up 2 days ago for the Knitting:knit Olympics....trying to double compete just might make me go insane!!! :loco

Awww......what the heck!! :hook There are always athletes who compete in multiple events, so why can't I? Hopefully I manage to make it to the finish line in at least one of the events! :blush

Now...what to make.... :shrug

[jingles96]

I've updated the site with those email signups that came in as of 4am. I have about 6 more in my inbox, but I gotta go scoot to work. (I'll probably add more throughout the day.)

LisaIzMe suggested setting the site up as a blog. Great idea! I'd thought about making this an entry in my Crochet blog, but I hate that design. Since I need to play around with upgraded blog software anyway, I'll investigate installing & setting up a new blog for this on the weekend. So expect lots of changes to the look and feel!

Ok, I am willing to create a site for the Crochet Olympics. Unless you have somone else who has already said they would.



MamaHooks - Thank You! :hug I'll pm you later with more info, ok? And of course nobody will make fun of your design. In any case - it'll be LOADS better than what is there now. :lol

Ok - off to work now. Go Crochetters! :cheer:cheer

[rebeccav]

i see some buttons were added today. i made one last night as well.... i have to wait for hubby to finish it up, though... i'm crappy at the software (i really need to work on it..... anyhow, so look for it later


i can't join, because i am in the Knitting one... and there is no way i'll be able to do both. i'm making a sweater for my daughter....

anyhow, good luck to you all and i will be cheering you on :cheer

[woolandflax]

Like the other Rebecca, I'm also already signed up for the Knitting Olympics so I won't be joining you but I'm really excited to see what gets made!! Unfortunately the only thing crochet-wise that would fit the rules for me would be a full-size afghan (because of time limits, they usually take me forever to finish!) and I don't have the funds for that right now. I will be knitting either the Jaywalker sock pattern or The Flower Basket Shawl from Interweave Knits.

[crochet smartcat]

Like the other Rebecca, I'm also already signed up for the Knitting Olympics so I won't be joining you but I'm really excited to see what gets made!! Unfortunately the only thing crochet-wise that would fit the rules for me would be a full-size afghan (because of time limits, they usually take me forever to finish!)

I can totally relate to you on the afghan. I too, would have a hard time finding something that would be a challenge for me to finish (crocheted) in the time frame, though the afghan thing would work, cause I just get so bored with the repetitiveness of a large afghan. I already know I can do sweaters in a week, so I have decided to do the Knitting Olympics, since I am soo new at knitting. I am doing the Linie 89 sweater at elann.com.

And unlike Kimberly, I'm not confident enough in my knitting speed to take on two events. Maybe will change my mind, since it just seems like so much fun, but at the present, I am sticking with one knitted sweater.

GO Crocheteers!!!:cheer :cheer

[eurolyons]

I just put my order in for my yarn for the project I will make for the Olympics...

[Jimmie Lu]

Attention all competitors!!! Dont forget all good athlets practice practice practice.. So get your hooks warmed up!!!!

[Katchkan]

:D Well I just sent in all my info. Now for the part I just hate. :thair :yell :thair :yell The WAITING.......:irk Never have been good at that........:devil

[fishbaby]

I'll send the email away soon, first I need to decide if I think I can do it (I've got all these projects for a craft fair to be done too so I might end up in way over my head :lol ). I'm thinking of attempting my first doily for my mum, I said I'd make it for her but haven't got around to starting it :blush

[eurolyons]

I practised tonight...but not on that pattern...not yet...

[dazy]

Oh eeeekk!!! I just signed up 2 days ago for the Knitting:knit Olympics....trying to double compete just might make me go insane!!! :loco

Awww......what the heck!! :hook There are always athletes who compete in multiple events, so why can't I? Hopefully I manage to make it to the finish line in at least one of the events! :blush

Now...what to make.... :shrug

if there was a tatting olympics, you could do a triathalon. :lol

[dazy]

Well, I've sent my email.......I'm in.
Bent my brain trying to figure out what to do and then it came to me....a doily. Now, I know some of you may giggle at me but they all look so pretty and dainty, just looks so 'over my head', seeing how I'm a newbie still, but I'm going to try.
Now, to find the perfect doily pattern for me......hmmmmmmm

Lisa :hook

you're braver than i am. my mom makes the most beautiful thread crochet doilies. drawers full of them. i can work with yarn, but not that tiny thread. of course, i can just pick what i like from her doily stash when i "need" one.:manyheart

[LadyBeBop]

:D Well I just sent in all my info. Now for the part I just hate. :thair :yell :thair :yell The WAITING.......:irk Never have been good at that........:devil

Me neither. I'm ready to get started NOW!!!!

But can I make a few suggestions for things to do while waiting?

1) Throughly clean the house, so you won't have major housework chores during the Olympics. You don't want to spend precious crocheting time with a mop and a spray bottle of window cleaner.

2) Get to the grocery store and buy your food for two weeks. You don't want to waste time getting that stupid gallon of milk (and you know you'll get stuck behind that lady who insists that can of green beans that rang up for 63 cents should have only been 57 cents).

3) Start preparing those casseroles to be frozen...you'll want quick and easy dinners during the Olympics.

Just get those picky odds and ends jobs done and over before the Olympics. For example, hopefully I'll get my W2s next week, so I can do my taxes next weekend. Hubby is already asking "When are we getting the refund." I know he won't let me hold off until after the Olympics to get the taxes done.

[kazily]

I haven't decided what pattern I'm using but I'm making a cardigan/bolero. I've NEVER made one. I have it narrowed down to 2 patterns.

I'm doing it in Berry Blue SS & maybe trimmed with some red or black? Not sure about the edging yet but a CC would be pretty I think. I did make a poncho with SS & it feels sooo nice! Not too heavy & not too open for late Feb-April or May.

[kazily]

:lol I just read the rules again & I am so glad I did! When I read it the first time I read 16 days as Feb 16 (instead of Feb 26th!) & thought it was 6 days long. :eek 16 days is a lot better! :hook

Thanks Lady BeBop. Your 2nd item on the list was what prompted me to read the original post again.

[Stacy25]

I've sent my info- count me in!!! I've had a shrug on the back burner for quite some time (meaning I have the pattern and yarn, but not the time) so now I have a reason. :hook I'm going to do the shrug-a-licious.

[Creations of Cris]

I'm in!

I was sooooooo tempted to join the knit version, but I too am a (VERY) novice knitter.

I'll be looking for my project....

Cris~

[fishbaby]

you're braver than i am. my mom makes the most beautiful thread crochet doilies. drawers full of them. i can work with yarn, but not that tiny thread. of course, i can just pick what i like from her doily stash when i "need" one.:manyheart

That's why I'm making mine out of thicker thread, well, that and because it's the only size thread I've got :lol Besides, it's going to be used for a tablecover more than a doily really, so hopefully it'll work :hook

[CityGirl]

I just sent my email...now I just have to make sure I have all the yarn! I *think* I ordered for this project a few months ago, but I guess I have to be going through my stash soon to make sure it's all here. I'll be making a dark green/camel sweater out of Bernat Satin for my nephew; my SIL's due date is 2/20, smack-dab in the middle of the Olympics.

This will be my first CAL, so I'm looking forward to it! :cheer

[LadyBeBop]

I'll be making a dark green/camel sweater out of Bernat Satin for my nephew; my SIL's due date is 2/20, smack-dab in the middle of the Olympics.

So we're both crocheting items for kids-to-be? :)

Sure hope your nephew turns out to be a boy, and my great niece turns out to be a girl. I don't think I'd want to give a Snow White baby afghan to a boy.

That would be rather Dopey. :devil

[jingles96]

Okay All - I've updated the site with all the participant althetes who've contacted me so far. I'm thinking about rearranging the list to be by type of project - ie, thread, wraps, shrugs, blankets, baby, etc. What do you think?

I'll be installing Wordpress blog software this weekend and anticipate having at least a rudimentary blog up by the end of the weekend. I'm envisioning this as a group blog where all athletes can log in and upload progress notes, progress photos and such. We'll see how easy or hard that is with WordPress....

Go Crocheteers! Woohoo! And keep the sign ups rolling in. We've got a total of 18 athletes competing so far!

[CityGirl]

So we're both crocheting items for kids-to-be? :)

Sure hope your nephew turns out to be a boy, and my great niece turns out to be a girl. I don't think I'd want to give a Snow White baby afghan to a boy.

That would be rather Dopey. :devil

And make me pretty Grumpy :rofl

Well, we could swap...I've got a *whole bunch* of 'boy stuff' for my nephew-to-be. :)

[vhanna26]

Even though I'm attempting a sweater for the Knitting Olympics, I want to participate in this too.

I don't have a project yet, but I'm in love with the item on the cover this book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400080614/qid=1138436244/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7091003-2885455?n=507846&s=books&v=glance).

I must be insane:eek .

[eurolyons]

That's the one I'm gonna do vhanna...isn't it great!

[eurolyons]

Okay All - I've updated the site with all the participant althetes who've contacted me so far. I'm thinking about rearranging the list to be by type of project - ie, thread, wraps, shrugs, blankets, baby, etc. What do you think?

I'll be installing Wordpress blog software this weekend and anticipate having at least a rudimentary blog up by the end of the weekend. I'm envisioning this as a group blog where all athletes can log in and upload progress notes, progress photos and such. We'll see how easy or hard that is with WordPress....

Go Crocheteers! Woohoo! And keep the sign ups rolling in. We've got a total of 18 athletes competing so far!

Great idea Anna!

[claymate4032]

I signed up a couple of days ago. :cheerI'm gonna make Dot's Elegant Lace Stole. It'll be a challenge since I have major completion issues.:blushI have a Zig Zag Lap Robe from 2001 that I still have to finish.:eek

[DesertCrocheter]

Ooh, I'm in! I have two things I want to make that I've never tried--one of the felted totes for my sisters for Christmas, and that cute little cardigan sweater that was in a crochet mag recently. Now I just have to choose which? Hmm, I guess this means I'll have to find out when the Olympics are (work is a little crazy right now so I'm lucky I realized today was Saturday and didn't go in to the office! :lol). Sounds like great fun! Patty

[dazy]

I signed up a couple of days ago. :cheerI'm gonna make Dot's Elegant Lace Stole. It'll be a challenge since I have major completion issues.:blushI have a Zig Zag Lap Robe from 2001 that I still have to finish.:eek

:eek i'm Shocked!! an unfinished project? surely you jest? Weeeeee never have those.:blush :rofl
you should march yourself over to the crocheters against UFO's and confess your sins. :lol
welcome to the olympics. GO CROCHETERS!!:cheer

[claymate4032]

:eek i'm Shocked!! an unfinished project? surely you jest? Weeeeee never have those.:blush :rofl
you should march yourself over to the crocheters against UFO's and confess your sins. :lol
welcome to the olympics. GO CROCHETERS!!:cheer


:shrug Actually that's only one. I have many others: the swan doily-2 swans done, a scarf blanket-2 scarves done, a xmas doily from early 2005 or 2004?, martha's poncho-ran out of yarn, magic scarf-bout 6 inches left. :scrachin umm, I think that's it, I frogged everything else.

[Lisaizme]

Several people have asked me what the purpose of having a Crochet Olympics was. My first thought was "does everything have to have a purpose?" But not wanting to sound snippy (and while the response does sound sarcastic and snippy.. it's not, it's a real question), I have replied with these are the reasons/purposes to have a Crochet Olympics:

1) Fun
2) A self challenge
3) something to do while watching the Olympics
3b) protection from mind-numbing boredom while being forced to watch the Olympics (your opinion may vary)
4) an excuse for another project
5) all or none of the above.

And I have a suggestion. Could the link for the webpage perhaps be placed on the first post? It's kinda hard to find right now. Thanks.

[eurolyons]

Depending on how many times I got the "what is the purpose of the Crochet Olympics?" I think the answer you have, snippy or otherwise, would more than be appropriate...

Why Crochet Olympics? Why not? It's just another excuse to do something we love, but with a twist...

Go Crocheters!!!!

[AmyS]

I've just joined the Crochet Olympics too. I'm going to do the Penina bolero jacket from Cool Crochet. I posted about Crochet Olympics to my blog, and I also added a sidebar with the button, encouraging others to join us.

I hope we get a lot of people participating!

[vhanna26]

Even though I'm attempting a sweater for the Knitting Olympics, I want to participate in this too.

I don't have a project yet, but I'm in love with the item on the cover this book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400080614/qid=1138436244/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7091003-2885455?n=507846&s=books&v=glance).

I must be insane:eek!!!

That's the one I'm gonna do vhanna...isn't it great!

Well, I got the book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400080614/qid=1138490463/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7091003-2885455?n=507846&s=books&v=glance), and I will attempt the cover sweater although it has many nice projects. It just so happens that I even have the yarn for it in stash, so it's meant to be.

LeAnna, I'm glad you'll be working on this project too.:yay It will be fun, so I'll go sign up.

[jingles96]

Several people have asked me what the purpose of having a Crochet Olympics was.
....
And I have a suggestion. Could the link for the webpage perhaps be placed on the first post? It's kinda hard to find right now. Thanks.



Lisa - all good points about "why?" Like Eurolyons said - why not? Personally, for me it's a self challenge (like you said) to do something I've never done and a personal commitment to doing it in a specified time limit. And it's fun!

I pm'd Crochet SmartCat asking her to modify the first post to point to the signup email and website. Maybe one of the moderators can do that too? I'll wait for Crochet SmartCat to respond first though. :)

I'm really excited. I'm going to work on installing the blog this evening....

[vhanna26]

Oh eeeekk!!! I just signed up 2 days ago for the Knitting:knit Olympics....trying to double compete just might make me go insane!!! :loco

Awww......what the heck!! :hook There are always athletes who compete in multiple events, so why can't I? Hopefully I manage to make it to the finish line in at least one of the events! :blush

Now...what to make.... :shrug

I'm also competing in both.

We'll go insane together.:thair

[natalie058]

Okay, I signed up! Now, I just have to pick a project... definitely a wearable but *WHAT????*

:think

[MamaHooks]

I want to be in the :cheerCrochet Olympics:cheer I am going to do the Hello Kitty Backpack. It was suppose to be for Pumpkin Child's B-day :cake (Feb. 23rd) but I am so lagging in my projects that this is the only way I'll get it done even close to her B-day.

I hope everyone is having a great day. I'm sick :sick with either alergies or a cold. So its a typical weekend...:laughroll

[BarbaraJean]

I'm signed up! The plan is to make a baby poncho.

This will actually be quite a challenge because it's a very busy time for me. But, here goes!:clap

[The Shrone]

I signed up! :cheer My challenge is to make a Patricia Kristoffersen doily--I have too many to choose from so maybe that will be my challenge?!? :lol Well, I've got 3-4 books that I got and have yet to use, so considering I'll have 6 days, I'll go with one that I think I can complete in that time.

~ Lori

Ooops! Brain fart and senior moment at once! I see I have 16 days, not 6, so I can go ahead and pick a real wicked design. Woo-hoo!:devil

[leigh3879]

I would love to join in on this it sounds great and I am really interested in doing this I am always up for a challenge I will be doing a peaceful pastels baby blanket from Mary Maxium.:clap:yay

[susandoty48]

Hi Everyone,

I just signed up. I want to make a ripple afghan, I have never made one before.

[sissie44]

ok I want in on this also!! I love a challenge:cheer:cheer

I still have to decide what I am going to do :think

now do I wait to email you after I know are go ahead and do that now?

[jingles96]

now do I wait to email you after I know are go ahead and do that now?

Go ahead and email me now, so I'll get you on the site, and then email me again when you know. :)

[rebeccav]

and finally - the button hubby and i made :)


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/ewedevil/BUttons/BUcroolym2.jpg

[natalie058]

Nice button, Rebecca!!

[donnalynn2]

Hi all! I am soooo excited about this! I just joined and cannot wait to get started!!! I'm glad I have a little time to figure out what kind of yarn/colors to use!!!!

[barbn77]

how do i join?? i'd like to make a ripple baby blanket for this:cheer

[natalie058]

how do i join??

Check out the first post in this thread (http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showpost.php?p=284131&postcount=1). There's a link to the website, and to a post with contact info.

[barbn77]

ty for posting the link i just signed up:bounce

[Kimberly]

I don't have a project yet, but I'm in love with the item on the cover this book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400080614/qid=1138436244/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7091003-2885455?n=507846&s=books&v=glance).What an awesome pattern! I am drooling over it!!

I'm also competing in both.

We'll go insane together.:thairGlad to know I am not going to be the only insane one!!!! :lol

[motherofallneedles]

Jingles, I've PM'd you. Sign me up, I'll make the Mrs Who Shrug, including the ruffle!:clap

I'll add the button to my blog
Alison

[natalie058]

Okay, I've got my project options narrowed down to three... Take a look (http://natalie85.blogspot.com/2006/01/crochet-olympics.html)and tell me what you think...

[karin4christ]

Hi everyone! I just joined. My event will be the granny square. I'm attempting to crochet 100 granny squares during the olympics (an earlier post by Jimmy Lu (sorry if I spelled your name wrong) has inspired me). When I signed up I promised to submit to all drug testing if I win, so as to prove I didn't take any performance enhancing drugs. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!

[dazy]

if they test for caffeine, i'm sunk!!:rofl

[Katchkan]

if they test for caffeine, i'm sunk!!:roflYou and me both. :devil

[kazily]

if they test for caffeine, i'm sunk!!:rofl

Make that 3! My coffee & hook work so well together! :mug :hook

Especially in the late night hrs finishing a project :D

[Jimmie Lu]

Karen4Christ its on baby I am pledging 250 no loosers when you are working for charity!!!

[jingles96]

Good afternoon All!

I got caught up in a bridal thing last night (ah - the plans are going to drive me insane! :loco ), then church this morning and a nap afterwards (DF gave me his cold :( ), so I'm just now catching up. Have patience. :hook

Oh - I have at least 10 new entries in my inbox, so yippee! Go Crocheteers!!

[schcrochet]

Though I will definately be knitting and crocheting during the Olympics, and this sounds like fun ladies think I'll have to pass. I'll be focusing on my Hat a Week commitment, finishing the afghan for the young man in the Naval Academy, some baby items for a group on yahoo, and somethings for military (haven't quite figured that piece out yet though).

I don't typically watch lots of the Olympics, though I do enjoy the ice dancing and skating, hubby likes skiing, and hockey.

Good luck to everyone.:cheer I'll be your cheerleader....go go go, stitch stitch stitch....Yeah!!!!:cheer

[BarbaraJean]

Ooops! Brain fart and senior moment at once!

:lol :lol

[kazily]

Ooops! Brain fart and senior moment at once! I see I have 16 days, not 6, so I can go ahead and pick a real wicked design. Woo-hoo!:devil

:lol Don't feel bad about your brain fart & senior moment ...I did the same thing, reading it wrong. :lol

[eurolyons]

What is this Mrs. Who Shrug, sounds intriging...

I love the drug testing comment Karen4Christ...too funny...

Can I add another project to my entry????

[rebeccav]

well, hmmm,,,,
i just got an email that the button i did wasn't showing up... i can see it :think

so anywhoo.... here it is again:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/ewedevil/BUttons/BUcroolym2.jpg


do you see???
hey, anybody notice the colors of the hooks????? the olympic rings!?!
huh? huh? huh???? isn't that cool! too funny

[Jimmie Lu]

very cool!!!!

[sissie44]

Okay, I've got my project options narrowed down to three... Take a look (http://natalie85.blogspot.com/2006/01/crochet-olympics.html)and tell me what you think...

I like the On-The-Side Cardigan number 2 :))

[BarbaraJean]

well, hmmm,,,,
i just got an email that the button i did wasn't showing up... i can see it :think

so anywhoo.... here it is again:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/ewedevil/BUttons/BUcroolym2.jpg


do you see???
hey, anybody notice the colors of the hooks????? the olympic rings!?!
huh? huh? huh???? isn't that cool! too funny

That's the oddest thing. I didn't see it in the thread. I was going to reply with a quote and in the quote I can see it now. Hmmm, I don't know.

But it's a great concept! Very creative! :yes

[BarbaraJean]

Okay, I've got my project options narrowed down to three... Take a look (http://natalie85.blogspot.com/2006/01/crochet-olympics.html)and tell me what you think...

Natalie, I think they're all great but the lacy tunic is lovely.

[LadyBeBop]

Make that 3! My coffee & hook work so well together! :mug :hook

Especially in the late night hrs finishing a project :D

Make that four. However, I'm not a coffee drinker. Just gimme some Diet Coke and I'll be happy. :lol

[Lisaizme]

Okay, I've got my project options narrowed down to three... Take a look (http://natalie85.blogspot.com/2006/01/crochet-olympics.html)and tell me what you think...

OHHHH if I was young and had the body again, I'd make the 3rd one..

And There are other alternatives to Paton's Grace. If you have a Hobby Lobby near you, look at their Omega Sinfonia. It's the same weight as Grace and works up very similarly, and is 1/2 the price.

Also you might look at Reynold's Saucy Sport.

AND There's http://www.yarn-and-threadbylisa.com/ (absolutely no connection other than the first name). She sells the discontinued colors of Grace on ebay for 24.89/bag (10 rolls in a bag).

Hope this helps a little.

[Lisaizme]

Even though I'm attempting a sweater for the Knitting Olympics, I want to participate in this too.

I don't have a project yet, but I'm in love with the item on the cover this book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400080614/qid=1138436244/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7091003-2885455?n=507846&s=books&v=glance).

I must be insane:eek .

They can put us all in a round room together, as long as we can keep our implements and yarns.

I LOVE that item too. I must have it. I must.

[DianneW]

:blush I have so much going on right now. I just can't. I hope you will have a second olympics a little later. I know just what I want to tackle.

[jingles96]

Just to let you know - I'm here, and I've received more entries to the Crochet Olympics, I just haven't had time to post them to the site or even create the blog for the site. I DID manage to get some configuration for the blog done, but then another bridesmaids thing flared up and I spent 4 hours on the phone talking to everybody. Ug, really, this wedding is going to drive me insane. :eek A friend jokes about just eloping, and while it seems tempting, I'm not going to do it. But the plans and the miscommunications, and the stress.....and there's still 9mos to go!!

Anyway - I could go on for hours, but I won't. I WILL post new entries to the site tomorrow. I should have the blog up tomorrow evening too - I'm doing nothing but website stuff tomorrow night! Mamahooks & I discussed the design yesterday and she said she should have something for my on Monday, so we'll probably see that too.

Rebecca - the button is very cute. I love the fact it has all the Olympic colors in it. :manyheart I'll upload it to the site tomorrow.

Good night!

[Creations of Cris]

:yayI got to be a lucky one today, my bil showed up and we put him to work babysitting our 4 kids so we could run errands (how nice to have some alone time, even if just groc. shopping)

:thinkSoooooo..... I'm in Wally World, desperately trying to put together a yarn combo to make my project... and I left with 2 balls of RH Symphony & 2 skeins of Simply Soft... our WM has a very limited yarn selection, lack of competetors.

:eekTo the uh oh... I decided I don't want to make the Seraphina shawl. I cannot stand the way the pattern is written. I really like the butterfly wing shawl pattern I found somewhere here in Crochetville (or was it craftster? can't remember) but the more I think about it, the more I would like to do something rectangular. I'm definately not making this to be flattering, just something to knock the chill those late summer nights while we're sitting around the firepit looking at stars. I've looked at shawl & wrap patterns all day (even added scarves to my list- they can be extended into a nice rectangle...)

Any ideas?!? Does creating my own pattern count? hmmmm...... (stop petting the yarn, cris!) decisions, decisions!

Cris~

ps... no, I didn't buy purple yarn ****

[crazzy cow]

I am going to make the ripple afghan. I think.. Not sure of the colors yet:)

[motherofallneedles]

What is this Mrs. Who Shrug, sounds intriging...

I love the drug testing comment Karen4Christ...too funny...

Can I add another project to my entry????
Hi I found it by looking at flybabytina's blog via the crochet olympics blog, and found that its an original pattern by a fellow villager posted in Original Patterns, 29th April 05, called "fluffy pink shrug schematics".:yay
I really liked it so have decided that is to be my project too! Thanks to all for inspiration :hook
I'm not worried about the drugs testing, more about people trying to trip me up or tamper with my equipment!
Alison

[vhanna26]

well, hmmm,,,,
i just got an email that the button i did wasn't showing up... i can see it :think

so anywhoo.... here it is again:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/ewedevil/BUttons/BUcroolym2.jpg


do you see???
hey, anybody notice the colors of the hooks????? the olympic rings!?!
huh? huh? huh???? isn't that cool! too funny

Very cool button!!! The Olympic color concept is wonderful too.

[vhanna26]

They can put us all in a round room together, as long as we can keep our implements and yarns.

I LOVE that item too. I must have it. I must.

Not only do I plan to make the cover sweater from Lion Brand Yarn Vintage Styles for Today (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400080614/qid=1138436244/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7091003-2885455?n=507846&s=books&v=glance) for the Olympics, there are other things I like in it to crochet and knit in the future.

It has a nice format with lots of photos and schematics, and it's nice to see pictures of the original items too.

Also, unlike a lot of books which have crocheting and knitting patterns, this one has lots of things to crochet.

I recommend the book. Do check it out.

[eurolyons]

I was doing the happy dance when my copy of the Lion Brand Vintage Book came in the mail...I want to add another project (the cut away jacket) to the Olympics for me to do...I should email Jingles...

Just wanted to add that over the weekend I made the muff (just the muff) from the Lion Brand Vintage book...my neighbor fell in love with it...

[eurolyons]

Hi I found it by looking at flybabytina's blog via the crochet olympics blog, and found that its an original pattern by a fellow villager posted in Original Patterns, 29th April 05, called "fluffy pink shrug schematics".:yay
I really liked it so have decided that is to be my project too! Thanks to all for inspiration :hook
I'm not worried about the drugs testing, more about people trying to trip me up or tamper with my equipment!
Alison

I checked out Mrs. Who's shawl/shrug and it is so cute...love it...thanks for the info...

[DainaJ]

Looks like we're getting a good bunch going here. Woo hoo!

DainaJ - That fit to be tied shrug looks cute! However, since you've already done it, is it still a challenge? Rule one states the project should be a challenge for you to complete in the 16 days. Or is the time frame the challenge? Maybe something else for the Crochet Olympics would be more challenging - just a suggestion. :)

Well, I work full-time, have 2 small kids, and my husband is in grad. school, plus we volunteer, so getting anything done is a challenge! I may change my choice, though! I would like to make some type of wearable.

[jingles96]

Good Morning Athletes! :yay

I've just (hurriedly) added all the entries I received yesterday. The website should be 100% update, but I could have missed somebody. Please check and let me know if you're not there.

Well, off to work. I'll try to check in throughout the day and add/update any entries I get. And, like I said, this evening is reserved for working on the blog. I HOPE no more bridesmaids issues arise again. :blush

Go Crocheteers!

[motherofallneedles]

Hi
I've just PM'd you again. You missed me! I'm making the Mrs Who Shrug.
PLEASE PLEASE add me in and let me join in the game:hook
Alison

[BarbaraJean]

I'm still missing too. Should I send the form again or just check back later?

[knit-errant]

I just emailed you, too.

I'm thinking about doing the Celia top at Berroco. I don't really like the shawl they show with it, but I like the top! ;) http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/celia/celia.html

I even found -- by dumb luck -- some yarn I just had laying around that I think (hope? pray?) will be perfect for this. Yay for stash-busting!

[jingles96]

Hi
I've just PM'd you again. You missed me! I'm making the Mrs Who Shrug.
PLEASE PLEASE add me in and let me join in the game:hook
Alison

I'm still missing too. Should I send the form again or just check back later?

:blush Um, oops. I'm very sorry. Really. Like I said, it was in a rush this morning before I went to work. I'll add you both. BarbaraJean - please send me the info again, so I can add it today before I get home and search through my emails.

[BarbaraJean]

:blush Um, oops. I'm very sorry. Really. Like I said, it was in a rush this morning before I went to work. I'll add you both. BarbaraJean - please send me the info again, so I can add it today before I get home and search through my emails.

Hey, it's okay. No need to apologize. I know how days like the can be. :D I'll send you the info right now.

[jingles96]

Okay, just added BarbaraJean, Knit-Errant, and MotherofAllNeedles. :)

[natalie058]

Oooh, Knit-Errant - That's a gorgeous top! I hope you do make it cuz I'd love to see your FO!!

[noricum]

Cool! If I hadn't picked as challenging a knit project, I would have made it one of each. (And I nearly picked a crochet project to join the knitting olympics anyway... I don't think she'll discriminate.)

[naidascrochet]

I'd love to join :hook I've been wanting to crochet a tanktop. Dont know what pattern I'll use yet.
:manyheart
naida

[jingles96]

Hi All - The website is going through some weirdness - I'm trying to install a wordpress blog to the directory. At the moment, nothing is there, so don't freak out. :) I've saved the page I've been working on, it's safe. For some reason wordpress isn't "publishing" pages. Even though it says it is.

Anybody have experience with Wordpress? I'm searching the forums and fiddling around, but if anybody here is experienced, please ping me.

Thanks!

[jingles96]

Ok, I'm giving up tonight. I think the head cold or the bridal stress is preventing me from seeing things clearly tonight - usually I'm pretty good at this kind of techy stuff (just not web design). I put the old Olympics page back up.

I'll most likely call in sick tomorrow, so I'll have a little more time to play with this.

Good night all. :)

[EricaB]

I want to participate. I think that I'll do the Zip-up jacket from So Simple Crochet (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580112765/sr=1-1/qid=1138689437/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-8237509-8971054?%5Fencoding=UTF8). Now I need to decide if I will "stash-bust" or go buy more yarn?!?!

[EricaB]

I just emailed you, too.

I'm thinking about doing the Celia top at Berroco. I don't really like the shawl they show with it, but I like the top! ;) http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/celia/celia.html

I even found -- by dumb luck -- some yarn I just had laying around that I think (hope? pray?) will be perfect for this. Yay for stash-busting!

That is so hot! I can't wait to see it finished! I plan to do that top too... hopefully before summer's gone.

[dazy]

sorry you aren't feeling well. it's not like there is an immediate deadline on the techy stuff. feel better soon.



Ok, I'm giving up tonight. I think the head cold or the bridal stress is preventing me from seeing things clearly tonight - usually I'm pretty good at this kind of techy stuff (just not web design). I put the old Olympics page back up.

I'll most likely call in sick tomorrow, so I'll have a little more time to play with this.

Good night all. :)

[redhead54]

Okay, I've got my project options narrowed down to three... Take a look (http://natalie85.blogspot.com/2006/01/crochet-olympics.html)and tell me what you think...


My vote is for the blue. It's beautiful and done in cotton would make a really nice spring blouse.

[vernzap]

I just signed up. I'm looking forward to watching the Olympics while working on my own challange. :D

[flyinghooks]

I decided to do this sweater from garnstudio. I love the look, and the color.... but I always do blue so I might try a different color.

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=56&d_id=14&lang=us (http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=56&d_id=14&lang=us)

It will definitely be a challenge for me because I'm not used to a pattern without row by row instructions... there's just a chart AGH!!!!

Now I have to go to my LYS during their superbowl sale and hope they have what I want in the quantity I want....

(http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/projects/june99_crochet.html)
Ginny
http://flyinghooks.blogspot.com

[Kathleen R]

Sign me up too! I think I will do a baby blanket for my girl friend who just found out she was pregnant. I am signed up for the knitting Olympics too! I will be switching back and forth!

Kathy Robbins
robbie0331@wowway.com :manyheart

[vernzap]

I just realized I never said what I'll be working on. :blush I'm going to make several scarves for Threads of Compassion. I'm a very slow crocheter, so I only signed up for five scarves, but if I can do more then I definately will.

[Hilsgal]

I just joined - I would like to join the Olympics - I will be making a poncho. :cheer :cheer :cheer

[jingles96]

It's come to my attention that some of you may have had difficulty signing up for the Crochet Olympics because the signup post had the email address with a period at the end. I'd edited the post to remove the period. Note: the mail-to link worked okay, so if you used that, don't worry.

Just to be clear: the signup email is crochetolympics@jinglelady.us

I've received 4 more signups today - I just haven't updated the site. This cold is draining my energy. I'll update the site tomorrow morning. Oh, I also have done nothing with the blog install today. I'll work on it tomorrow.

Thanks for the wishes to get better and get over the bridal stress. :hug

[kittin1982]

I just sent in an email...I'm going to try to make a summer top of some sort.....

[BarbaraJean]

I just signed up. I'm looking forward to watching the Olympics while working on my own challange. :D

That's a great idea!

[fishbaby]

Yay, I'm on the list! I've been reading over the pattern to make sure I know what everything means before I start :lol

[motherofallneedles]

Well the first part of my training is to get the yarn from skein to ball! Then the swatch, then find I have too little yarn... this training will tire me out before I start :lol

Alison

[Kimberly]

if there was a tatting olympics, you could do a triathalon. :lol Oh goodness!!! That would cause mental insanity! Doing the Knitting Olympics and the Crochet Olympics is MORE than enough for me! I think that I would have to call in sick to work for the whole entire time! :lol

[Kimberly]

I still have not picked out exactly which doily pattern I am going to do! I have several old doily books that I picked up on e-bay a while back that all look fairly difficult, but manageable! A lot of them call for size 40 thread though, and are listed as being 20-24 inches in diameter.....I cringe to think how big they would turn out with size 10 thread! :eek

[jcrupps]

Well I haven't picked a pattern, need to do that today. Also checking for yarn. More than likely either a poncho, shawl or shrug. I need to find an easy pattern for the shrug as I have had no luck in doing them. Glad I'm here.
Hugs,
jennifer:cheer

[motherofallneedles]

Well I haven't picked a pattern, need to do that today. Also checking for yarn. More than likely either a poncho, shawl or shrug. I need to find an easy pattern for the shrug as I have had no luck in doing them. Glad I'm here.
Hugs,
jennifer:cheer
Try the Mrs Who. It looks complicated but it's deceptively easy once you read through the instructions.
Ordered my Olympic Athlete Gear today. I opted for the "I'm a Hooker" baseball top in blue & white. It supports the village & makes me feel as if I have the right clothing...
Alison:hook
So, where are the sporty smilies?

[Kimberly]

So, where are the sporty smilies? Well, I am sure that this little guy :bounce is getting ready for the high jumps
And, well, this swimmer is celebrating his win :help
I am POSITIVE that shopping is an Olympic event :shop
And lookie this fine athlete doing some conditioning training :sheepjump

And of course, here is me getting ready for my dual events :knit.... :sleep... :hook

[motherofallneedles]

You're right!!
Alison

[vigilant20]

OH me too! I want to try Mrs Who's shrug, it's already on my to-do list..but I've never done actual clothes so I'm scared to start it..lol. This'll be good motivation to!

[jingles96]

Kimberly - you crack me up! :)

Ok, I updated the site with all the entries I received as of 11:30am today, with the exception of one entry from a participant in Norway - I'm waiting on confirmation of her name before posting it.

So - if you've sent me an email about joining and you don't see your name there, please send it again!

We're up to 48 participants! Woohoo! But I know we have a LOT more crocheter's out there. Come on, you know you want to challege yourselves....

Go Crocheteers!! :cheer:clap:hook

[BarbaraJean]

I did consider changing my project to this:

http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/cgs-bolero.html

but am sticking to the baby poncho because I need to use up some yarn before buying more. :lol But I love this bolero and definitely want to make it.

Kimberly, if shopping isn't an olympic event, let's make it one! :D:shop

[Shaylen]

Im in,sent my email..never done enything like this so it should be fun,now to decide what to make that will be a challage.

Im gearing up :woo

[meadowlake23]

here is a picture of the :cowboy cowboy afghan that I have decided to make for the olympics. http://photobucket.com/albums/e176/meadowlake23/?action=view&current=P1010010.jpg my 5 year old is bouncing off the walls excited because I have been putting this off for months....:tired this will be me when I finish I am sure...:lol
everyone elses projects are beautiful!! I can't wait to see the fO
sarah

[Shaylen]

Wow...that is very pretty Sarah,i wish i could find a pattern like that with starwars on it for my 10 year old.He would die of a heart attack for something like that.

[BarbaraJean]

here is a picture of the :cowboy cowboy afghan that I have decided to make for the olympics. http://photobucket.com/albums/e176/meadowlake23/?action=view&current=P1010010.jpg my 5 year old is bouncing off the walls excited because I have been putting this off for months....:tired this will be me when I finish I am sure...:lol
everyone elses projects are beautiful!! I can't wait to see the fO
sarah

Wow! That will quite a challenge for 16 days! Best wishes! :cheer

[meadowlake23]

ShaylenI haven't seen a full size afghan with star wars but this site has free patterns of 12x12 starwars squares http://www.******************************** you have to scroll all the way down maybe you can give him that heart attack;)

[donnalynn2]

Ok, I've changed my mind yet again. I am NOT going to do the Mrs. Who's shrug afterall. I was going to make it for my niece but I don't have a sweater her size to get the measurements from so I'm scrapping that idea for the moment. Instead I'm going to do the Cream Cotton Shrug (http://www.dianelangan.com/CrochetPatternFiles/websafenames/cotshrug.html) which I love because I can use some of my 4 ply cotton!!! I don't do too well with fitted garments so I think this will be challenging. Do I have to re-sign up since I'm changing what I plan to make???

[donnalynn2]

Wow...that is very pretty Sarah,i wish i could find a pattern like that with starwars on it for my 10 year old.He would die of a heart attack for something like that.

If you don't like the graphs mentioned earlier, you could always do just the name "STAR WARS" or even Darth Vader or something like that. Just stick the pic into knitpro and voila!!!

[jingles96]

Do I have to re-sign up since I'm changing what I plan to make???

No, you don't have to re-sign up, but if you'd send me a short email telling me what your new project is, I'll update your entry. :) In this case, I've already done so ;), but in the future, in case I don't see the post saying you've changed your mind, just drop an email by. :D

[Kimberly]

Kimberly, if shopping isn't an olympic event, let's make it one! :D:shop I'm game for making it one!!!! In university my roommates and I spent hours in the shopping mall.....and doing our own version of Supermarket Sweep at 3 am in our local 24 hour "one stop shopping" store Meijers (a Superwalmart before its time *grin*) :shop:shop:shop

Hmmmm......can I change my Crochet Olympic Event to a challenge to buy wool from every yarn shop in Belgium AND from at least one shop in 4 different countries in 16 days? Now there would be a challenge of Olympic proportions for me! :laughroll

[donnalynn2]

No, you don't have to re-sign up, but if you'd send me a short email telling me what your new project is, I'll update your entry. :) In this case, I've already done so ;), but in the future, in case I don't see the post saying you've changed your mind, just drop an email by. :D

Awww thanks! You're so sweet! Now to figure out what color I am going to use for this? Hmmm, white or varigated baby colors? Which to choose, which to choose? :think

[jcrupps]

Try the Mrs Who. It looks complicated but it's deceptively easy once you read through the instructions.
Ordered my Olympic Athlete Gear today. I opted for the "I'm a Hooker" baseball top in blue & white. It supports the village & makes me feel as if I have the right clothing...
Alison:hook
So, where are the sporty smilies?

Okay Alison, first where's the Mrs Who pattern? Sounds real interesting. Second, where did you get the baseball top? This is going to be so much fun!:clap
Hugs,
Jennifer:c9

[MamaHooks]

Update on the website that I am trying to create for our Crochet Olympics:hook Site. I have the background finished :yay, and I have all the info on my copy that Jingles96 has up on the site so far:yay....now I am working on the banner and I will then have the site sent to Jingles96 to look over and do her tweaking magic :cheer. So I am very happy. I hope by tomorrow evening that I will be finished with all of tweaking I need to do. If anyone has any input they would like to share with me while I make the final part of the site please feel free to IM me and we can discuss it...

Have a good one

MamaHooks

[goldi316]

Okay, I've sent off my email and I'm now on the sidelines warming up!

I've chosen a project I was gearing up to start anyway, which is the Quilted Trellis afghan from the book Mosaic Magic. All my materials are gathered, and all I need to do is make a copy of the pattern to work from, as it's easier for me than dragging the whole book around. I will be eating breathing and sleeping with this project - and will have to drastically reduce my computer time - in order to meet my challenge, which is to make an afghan in 16 days!

(flexing finger muscles) :hook

[BarbaraJean]

I'm game for making it one!!!! In university my roommates and I spent hours in the shopping mall.....and doing our own version of Supermarket Sweep at 3 am in our local 24 hour "one stop shopping" store Meijers (a Superwalmart before its time *grin*) :shop:shop:shop

Hmmmm......can I change my Crochet Olympic Event to a challenge to buy wool from every yarn shop in Belgium AND from at least one shop in 4 different countries in 16 days? Now there would be a challenge of Olympic proportions for me! :laughroll

Clothes is my weakness. Elder Beerman was having a great sale this past weekend. I got a $50 lovely embroidered sweater for $10. I'm just dying to wear it but I'm trying to save it for when hubby takes me out for Valentine's Day.


Okay, I've sent off my email and I'm now on the sidelines warming up!

I've chosen a project I was gearing up to start anyway, which is the Quilted Trellis afghan from the book Mosaic Magic. All my materials are gathered, and all I need to do is make a copy of the pattern to work from, as it's easier for me than dragging the whole book around. I will be eating breathing and sleeping with this project - and will have to drastically reduce my computer time - in order to meet my challenge, which is to make an afghan in 16 days!

(flexing finger muscles) :hook

You make me so ashamed for choosing such a small project. ;) Still, I'm wondering if I'll have enough time to get my little poncho completed in 16 days. Such a busy time for me.

[jingles96]

Hmmmm......can I change my Crochet Olympic Event to a challenge to buy wool from every yarn shop in Belgium AND from at least one shop in 4 different countries in 16 days? Now there would be a challenge of Olympic proportions for me! :laughroll

That would be funny. You could update your blog with reporter-esque photos of you shopping and the stores and such. And do the reporting in mocking Sport Commentator style "Look at her go, ladies and gentlemen, she's shopping for some fingering weight wool. But she's still got 3 countries to go. Will she make it in time or will she cave under the pressure?" :heehee

LOL

[kazily]

Good luck with your cardigan! I love it & can't wait to see it! I would do that one but I couldn't understand the instructions. :lol

I'm going to do the blue one on the back cover of Leisure Arts 4 Crochet Shrugs. That one is done with chenille though. I am using Caron SS, which I love to use & with SS it will be lighter & less "hot" (not sexy hot but sweaty hot :lol ) . Also, it will be a lot less inexpensive with SS than chenille. I would like to make it a bit longer...more cardigan length but not sure if time will permit...we'll see how it goes & how it looks as a bolero on me. Bolero/shrugs are adorable but all the ones I see are on younger models.



I decided to do this sweater from garnstudio. I love the look, and the color.... but I always do blue so I might try a different color.

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=56&d_id=14&lang=us (http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=56&d_id=14&lang=us)

It will definitely be a challenge for me because I'm not used to a pattern without row by row instructions... there's just a chart AGH!!!!

Now I have to go to my LYS during their superbowl sale and hope they have what I want in the quantity I want....

(http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/projects/june99_crochet.html)
Ginny
http://flyinghooks.blogspot.com

[goldi316]

You make me so ashamed for choosing such a small project. ;) Still, I'm wondering if I'll have enough time to get my little poncho completed in 16 days. Such a busy time for me.

Oh, no need to feel ashamed, believe me! The only reason I'm taking on this challenge is because I do have the time, since I'm not working. With a full-time job and other duties to juggle, there'd be no way I could do it, especially as slow as I crochet! Who knows, though, maybe this event will help me break through that speed barrier I've been struggling with? That would be so nice, seeing as how I have so many projects I want to do and would love to complete them in my lifetime! :lol I have everything I need (yarn, patterns, tools and implements, even time) for nearly all of my major WIMs, except that speed. :eek:blush

Okay, off to practice! :hook

[PandoraAnesidor]

:yay Hooray, I just signed up! But not just for one olympic event--for TWO! For the Crochet Olympics, I too am making a baby blanket for a friend who is expecting--due in September. It's my first-ever baby blanket. If I can get it done this fast, maybe I can actually get done half of the things I intended to make for her before the baby comes... :lol

For the Knitting Olympics, I'm making my first-ever sweater! It's a dog sweater--the "Howl" pattern from the book "Stitch N' Bitch", for our chihuahua, Zoey. I'm especially interested in overcoming that challenge--breaking the "sweater barrier" is going to be a very special event for me!

And as if enjoying these wonderful events were not enough, I was thinking about getting myself a special something if I am able to complete both events. On the crochet side, I was tempting myself with a "Happy Hooker" shirt from the Crochetville store. :manyheart Just want to show my love for my new community!

There was some discussion about what to do until the competition starts...aside from shopping, and perhaps over-feeding my hamster so she doesn't need me for awhile (Just kidding! :devil ), I'm working on my first-ever (see a theme here? :P ) thread project: a bookmark I designed myself, in double-crochet and shell stitch.

As long as we're on the first-ever topic--this will be my first crochet-along!

Were I going to make a triathalon event out of this, I could take up my friend's offer to give me a refresher course in spinning, and set a certain amount to spin before the time is up! Of course, I'd be happy if I could just finish carding that raw wool I bought... (What was I thinking? :ohdear )

:c9 Ah, the yarny bliss...with so much to try, maybe I'll be able to initiate a full-blown habit of completing projects on a regular basis! It's great to have people to yarn-along with! :yay

[motherofallneedles]

Okay Alison, first where's the Mrs Who pattern? Sounds real interesting. Second, where did you get the baseball top? This is going to be so much fun!:clap
Hugs,
Jennifer:c9
http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15176&page=1&pp=40
This is the Mrs Who shrug, and I went to the cafepress store in Support Crochetville for my "Team Shirt"! They are just so cool, and cafepress deliver very quickly (even to the UK!)
Alison:hook
PS for some reason the link goes a bit askew! It goes to Mrs Who's BLUE Shrug!!A technotwit here:think I don't get these links right! Anyway, click on the link inside the link to Fluffy Pink Shrug!
I don't know...:blush

[jcrupps]

Alison,
Thanks so much for the link, I got there just fine. It's a little complicated I think for me. But it is beautiful, both the pink and the blue. I'll continue looking for a easier one. Off to order my shirt!
Hugs
Jennifer:cheer

[BarbaraJean]

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15176&page=1&pp=40
This is the Mrs Who shrug, and I went to the cafepress store in Support Crochetville for my "Team Shirt"! They are just so cool, and cafepress deliver very quickly (even to the UK!)
Alison:hook
PS for some reason the link goes a bit askew! It goes to Mrs Who's BLUE Shrug!!A technotwit here:think I don't get these links right! Anyway, click on the link inside the link to Fluffy Pink Shrug!
I don't know...:blush

Where's the pattern???

[goldi316]

The "Mrs Who Shrug" is not a stitch by stitch pattern. If you read the thread, what you get are instructions and general guidelines for creating the garment, customizing it to your own tastes by choosing your own stitch pattern to use and using your own measurements for fit. If you are the kind of person who must have a completely spelled-out pattern, row by row - you won't get that here! But I can tell you it's a great way to break out of that dependency on patterns and grow by leaps towards learning to create your own designs!

[BarbaraJean]

The "Mrs Who Shrug" is not a stitch by stitch pattern.

Yes, I see that now.

It really is beautiful!

[twoqtgirls]

Okay - I signed up too! I am doing a pineapple runner - my first real attempt at small thread crochet. :eek

[Kimberly]

That would be funny. You could update your blog with reporter-esque photos of you shopping and the stores and such. And do the reporting in mocking Sport Commentator style "Look at her go, ladies and gentlemen, she's shopping for some fingering weight wool. But she's still got 3 countries to go. Will she make it in time or will she cave under the pressure?" :heehee LOL I am sure that by the time I made the above report, my next report would be coming in from some beach where I had gotten side tracked by the sand, sun and of course the yarn I had bought in the other countries....."Attention everyone, this is just in! Kimberly has been sighted sitting on a beach at an undisclosed location in the Canary Islands....when asked about her Olympic challenge she was quoted as saying 'Olympics, Shalmpics Bob! Can't you see I am CROCHETING?? Now, will you please move...you're blocking my sun AND the view of the cabana boy!"

[Shaylen]

:lol:lol:lol

I can see you sitting there with your little umbrella drink.

:cheer:cheer

[Stacy25]

and doing our own version of Supermarket Sweep at 3 am in our local 24 hour "one stop shopping" store Meijers (a Superwalmart before its time *grin*) :shop:shop:shop



I LOVE Meijer!! I was so sad when I moved out here and found they weren't on the west coast!

[Kimberly]

I LOVE Meijer!! I was so sad when I moved out here and found they weren't on the west coast! Meijers is great :cry we don't even have anything close to that here in Brussels....my parents think that I am odd when I back in the US visiting them and I go off at 2 in the morning to do some shopping....because I can! All shops here close by 8 at the very latest, the majority at 5 or 6! AND Meijers sells YARN!!!!! Okay, similar selection to Walmart I believe, but hey, its yarn that you can buy 24 hours a day....can life get any better? :lol

[Jimmie Lu]

:cheer A Challenge has been made and accepted!!!!!
Karin4christ is making 100 sq for project linus I am making 250 for Afgahns for Amegos so here is the deal anything I make over 200 she will get for hers any she does over 100 goes to Amegos!!!!
so cheer us on there are no loosers only winners when charity is concerned!!!!
:cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer

[Shaylen]

Wow...you ladies are going to be busy,i will cheer you on

:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer:c heer

[Scorpio59]

If it is not too late I am finally ready to sign up also.
I am going to crochet a ripple drawstring purse.
A fun little project for my daughter (or myself !) that I otherwise would have put off.
I'll go email the modertor now!

[kazily]

Welcome to all the new Crochet Olympians!

What are your plans for Feb 9th? I think I will do very little crochet... :eek I'll read over my pattern again...clean out my WIP rack (like a magazine rack) & stock with all my project paraphanalia & of course YARN...relax, watch some mundane tv shows & go to bed early.

Is it starting at a certain time? ...I think knitting olympics starts at 2 pm. That day (10th) is going to be so slow if we have to wait until 2 pm LOL! But exciting too...

By the way...Kimberly, I'm so glad you joined the olympics...your posts have & will bring a lot of giggles to it. That is good! We are going to need it to break up the tension when we are all jumping hurdles on our projects lol!

[kazily]

:cheer A Challenge has been made and accepted!!!!!
Karin4christ is making 100 sq for project linus I am making 250 for Afgahns for Amegos so here is the deal anything I make over 200 she will get for hers any she does over 100 goes to Amegos!!!!
so cheer us on there are no loosers only winners when charity is concerned!!!!
:cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer

That is wonderful that you both came up with a plan to spur you on to victory & achieve such a great thing for others!

[jingles96]

Hello Fellow Yarn-letes! (I totally stole that from Pandora's email entry).

I'm going to be working on the website for the next hour or so. Hopefully now that the cold/flu thing is mostly gone, as well as some of the bridal stress (it's NOT going to get me down!), the techy stuff will all make sense and fall into place. Cross your fingers, knock on wood, etc.

As a bonus, MamaHooks sent me her design this morning. I haven't peeked yet, though, so it's a surprise for me too.

I'll update here as soon as the site is back up and going. Oh, I haven't updated any of the entries received today bc I wanted to wait until all this web design stuff was in place. As soon as that is, I'll add the new entries.

Go Crocheteers! :cheer

[BarbaraJean]

:cheer A Challenge has been made and accepted!!!!!
Karin4christ is making 100 sq for project linus I am making 250 for Afgahns for Amegos so here is the deal anything I make over 200 she will get for hers any she does over 100 goes to Amegos!!!!
so cheer us on there are no loosers only winners when charity is concerned!!!!
:cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer

Best wishes!

[LadyBeBop]

Welcome to all the new Crochet Olympians!

What are your plans for Feb 9th? I think I will do very little crochet... :eek I'll read over my pattern again...clean out my WIP rack (like a magazine rack) & stock with all my project paraphanalia & of course YARN...relax, watch some mundane tv shows & go to bed early.

Hopefully finishing up cleaning the house and making meals for the next two weeks. I'll watch "Dancing with the Stars," then probably get to bed fairly early.

Is it starting at a certain time? ...I think knitting olympics starts at 2 pm. That day (10th) is going to be so slow if we have to wait until 2 pm LOL! But exciting too...


Yeah, it starts at 2. I don't exactly know how I'm going to work it on Friday. I get off of work at 4:00pm. I'll probably see about changing my tour of duty, so I'll only work until 2:30 (go into work at 6 AM that day...in which case, I'll get to bed right after Dancing with the Stars on Thursday night). If I'm able to pull that off, I'll get home at 2:45 and start working.

Of course, that's also the weekend my daughter comes home from college for the weekend (she has an orthodonist appointment). I'll probably have to drive down to pick her up, and that's a ninety minute trip one way. So I have a bad feeling I'll be spending much of Friday on the road.

I might not have to pick up up until Sat morning. If that's the case, hopefully I can get hubby to drive down and me drive home. At least, I can crochet while he drives.

[jingles96]

The new design is up! Woohoo! A big thanks goes to MamaHooks :hug for making a wonderful design. I just tweaked it a little on font types and added the opaqueness to the text so we could see her background graphic.

So - go have a gander and look around. Let me know (at crochetolympics@jinglelady.us) if anything looks screwy or anything.

I haven't updated the site with today's entries - I'm bushed. I'm off to bed. I'll add them tomorrow morning.

Oh, and Cris made us a new blog button. Check it out!

Also, while I haven't given up on the blog idea, it wasn't going to work tonight. I did make progress though. We'll see if I have time this weekend to implement that idea.

Go Crocheteers!! :cheer

[PandoraAnesidor]

:yay You like the Yarn-lete thing? I'm so totally flattered! :hook

Until Feb. 9th, I'm going to sit here wondering where my tax refund is, so that I can buy the rest of the yarn I need for my projects! I *might* have enough for the baby blanket, but I don't have anything for the sweater. Oh--I'll also be chasing the chihuahua around the house with a tape measure. I tried to take her measurements today, and it turns out she's scared of the measuring tape. :hyper <---- We call her our caffeine dog. So if I can't get her measurements, I can always make a sweater for the beagle instead--she's much more placid. But I prefer to make one for Zoey, because she's always shivering, especially in the winter. I think she could use one.

By the way, it's awesome to hear about people making their projects for charity! Although my Olympic projects aren't for charity, I just signed up for the "25 Things" CAL; a most worthy cause. My Grandma broke her arm :eek the other day (she's ok now, thank goodness!), but when she is all healed, she promises to teach me how to make granny squares, so I will be able to join in the square contributions.

[eurolyons]

Until February 9th, am trying to finish as many WIP, clean house...Monday after Superbowl, DH and I will be recovering our couch and chair, finish up some writing (including writing up my first original pattern that I actually want to write up - Lowen the Lionhearted Lamb...) Still waiting for my yarn to get here from joann.com...first thing Feb. 10th, as soon as the Opening Ceremonies start in Turin, I'll be at the ready with my crochet hook and yarn...

[Kimberly]

:cheer A Challenge has been made and accepted!!!!!
Karin4christ is making 100 sq for project linus I am making 250 for Afgahns for Amegos so here is the deal anything I make over 200 she will get for hers any she does over 100 goes to Amegos!!!!
so cheer us on there are no loosers only winners when charity is concerned!!!!
:cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer Oh wow!!! "Rah rah ree" to the both of you!! What an excellent challenge!!

[vhanna26]

The new design is up! Woohoo! A big thanks goes to MamaHooks :hug for making a wonderful design. I just tweaked it a little on font types and added the opaqueness to the text so we could see her background graphic...
Go Crocheteers!! :cheer

I love the website. Very nice work!

[Kimberly]

By the way...Kimberly, I'm so glad you joined the olympics...your posts have & will bring a lot of giggles to it. That is good! We are going to need it to break up the tension when we are all jumping hurdles on our projects lol! hey! Wait a minute! It might be all fun and laughs now...but you must realize that when it comes time to compete, I am going to show up with my game face on! :P I want...no I need....no I will have those medals! And anyone who says otherwise....well.... :tryme :rofl

Now, all kidding aside, I think that we have a really great group of crocheters all going out and competing together, and I am so glad that I decided to join in! With all of the cheering from each other, we can all do our personal best and strive towards meeting our personal challenges. Yes, there will be pitfalls and detours and sometimes bright glaring stop signs for all of us during our quest for Crochet Olympic gold. The Olympics is not about winning, it is about team spirit, coming together and doing the best you can.....from the words of the Sport Goofy Anthem -

"You can always be number one, You can always be a winner. Even if you've played the game for years, or you play like a beginner! So if you stumble and fall, if you fumble the ball, just keep on giving your all and having fun! You may be first or last place, or you may fall on your face, but if you're running the race, you're number one!"

[eurolyons]

Hey Kimberly, it's so nice to know you're on this side of the water...we have a couple of nice yarns shops where I am if you wanna visit...

[queen_mo]

My yarn is ready (Estelle DK Royal Cotton) and my pattern is highilighted and ready! I've also made and frogged one gauge swatch with a 3.5 hook. I'm going to need to adjust the tension and the sizing because I need to make an extra large and the pattern only goes to large. I've figured out that the 3.5 hook gives me an extra 1/4" for every 4". I'm trying the a 3.75 now (which seems pointless). They both may prove to be too large, so I'm also going to pick up a 3mm (my hooks are getting smaller all the time!) and try that. I need to add about 6 inches to the largest bust size and the 3.5mm hook gives me 10 extra inches.

All this training is making me tired. I need to go and crochet something to stop thinking about it....:hook

[Kimberly]

Hey Kimberly, it's so nice to know you're on this side of the water...we have a couple of nice yarns shops where I am if you wanna visit...What? Yarn Shopping? Oh boy oh boy oh boy! :lol I do believe that we have already established that I have a slight problem with shopping! LOL

I just might stop by for a visit! I still need to get down to see Marvie in Stuttgart....plan my road trip right and I could see both! Too bad my friend from Darmstadt is in Iraq right now...I could have seen all three of you on one trip!

[mamaoso]

Hope it's not to late to join the fun.. I sent my email, got my yarn and hook ready. Let the games begin!!!!

[barbn77]

I've decided on the ripple pattern i'm going to use, i don't now how to put a link in to show everyone, and to add to the difficulty, i got the yarn for it..baby yarn..ahhhhh...in a light pink. I chose a ripple pattern w/ baby yarn because i get bored with ripples easily and this is my excuse to actually finish one lol :flower and baby yarn will make it really soft and cuddly i think.

[kazily]

LOL this is so funny...I was playing around with more olympic type graphics with an idea that didn't work very well! My "yarn-lete" looks like a transvestite that ate something bad for his stomach :lol I have to share this funny pic though..maybe it will provide a giggle. :P

(he-she is holding a hook torch but you can't see the hook too well)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/olympics.gif

[jingles96]

LOL this is so funny...I was playing around with more olympic type graphics with an idea that didn't work very well! My "yarn-lete" looks like a transvestite that ate something bad for his stomach :lol I have to share this funny pic though..maybe it will provide a giggle. :P

(he-she is holding a hook torch but you can't see the hook too well)

LOL. I like the idea though. :)

[jingles96]

I've just added about 14 new Yarn-letes to the Crochet Olympics (http://jinglelady.us/crochet/olympics/). Woo hoo! Our numbers are growing!

I've also tweaked the site a little more. My fiance said it was a little hard to read, so I reduced the opacity a tad. Did it help?

Is everybody hard at work training for their event? Personally, I haven't crocheted a bit this week, nor have I finalized the pattern I'll be using. I think I'd best go off and do that now!

Oh, and thanks for all the well wishes! I'm feeling 95% better now. My poor fiance though - I think I gave him his cold back. :blush

Go Crocheteers!! :cheer Less than a week until the Opening Ceremonies. :eek Train harder! :wink

[Shaylen]

Looks better but my od eyes are still having a hard time reading it,i love the look though.

[MamaHooks]

:hiJingles96 I'm sorry but I think you need to make the font bold so its easier to read. Its just to thin of font in my opinion.

And yes everyone I am working on a better banner...I got the messages I know it isn't a great banner. The next one will be better (I hope :worried ). Don't worry my feelings are not hurt at all, I knew it wasn't very good. I just needed a :kick in the pants to get my creative juices flowing, I guess.

MamaHooks

[Shaylen]

ok,most of the house is clean :cheer:cheer and im working to finish some of my WIP.I should be ready by the 10th,i cant wait for this to start,i love the olympics and crochet so this is like a birthday for me.Just have to decide which project to do now :think ,im thinking maybe a starwars blanket for my son with a photo of a storm trooper i found and put into knitpro,wont be easy for me becouse im not to good at reading these things but i think i can..thanks for the great ideal everyone,will let you know when i decide.

Enyone have eny good cassarolls they would like to share??I would like some,i dont usually make them and would love to do so.

Mamahooks-i love the design :hug it just needs to be darker,so i can read it better.

[mscrocheter]

Okay, I signed up. I think this will be a lot of fun.

Madelyn

[eurolyons]

For my training I knocked out a shrug from the Lion Brand Vintage Pattern for Today book...Am wearing it as a I type. I really like it. I think my yarn has arrived at the APO, but DH wasn't able to pick it up yesterday (and they are closed today) so Monday, hopefully, I'll have my yarn for the event.

Other training for this is simply trying to clear up as many WIP's as I can so I can participant in the Olympics with no guilt...finished 3 projects today...woo hoo...

I'm so excited...

[DesertCrocheter]

My training involves finishing a charity afghan on Thursday and starting a baby blanket for my coworker and his wife last night. But Anna has okayed my request to include dyeing yarn as prep work, so I'm going to start that today. I'm making my sister one of Marlo's beautiful felted totes, and I'm dyeing wool a deep purple, her favorite color. And doing some finger exercises: one, two, one, two, stretch, curl, stretch, curl! :lol
Patty

[eurolyons]

Like the finger exercises...:lol:

[kazily]

The website looks good. The type is easy to read. It's not easy to get background graphics to do what they need to do lol (visible but not overpowering the page content) ...so mamahooks & jingles, you're doing a wonderful job working on it. I like how the tables fade out the background a little.

MamaHooks...I could help with the banner if you want some help. I use PhotoImpact 6 & it has a pretty good banner utility. I could send you a few sample jpg & you could play with them to your liking or use the way it is...just an offer if you want some help with it.

My training has been making a swatch. I think I need to adjust hook size so I'm swatching again today. I also changed the color of my project to papaya SS (an apricot color) instead of blue. WM has 12 oz skeins of SS for 3.77! So my bolero will cost less than $10 lol!

[fishbaby]

That's not a bad price at all! I got 25 balls of crochet cotton for 75% off a couple of weeks back, so now I've got a mass of the stuff ready to ease my creative spark that happens to appear very much on the spur of the moment :lol

Go Team Doily (and everyone else of course :blush ). Here's to an easy-to-read pattern, the perfect yarn/thread and hook and beautiful finished projects come the closing ceremonies :cheer

[dazy]

i was looking over the pattern for the shrug i'm going to attempt. it's in the patterns section under fluffy pink shrug schematics. i saw that it was made by mrs. who. is this the same pattern i've seen that everybody is planning to make, called the mrs. who shrug? if so, i'm making the same one as a few others. that would be neat.:cheer

[sissie44]

Ok guys this is what I have decided to make! I have never made a sweater for myself and i have been thinking lately that I needed to buy one! so now I won't have too:lol
(http:///http://lionbrand.com/patterns/chs-flatteringJacket.html)http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/chs-flatteringJacket.html
So now I am off to spend my Rent money on yarn so I will be ready to go:rofl:rofl

do I need to send this somehwere else also?

[Creations of Cris]

:jumpyayVera was sweet enough to visit my blog and leave a message, thank you. She also asked if I could come up with a button for both events, so I took a stab at it. I was going to make 2 sub buttons to go with it, but you can just take the existing buttons for the events to use.

:yay I finally decided what to do for my "event" for the Crochet Olympics. I am going to make that dreaded baby ghan I've had commitment issues with. I hope to get to Hobby Lobby before the 10th to get the yarn to do it, if not I might have a late start (not unusual for me.)

Sorry, back to subject... grab the button from this url:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg (http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg)

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg

or here if it shows up!:think

:cheer Good luck to each of you,:cheer
Cris~

ps... thank you Goldi for the help with the Seraphina pattern. It all makes sense to me now, and you can bet I'll crank out a half dozen before Christmas (or birthdays...)

[purlycues]

[QUOTE=jingles96]Ok All - I've got an email set up for you to send your sign ups to. Send your Name (or Nick if you prefer), a link to your blog (if you have one/want to), and the project you will work on to crochetolympics@jinglelady.us (crochetolympics@jinglelady.us)

I just sent you a mail as I 'd like to take part too.

[Lisaizme]

:yay I finally decided what to do for my "event" for the Crochet Olympics. I am going to make that dreaded baby ghan I've had commitment issues with. I hope to get to Hobby Lobby before the 10th to get the yarn to do it, if not I might have a late start (not unusual for me.)



Just out of curiosity (since I'm planning to do a baby 'ghan too) what pattern is it that you're having issues with?

[vhanna26]

:jumpyayVera was sweet enough to visit my blog and leave a message, thank you. She also asked if I could come up with a button for both events, so I took a stab at it. I was going to make 2 sub buttons to go with it, but you can just take the existing buttons for the events to use...



http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg



:cheer Good luck to each of you,:cheer

Cris, the button is fabulous.:manyheart Thanks so much for doing this for us "Dualetes":hook :knit .

[Kimberly]

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg Love the button Cris!! As another dual athlete, I'll be grabbing it for my Olympic blog posts - thanks so much!

[motherofallneedles]

i was looking over the pattern for the shrug i'm going to attempt. it's in the patterns section under fluffy pink shrug schematics. i saw that it was made by mrs. who. is this the same pattern i've seen that everybody is planning to make, called the mrs. who shrug? if so, i'm making the same one as a few others. that would be neat.:cheer
Yep! That's the one! It's fun doing the same project, especially to see everyones interpretations of it!
Alison :hook

[eurolyons]

Ok guys this is what I have decided to make! I have never made a sweater for myself and i have been thinking lately that I needed to buy one! so now I won't have too:lol
(http:///http://lionbrand.com/patterns/chs-flatteringJacket.html)http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/chs-flatteringJacket.html
So now I am off to spend my Rent money on yarn so I will be ready to go:rofl:rofl

do I need to send this somehwere else also?

You need to send an email to jingles...

crochetolympics@jinglelady.us (crochetolympics@jinglelady.us)

With your name and nick name and what you're gonna work on...good luck...

[Creations of Cris]

Just out of curiosity (since I'm planning to do a baby 'ghan too) what pattern is it that you're having issues with?

I'm going to make Terry Kimbrough's "Exquisite" from her book Heirloom Afghans for Baby. I am making it for my nephew who is due this month, but am having commitment issues with it. I've frogged my 3rd attempt and am hoping to get the yarn to make it before the Crochet Olympics start. There's a picture of the one I am doing on my blog.

Have a happy day,
Cris~

[Creations of Cris]

I'm glad y'all liked the button!

Good Luck!
Cris~

[jingles96]

Cris - Cool Button for the dual olympiadian. :)

All - when you update your project or figure out what you're making (if you were a tbd), just send me an email to crochetolympics@jinglelady.us (crochetolympics@jinglelady.us).

Also - I've gotten about 15 more signups in the last day or so. I'm off to a bday party for my SSTB (stepson to be), so I'll add them to the site this evening.

Keep training & doing those exercises! I worked on a hoody for my niece last night as training. I want to try and finish that up this week so I can concentrate on my top for the Olympics. I've decided on one of my German patterns - I'll try posting a photo of it to my crochet blog this evening too.

[artemis]

My finger muscles are twitching they are so eager to start the Olympics!
I'm sending off my e-mail to Jingles to tell her I am making a small afghan for my niece for her first home.
Good luck to one and all!

[motherofallneedles]

I've just watched the Animal Winter Olympics on BBC1! It was such fun, and great computer graphics! All the events had a human, mammal, reptile, bird and fish entrant. :wgrin Just the thing for family viewing until the reindeer was tested for drugs...he'd eaten magic mushrooms on the cross country!:heehee

Alison :hook

[kazily]

Chris I love your buttons! They are so nice.

I have a guage question. The bolero I'm doing calls for a F hook with chenille yarn but since I'm using Caron SS, to get guage I had to go all the way up to an I hook! Has anyone ever had to go that far before for guage? I tried using double strand to get a lower hook size but the material was thick & kind of tough feeling...I didn't like it at all. Do you think it's ok to use an I hook with one strand? I'm using this pattern for the LA Blue Shrug

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8256680067&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

[MamaHooks]

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg


Creations of Cris - I love the Dual Olympiad button it is awesome :D. If I could knit more than just casting on (yes I really do consider that knitting :knit) I would be a dual Olympiad. I have seen so many patterns that are for knitting that I would love to try :drool. Maybe in a few years I will learn the devilish :devil art of Knitting :laughroll.

But for now I will do the heavenly :angel art of Crochet... :rofl

MamaHooks

[DesertCrocheter]

We interrupt this regularly scheduled programming to bring you news of a potential upset in the Crochet Olympics. Today Patty, the Desert Crocheter, suffered the twin setbacks of realizing she didn't have enough Kool Aid to dye her yarn, followed closely by a dyeing disaster. The plastic wrap split and dye was spilt all over the sink. Patty's quick thinking saved much of the dye, but in the process, her yarn may not have received all the dye it needed in order to be the proper color for her felted tote project. In addition, her hands were immersed in the bath and are now a vibrant grape color.

Does this incident foretell doom for this member of Team Other? Stay tuned!

(P.S. I'm not sure I like the moniker Team Other. Team Miscellaneous would be just as bad, though. Team Eccentric? Team Hodge Podge?)

[Shaylen]

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

I can just see your poor hands,so show us how it looks.

[flyinghooks]

I hit my LYS for their Superbowl Yarn Sale (40% off). I dropped my dh & kids off at the fastfood/play place for lunch. I got to the store 10 minutes before the doors opened and found 40 people in front of me waiting to get in. After agreeing to the rules (treat yarn & staff with respect at all times!) we were given a shopping bag and allowed to enter. In search of line for my Drops Design sweater, I went straight for the Brown SHeep Cotton FLeece (bottom 2 bins under the sock yarn). I knelt on the floor and dug through the bins... what color could I find with 7 same-dye lot skeins... New Age teal 5 of one dye lot and 1 of another... a royal blue.... Victorian Pink.... I finally decided on 'Banana' a pale yellow. This whole time sock yarn has been falling on my head, so I raise my attention a bit higher and come out with 3 skeins of Swizzle sock yarn, 2 skeins of light purple (special request from my dd), 4 skeins of light gray, a lone cool multi (maroon, grey, black, gold) and another lone charcoal gray to mix with it. I worked my way around the store to the Cascade 220 and respectfully dug through the bins to find 8 skeins of a dark teal for a sweater for dh. Finally at the checkout I grabbed Addi turbo B and C hooks and made it out the door in just over an hour.
Here's the Yarn Loot (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sbflyinghook/detail?.dir=/953c&.dnm=48bbre2.jpg&.src=ph). Now I can play with a gauge swatch and I want to finish my socks from my Yahoo CAL sock-a-long....

[Creations of Cris]

If I could knit more than just casting on (yes I really do consider that knitting :knit) I would be a dual Olympiad. I have seen so many patterns that are for knitting that I would love to try :drool. Maybe in a few years I will learn the devilish :devil art of Knitting :laughroll.


MamaHooks

I heard that!!! I finally learned to cast on (I knit-on, I dont get the long tail cast on to save my life, or any of the others for that matter!) and knit and purl- so I can stockinette, but be darned if I can increase, etc. I wanted to join it too, maybe next time?

Glad you liked the button!
Cris~

ps.. I meant to give you a holler anyways- aren't you making the HK backpack? If it is you, when you make it, would you pretty please take down the round counts for me? Especially the HK face. I've made 3 of the bags, none are the same, but cannot get the face to look right for love nor money! LOL

[eurolyons]

Oh Desert Crochet, I'm so sorry for the dying mishap...I hope everything works out...good luck...

[DesertCrocheter]

Okay, Shaylen, here is my left hand. Right hand came out fuzzy. Luckily this week I'm out on a job site and my hands will get really dirty right away tomorrow so no one will realize that I have purple hands! :lol

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/DesertCrocheter/IM002978.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/DesertCrocheter/IM002977.jpg

What I'll do for Olympic glory!!

Purple Patty

[Lisaizme]

(P.S. I'm not sure I like the moniker Team Other. Team Miscellaneous would be just as bad, though. Team Eccentric? Team Hodge Podge?)

How about Team Eclectic?

[Shaylen]

Okay, Shaylen, here is my left hand. Right hand came out fuzzy. Luckily this week I'm out on a job site and my hands will get really dirty right away tomorrow so no one will realize that I have purple hands! :lol

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/DesertCrocheter/IM002978.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/DesertCrocheter/IM002977.jpg

What I'll do for Olympic glory!!

Purple Patty

Very pretty color,atleast you can hide it,how did the yarn turn out??i was thinking of tring it but now maybe not :lol

[Pink and Grey]

I'm new to Crochetville and I'd like to join the Crochet Olympics. I've not crocheted very many items, and most of them were rectangular, so I thought I'd try my first baby sacque for the Olympics. I really don't know if that's enough of a challenge or not, so I'll add the matching bonnet and booties and go for the gold if need be!

I'm off to send my email to sign up!

Ginny

[donnalynn2]

:jumpyayVera was sweet enough to visit my blog and leave a message, thank you. She also asked if I could come up with a button for both events, so I took a stab at it. I was going to make 2 sub buttons to go with it, but you can just take the existing buttons for the events to use.

:yay I finally decided what to do for my "event" for the Crochet Olympics. I am going to make that dreaded baby ghan I've had commitment issues with. I hope to get to Hobby Lobby before the 10th to get the yarn to do it, if not I might have a late start (not unusual for me.)

Sorry, back to subject... grab the button from this url:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg (http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg)

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/crisak/do_2006.jpg

or here if it shows up!:think

:cheer Good luck to each of you,:cheer
Cris~

ps... thank you Goldi for the help with the Seraphina pattern. It all makes sense to me now, and you can bet I'll crank out a half dozen before Christmas (or birthdays...)

Thanks for making the wonderful button!!! I'm going to add it to my site tomorrow!!!

I am so ansy to start this thing! It practically killed me today NOT to pick it up! I think tomorrow I will work out a gauge swatch but I'm afraid to start that too early or I'll be even more inclined to start early and if I do that I'll have to find something else to make...

Am I the only person who really LOVES to start new projects, especially before old ones are done? :hook

[jingles96]

I hit my LYS for their Superbowl Yarn Sale (40% off).
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Here's the Yarn Loot (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sbflyinghook/detail?.dir=/953c&.dnm=48bbre2.jpg&.src=ph). Now I can play with a gauge swatch and I want to finish my socks from my Yahoo CAL sock-a-long....

Wow - that's some yarn! I love it. And I'm sooo jealous. ;)

[jingles96]

How about Team Eclectic?

Hey Lisa & DesertCrocheter - Yeah, Team Other wasn't sitting too well with me, but I didn't think much on alternatives. I liked Hodge Podge, so I just changed it to Hodge Podge. But Eclectic is good too.....

How about a democratic vote? Let me know what you want and I'll change it to the most requested. :hook

[jingles96]

Ok, I just added another 15 yarn-letes! And MamaHooks sent me a new banner and an updated version of the old one - so I put the new one at the top and the newer version of the old one at the bottom. I :manyheart how cute the new one is!

I also made all the text bold - good suggestion. However, I was showing the site to my fiance tonight and he uses IE. Ick. The site doesn't look so good in IE. Bleh - one more reason to hate IE. So, everybody switch to Firefox! :lol (it's a really great browser!) I'll have to fiddle with the design while viewing it in IE and Firefox sometime this week. See if I can get the two to converge towards something presentable in both. :blush

As far as Olympic Training, I started winding my yarn into cakes and doing a swatch tonight. My fiance asked if swatching was like stretching - I said exactly! :devil I'm off to post a photo of the pattern and my swatch on my crochet blog.

Go Crocheteers! Less than 5 days until the Opening Ceremonies ....

[Shaylen]

I love the new banner and i can see it really good now,i use firefox to so im not having the IE problem.

I am getting so excited about this,i get my new books from Amazon tommorw so will decide which one to make and get my yarn.

Go Team...
:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer:cheer

[vhanna26]

Am I the only person who really LOVES to start new projects, especially before old ones are done? :hook

I do it all the time! I need to work on finishing things up.

[vhanna26]

I hit my LYS for their Superbowl Yarn Sale (40% off). In search of line for my Drops Design sweater, I went straight for the Brown SHeep Cotton FLeece.... I finally decided on 'Banana' a pale yellow...3 skeins of Swizzle sock yarn, 2 skeins of light purple (special request from my dd), 4 skeins of light gray, a lone cool multi (maroon, grey, black, gold) and another lone charcoal gray to mix with it. I worked my way around the store to the Cascade 220 and respectfully dug through the bins to find 8 skeins of a dark teal for a sweater for dh. Finally at the checkout I grabbed Addi turbo B and C hooks and made it out the door in just over an hour.

Here's the Yarn Loot (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sbflyinghook/detail?.dir=/953c&.dnm=48bbre2.jpg&.src=ph)...

Great loot.:cheer I think the sweater will look wonderful in the Cotton Fleece.

[DesertCrocheter]

OOohh, I vote for Team Eclectic!! What a great suggestion, Lisa!

Shaylen, this is the first time I've had a problem dyeing yarn, and naturally the first time I did so without wearing gloves. I suggest you go ahead and try, it's a lot of fun! Just always wear gloves! :P
Patty

[flyinghooks]

I'm new to Crochetville and I'd like to join the Crochet Olympics. I've not crocheted very many items, and most of them were rectangular, so I thought I'd try my first baby sacque for the Olympics. I really don't know if that's enough of a challenge or not, so I'll add the matching bonnet and booties and go for the gold if need be!

I'm off to send my email to sign up!

Ginny

Welcome to Crochetville & the crochet Olympics from another Ginny!!

[kazily]

I was bored again...waiting is HARD :hook so I made individual team buttons (feel free to snag if you want one). R click your team button, save & upload to your blog/website. BTW I can change Team Hodge Podge to Eclectic if that changes.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/cro_hp.gifhttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/cro_d.gif
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/cro_a.gifhttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/kazily/Graphics/cro_w.gif

[Pink and Grey]

Welcome to Crochetville & the crochet Olympics from another Ginny!!

Thanks, Ginny! I sent you a pm.

Ginny

[mamaoso]

Got my yarn, hook and gauge ready!!! Can't wait to start.....

[eurolyons]

My yarn came in today! I'm so excited...

[Kimberly]

Swatch...........frog....Swatch........frog...Swat ch......frog..

Okay - I'm all limbered up and swatched out now...game on! :)

[MamaHooks]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen. I have only 3 things to do to keep myself busy until the openning ceremony..




Create a banner combining the two current banners into 1
Make leg warmers for my daughter :hook
Take care of everyone around me, food, clothes, finding lost things, homework warden and ect...:faint
That last one is taking up most of the time of course. I hope to have the new combined banner for Jingles96 by tomorrow evening. I hope to finish the leg warmers by Thursday evening. I hope to get some sleep and be rested by Friday afternoon. That's a lot of hoping, and not much else. :yawn




MamaHooks...Amazing Super Wonder Women and Mother:ccompute


(http://misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=11#)

[artemis]

MamaHooks...Amazing Super Wonder Women and Mother:ccompute

(http://misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=11#)[/QUOTE]


You do sound amazing...but then you are an Olympic athelete!
Go for the gold!:cheer

[MamaHooks]

Actually I am just like any other mother that has a special needs child. I am always on the move. :flying

I must admit I am feeling a little burnt out but I have goals and I am going to meet them. Crochet Olympics.... Here I Come! :cheer Team Hodge Podge RULES!!!!!:yay:yay:yay:cheer:cheer:cheer

[jingles96]

Another 7 entries added! Woohoo - 92! Come on, we can break the 100 barrier - you know you want to join! ;) :clap

I added the Team Buttons. I've only heard positive votes for Team Eclectic, so I'll change the name of that team tomorrow. Kazily can you change the graphic? Thanks! :hug

MamaHooks - take your time, no rush. A BIG THANKS again for all your design efforts. :hug


Less than 4 days to go - one, two, one, two, hook, swatch, gooooo Crocheteers! :cheer

[Creations of Cris]

:worried with my baby yarn... :eek I've changed my project once already, and she dutifully edited my info on the Crochet Olympics web page...

...weeeeeeeelllllllllll... I don't have until Feb 28th-ish to do the dreaded baby 'ghan that I changed to. I was talking to my sister this morning and its looking like they are going to induce her Thursday afternoon. Something about her doctor having surgery Friday.

You can breathe now, Anna. I'm not going to change catagories, I will find another baby blanket to make.

..And if y'all don't mind, send me MEGA speedy crochet vibes. I am convinced I will have this blanket ready for him when he is born and of course, I am the slowest crocheter I know.:blush

Cris~
has somehow found herself in intensive training :laughroll

[Shaylen]

Ok Team i have decided what im going to do(and im sticking to it)sending you an email jingles.

http://www.coatsandclark.com/fun_and_free/crochet_thread/lc1337.htm

This was such a hard deciesion for me :think,ive only workied with thread once and im allmost done with that.Now to get my thread and do the swatchs :cheer:cheer.

Mamahooks-you have done a great job what with keeping up with the kids and doing all the side stuff,i have 4 kids and i know you have to be a superwoman to do it all,my hat is off to you :hug.

Cris-lots of vibes coming your way,i hope you get it done in time and good luck to your sister :hug