Thank you!!!!

Unfortunately, I had a surprise emergency room visit and have been in the hospital for the last 7 days. What a treat and surprise to find out I was an Olympics KAL winner when I got home. I thank both of you for the support and for the wonderful prizes!!!

Olympic KAL - Finished Project - Team Finland

Here is my finished project for the Olympics 2010 KAL - just finished this afternoon. This is for Team Finland in the Ivory and Royal Blue of their flag. I used 4 complete balls of Bamboozle so about 360 yards total. This is a pattern from the Signature Scarves book by Nicky Epstein. I did not include the fringe from her pattern.

This was my first real project involving cables and I am very happy with the end result. The pattern is very well defined and the drape of the Bamboozle suits the pattern well. It's nice how thick the fabric ends up with cables too.

I think this may qualify for Olympic Spirit, Team Spirit and Alpine Skiing.

Olympic KAL - Progress Photo

Here is my progress photo for my Olympic 2010 KAL project. This is actually the 2nd project I cast on. I started a scarf using the Cabled Brioche stitch pattern the night of the opening ceremony and fought with it for about 6 days. That stitch pattern and I did not get along and it has the honor of being the first project I have ever given up on and frogged. I managed to get off a stitch or two at some point and trying to fix it was an exercise in futility.

This second project I am MUCH happier with. I am using a pattern from Nicky Epstein's Signature Scarf book. This is the Cable scarf pattern (but without the fringe). I am using Bamboozle in the Ivory and Royal Blue colors which are exact matches for my declared country of Finland. I really like this pattern. It reminds me of the moguls on the ski runs!

I guess this would qualify for Team Spirit, Olympic Spirit and Alpine Skiing potentially!