
Yes, I joined on the bandwagon for this one. I don’t do well knitting under pressure, but really enjoy participating in things. So I am attempting to finish the Celtic Tote by the time the torch is out. I am off to a good start. The back side is complete and the front side is well under way. Don’t mind my grade school photography skills. I don’t do well under normal circumstances and photgraphing black was beyond my skill level.

And I will say that it has kept me actively following the Olympics. I usually prefer the winter games and just catch snippets of the summer games. But I have discovered I truly love to watch swimming. It might be because I would love to be a better swimmer (read: do something beyond the dog paddle) or just because the race is long enough for me to get engaged without being so long it loses my attention. I have always loved to watch women’s gymnastics (again I wanted to do that so badly when I was a kid), but find the whole scoring thing confusing and way to subjective. And then there is sand volleyball! That is awesome! I played volleyball in high school and sand volleyball on a coed team for many years, and let me tell you we didn’t look anything like these teams, but it is something I can relate to.
So in my quest to finish my project before the end of the Olympics I have discovered that the knitting will probably not be the problem. It will be the finishing. I have a little bit of trouble staying focused on the putzy details!!
BTW, the badly worn deck that is the background of most of my pictures got powerwashed today! It still looks like a speckled mess, but hopefully it will be stained next week and be ever so beautiful!





















