Kisastudiosta tervehdys!

Olympialaisten toisessa lajissaan taman osallistujan tahti on selvasti hiipunut.

Tuntui, etta olin neulonut jo ihan hirveesti: aikaa oli vierahtanyt tovi poikineen, Aragorn ja Legolas olivat surmanneet lajapain orkkeja (kylla, olen myos LOTR-fani), puihin oli akkia kasvanut lehdet, vaikken edes muistanut niiden pudonneen, maito marssi uusien ystavien kanssa ulos jaakaapista jo aikapaivia sitten ja niin edelleen. Tyytyvaisena tahan alkuun laskin kierroksia: varmasti monta kierrosta oli tullut neulottua, varmasti takakappale oli jo kohta valmis. Niin luulis. Edellisesta tarkistuksesta lisaa oli tullut.. Puolitoista kierrosta. Hyva mina. On ihan voittajaolo.



Koko takakappaleen mitta on nyt noin 30 cm. Ei uskoisi, etta tama on aloitettu jo sunnuntaina, takakappaleenhan piti olla valmis. Intarsiaan tekniikkana kai palaa vahan enemman aikaakin, mutta tama yllatti kylla ihan totaalisesti. Alkukankeuden jalkeen on neulonta alkanut luistaa sutjakkaammin, muttei tata silti ihan hirmu nopeasti voi neuloa. Ohjetta tulee tuijotettua niin kauan, etta pikkuruudut alkavat jo vilistaa silmissa. Sita paitsi mua ei yhtaan nappais neuloa tata. Kaunis siita tulee, juu, mutta kun taa on ihan pakkopullaa. Ois paljon kivempi tehda vaikka... no, sukat vaikka!

Ei auta kuin taistella sitkeesti. Tiedan kokemuksesta, etta muuten tama jaa takuulla sinne kaapinpohjalle maatumaan eika tule ikina valmiiksi. Parempi sinnitella nyt, onhan tassa aikaa huikeat 10 paivaa viela :)

(10 paivaa. Minen saa tata ikina valmiiksi kymmenessa paivassa. Mita ihmetta mie oikeen aattelin?? Tyhma, tyhma, tyhma...)

Edit: muistin just miten epatoivoisesti valttelin neulomista tanaan: pesin ammeen. Taalla ammeen pesu tarkoittaa voimakkaita syovyttavia pesuaineita, voimakkaita kasiliikkeita laikan avulla ja pitkakestoista altistumista marassa, mahdollisesti hometta kukkivassa ymparistossa. (Hometta ilmestyy ammeeseen n. 2 paivaa pesun jalkeen, eristykset taitaa olla ihan kohdallaan.) Nyt on sitten keuhkot huippukunnossa, kadet haavoilla ja koko kampassa haisee kloori. Ei vissiin auta kun palata sorvin aareen.

Aijuu, onnittelut mitalisteille! Kaykaapa katsomassa Nancyn blogista, Time-lehdessakin on meidat mainittu :)


Hello, fellow knithletes! (It rhymes. Good start, then.)

I believe my pace in this second sport is somewhat slower than previously.

I felt I had knitted an awful lot: time had passed by, Aragorn and Legolas had slaughtered a billion orcs (yes, I'm a fan), somehow the leaves had grown on the trees even though I don't even remember them falling down, the milk and its fellows marched out the fridge ages ago it seems, et cetera. Feeling mighty proud about myself I started counting the rows. Surely I had knitted a lot, surely the back would be soon finished. Yeah, right. Since the last count I had knitted... a row and a half. Yay. Go me. Feel like a winner now.



The back reaches roughly 12 inches in length. It's impossible to think that I starting casting on on Sunday, the back should've been finished by now. Intarsia as a technique is time consuming, yet it did take me by surprise, bigtime. Since some probs in the beginning, I have managed to keep an adequate pace, but still it seems to take me more than usually. I gawk at the chart till I see itty bitty stitches everywhere. I don't want to knit this. It's pretty, yes, but I hate knitting this. I'd very much like to knit something else, maybe.. I don't know, maybe a pair of socks?

Well, I guess I just have to fight my way through this not-very-co-operative project. I know from experience that if I quit now and knit something else, this'll be found hidden to the back of my closet long after my days are over. (I'm awfully poetic today, and filled with movie references.)

Better finish this off now, I still have 10 more days!

(10 days. I'll never finish this in 10 days. What the hell was I thinking?? Stupid, stupid, stupid...)

Edit: I just remember how desperately I tried to avoid knitting: I scrubbed the bathtub! After long exposure to Clorox, my lungs are hurting now as are my hands, and the whole place smells like the morgue. Great. I guess I have to get back to knitting now, as my home is spotless now :D

Oh, and congrats to those who already have finished! Btw, go check out Nancy's blog, even Time Mag mentions Knitting Olympics!