Ravelry Competes For Keeping "Ravelympics" Name

[source-The Telegraph]

This example of Olympic knitting was done on a rail in Saltburn-by-the-Sea Pier in Teesside 

Did you know that Ravelry was sent a "cease & desist" notice from the U.S, Olympics on their annual [3rd] hosted "Ravelympics," a knitting competition for users that includes events like an "afghan marathon," and "scarf hockey." Knitters were supposed to compete in their events while watching the actual games on TV.  

It appears that the U.S. Olympic Committee has sent a "cease and desist" letter to the knit/crochet community, Ravelry, for hosting a knitting "olympics." Now, knitters are outraged!

In 2010 Ravelry sold a pin to represent their knitters competing. 

2012 would have been the 3rd year Ravelry, a  surprisingly popular knitting event that has been hosted on Ravelry called  "Ravelympics." 

The U.S. Olympics Committee thinks that Ravelry was making a mockery of the games with their needlework. 

[source here]

The USOC demanded Ravelry change the name to the "Ravelry Games? A recent update stated that the U.S. Olympic Committee apologized 2x to knitters everywhere. Be sure to read the whole article here...


Maybe they should just switch to crochet???? lol.... really I searched Ravelry and cannot find many groups on there doing it this year???? Maybe I searched wrong??? 


I thought how fun it would be to see who will be crocheting during the Olympic games? If you will, what will you be crocheting? I thought that it would be fun to feature crocheters across the world...So if you do crochet during the Olympics send me a link to your projects and I will feature them here on "Crochetoholic's" blog for a "Crocheting During the Games" day....just leave a comment during the Olympics days July 27- August 12th....Let's see how many of us are crocheting during the games....


Have fun.... 

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Christmas Decorations


Get into the holiday spirit by adorning your home with a variety of decorations that are fit for the season.

Amigurumi Mistletoe: Spread the holiday love by hanging a few amigurumi mistletoes around your home. Snowmen: Slim, Rosy and Lumpy are each three-to-four inch snowmen that come dressed for the season.
 
Father Christmas: Knitting Father Christmas may not be the easiest project, but it'll be well-worth it once you see the finished product.
 
Holiday Mice: On a cuteness scale of 1 to 10, these holiday mice are definitely a 10.
 
Snowman Finger Puppet: Create a little snowman sidekick to accompany you during the holiday season.
 
Snowflake: Transform your home into a warm yet snowy holiday gathering spot.
 
Icicles: A clever, low-maintenance way to bring the winter indoors.
 
Miniature Christmas Wreath: This easy-to-make miniature wreath can be placed anywhere throughout your home.
 
Holiday Garland: It should only take roughly an hour to make this decorative garland.

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I was visiting

Yarn from the Craft Fair, Trees and just Stuff

I truely love the colors of the trees in California. These trees are called Jacaranda trees.They always amaze me. This scene is right up the street from me. We have trees with pink and white flowers on them in front of our house...I took the other photo of a tree in EL Dorado park that I thought was unique...the tree trunk at the bottom of the post was so cool looking I just had to take a shot of it too...now, for my yarns,  I know it is not much to do with crochet but I just had to share...I am getting over yet

 another cold so I have time on my hands to explore my photos.. :)  this yarn is so pretty....when we went on our last field trip I said a promise to myself that I would but NO MORE yarn,..now I tell you who keeps that kind of promise....???? The Simply Soft blue and white yarns will be for a special project, since I am sorting out all my patterns into folders and putting them in my file cabinet it shouldn't be hard! The charcoal and white yarns I ended up buying at Velona's! Then I started my g-son's Valentine's scarf. Coming along pretty quick. :)This glittery scarf, in the package, was only $2 at the fair and the bracelet kit is to make and it was from the Debbie Norvelle booth. :)The Sugar n' Cream yarn I got from Michael's for it's, $1 a skein, sale and the other is Simply Heather for maybe a scarf ??? 

The Velona's find is for a pattern in the book of a scarf with a hood, cuffs, and a bag, :) The other photo of yarn is what I got at the fair from Debbie Norvalle the multi colored pinks and blues and creams. :)