Courtesy of the Ravelympics 2012 Group
The 2012 Summer Olymics , starting less than 71 days in London, has quite a few folks excited and ready to watch the summer events.
To get into the Olympic spirit, Ravelry is hosting the 2012 Ravelympics . With over 5,000 members already signed up, interested fiber enthusiasts will find teams made up of Harry Potter lovers, countries, cities, podcast listeners, shawl knitters, and is open to those who knit and crochet, who are beginners to advanced and who are ready for a fun loving competition.
During this seventeen day event, Ravelry members will challenge themselves to complete projects they’ve never done before. While some may complete an entire sweater, others may choose to tackle smaller projects or even WIPs. This competition starts the very moment the Olympic games kick off in London, July 27th at 7:30pm (BST) or your timezone, and will end at the closing ceremony on August 12th at approximately 11:59:59 (GMT) or your timezone. You can find more about the basic rules online in the Ravelympics Group.
For projects to count, tags are crucial. Make sure to tag all your projects with special tag ravelympics2012, then choose your event and team tags. Remember, every project needs it to be counted, so make sure to tag correctly as the tag (ravelympics2012) gets you into the stadium and officially adds you as a participant.
Even though the Ravelympics Committee is still hammering out the complete listing of events, here’s a sneek peek at what can be expected:
- afghan marathon
- baby dressage
- bag-n-tote backstroke
- balance beads
- british cricket
- cable steeplechase
- cast-on trap shoot
- charity rowing
- colourwork crosscountry
- cowl jump
- double-knit boxing
- felted freestyle
- frogging trampoline
- hand-dye high dive
- handspun heptathlon
- hat dash
- holiday hurdles
- home stuff hammerthrow
- lace longjump
- mitten medley
- modular relay
- rhythmic machinastics
- scarf hockey
- shawl sailing
- single skien sprint
- sock put
- swatching coxswain
- sweater triathlon
- synchronized stash busting
- toy toss
- weaving vault
- wips wrestling
Not only does Ravelympics provide an intense personal challenge to all those who participate, but an extreme team challenge as well. Ravelympics is open for all Ravelry members to participate, just pick a team, sign up, enjoy watching the Summer Olympic events and let the games begin!
I have joined other years and it has been fun!
I can only imagine the fun! I decided to join this year too and I’m in two groups
I didn’t know about this, thanks! I joined a local group yesterday, looking forward to planning my challenge.
You’re so welcome and you will have lots of fun
I’m so excited about this. I’m planning to play along with Team Canada again this year (had so much fun in the 2010 games) but haven’t picked a project yet.
Me too and I’m so glad you joined a team!