I stayed up and watched the whole of the Opening Ceremony on Friday night and I have to say that I thought it was fantastic! I couldn't help wondering what people in other, far distant nations were making of it but just hoped their TV commentators had notes on what was going on - judging from comments on Ravelry this was, indeed, the case - although the American viewers were highly critical of their commentators who, apparently, talked over a lot of what was going on! Bean and Bond were brilliant - as was the construction of the flame and the entire ethos of getting young upcoming athletes to light it - what a moment for them!
I waited, wound off ball of yarn and needles next to me:
for the flame and then I was so overwhelmed I forgot to cast on for a while! I did manage a few rows that night, though:
and, somewhat to my amazement, it's all going OK! I was here in the shop on Saturday afternoon and I had a whack of work to do on Sunday (breaking all my rules about Sunday working but that's often the case after a week off!) and I still seem to have managed quite a lot:
FB took that this morning and I've just realised that it's the wrong side facing but maybe that's no bad thing - it'll keep the surprise until it's done!
Now that I'm looking at it, I'm not sure quite how and when I managed that much knitting but - there it is! The "curved" edge is, in fact, the straight edge of the triangle so I'm working around the two long sides to the point (if you see what I mean). Despite my early anxieties, the pattern is really easy to follow and really easy to tell if you've made a mistake (which is very helpful!).
Onward and upwards to the Podium!!
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