The Sochi Winter Olympic Games are in full swing for 2014! While countries around the world are cheering on their prized athletes and taking home medals, those of us not in the Olympics or athletically inclined may be wondering how we could win our own medals. Everyone has a skill of some kind, and for some of us it is crochet, knitting, or fiber work of some type. Ravelry has your solution!
Ravelry hosts the Ravellenic Winter Games in which knitters, crocheters, and other fiber workers can find their niche in their Olympic "sport." And of course one of the big stories in the needlework arena is that of the Finnish Snowboarding Coach Antti Koskinen knitting at the starting line. It even made it to Buzzfeed and is all over Facebook. So why not have it as a game?
So what are Ravellenics? Honestly, I hadn't even heard about them until this year. Never being very active on Ravelry until this year, it's not surprising that I missed it. The Ravellenics are a series of events that fiber artists can enter to set a personal goal of finishing. Everything from cables and lacework to finishing up UFOs can be entered. They even had a classification for things that don't fit into other categories. Basically, you chose a project, enter it into your project gallery, and tag it with Ravellenic tags to enter. If you can finish by February 28 (the end of the Olympic games) you get a medal. Pretty cool, huh?
I entered this year, hoping to finish a cabled shell that I've had my heart set on. I started on opening day, then ripped it out to start over again last night. I know I only have 17 days left now. I'm a little worried. But hoping I can pull this one off! If not, there's always next year. Setting a personal goal is fun and challenging!
If you'd like to give it a try, find out more and a list of events on the Ravelry Ravellenics group page. You can enter with a team you already have or go it alone. It's a good way to have fun with your groups or stay on a project you'd like to complete. All in good fun!
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| My 2014 Entry! |
Ravelry hosts the Ravellenic Winter Games in which knitters, crocheters, and other fiber workers can find their niche in their Olympic "sport." And of course one of the big stories in the needlework arena is that of the Finnish Snowboarding Coach Antti Koskinen knitting at the starting line. It even made it to Buzzfeed and is all over Facebook. So why not have it as a game?
So what are Ravellenics? Honestly, I hadn't even heard about them until this year. Never being very active on Ravelry until this year, it's not surprising that I missed it. The Ravellenics are a series of events that fiber artists can enter to set a personal goal of finishing. Everything from cables and lacework to finishing up UFOs can be entered. They even had a classification for things that don't fit into other categories. Basically, you chose a project, enter it into your project gallery, and tag it with Ravellenic tags to enter. If you can finish by February 28 (the end of the Olympic games) you get a medal. Pretty cool, huh?
I entered this year, hoping to finish a cabled shell that I've had my heart set on. I started on opening day, then ripped it out to start over again last night. I know I only have 17 days left now. I'm a little worried. But hoping I can pull this one off! If not, there's always next year. Setting a personal goal is fun and challenging!
If you'd like to give it a try, find out more and a list of events on the Ravelry Ravellenics group page. You can enter with a team you already have or go it alone. It's a good way to have fun with your groups or stay on a project you'd like to complete. All in good fun!
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