On your mark...

As I write this, there is half an hour left before knitters all over the world can raise their needles and begin their own Olympic trials. I'm one of them. Of course, I'm at work right now and it's date night, so my first day of Olympic challenge will be, well, challenging!

I did what I needed to do to get ready for the event, though - I cleared my US 1 needles. (Yes, I own more than one pair; I swear I do. I just can't, um, find the others right now.)

I present to you completed Tropical Fruit socks:

...and my legs. Just look at the socks, okay? These are my first qualifying socks for 200Sox. (Yes, I AM the world's slowest knitter, why do you ask?)

Specs: the yarn was LB Magic Stripes in "Bright Spring," and the pattern was ... well, me making a sock, based on what I know about socks. The heel is really not deformed, I promise; that's just my foot being sucked into my super squishy sofa. These took me about a month, which makes me really doubt my sanity when it comes to making two socks (bigger than these) AND wristlets in 16 days.

Here's a good motto for the Knitting Olympics, courtesy of Kirsten's Knits and The Coolest Sweater Ever:

Damn straight. Here's wishing you all good knitting karma, and an ability to go without sleep for the next two weeks.