KASmpics winter games
The 2010 winter Olympics are coming! and we would like to steal an idea from Ravelry and modify the Olympics into our own worldwide sport - the KASmpics winter games!
so to all my KAS knit-thletes and crochet-thletes, this is what we have been training for! KASmpics include events such as 'knitting for KAS' and 'crocheting for KAS'. everybody can participate in any event, you only need a hook or some needles and some nice cozy yarn.
How it works:
The official Olympic website says that the games start with the qualification round for ski jumping at 10:00 am on Feb 12, and go all the way to 5:30 on Feb 28. Within these hours, any items you make will be KASmpic items. For those of you who were with us in the very beginning for the April Race challenge, this is going to feel pretty similar. The goal is to see how many items we can make over a set period of time, all together, as a group.
The focus will be on bigger hats, vests and go-overs for the older children, staying in line with the February challenge of keeping the older children warm too. Of course if all you can manage is a few squares, then please do so - the older children need blankets as well, but remember that our focus is on older children and bigger sizes this time.
Have a look at the winter weather we will be getting in Vancouver, and keep in mind what those children will be heading into in their winter in a few months!
If you can make one vest, then congratulations, you have made one vest! If you can make 20 large hats, then congratulations, you have made 20 large hats! This isn't a true race with a winner/loser and a lot of pressure to knit away into the wee hours of the night, it's just to push yourself to see what you can do in a short amount of time - barring all injuries, please; we do not want anybody to have to ice their wrists after the games are over.
I will be in Vancouver during the games so I may not be able to watch the tally as well as I could be, but keep us updated with how many of each item are being produced and I will add them all up after the games are finished.
so to all my KAS knit-thletes and crochet-thletes, this is what we have been training for! KASmpics include events such as 'knitting for KAS' and 'crocheting for KAS'. everybody can participate in any event, you only need a hook or some needles and some nice cozy yarn.
How it works:
The official Olympic website says that the games start with the qualification round for ski jumping at 10:00 am on Feb 12, and go all the way to 5:30 on Feb 28. Within these hours, any items you make will be KASmpic items. For those of you who were with us in the very beginning for the April Race challenge, this is going to feel pretty similar. The goal is to see how many items we can make over a set period of time, all together, as a group.
The focus will be on bigger hats, vests and go-overs for the older children, staying in line with the February challenge of keeping the older children warm too. Of course if all you can manage is a few squares, then please do so - the older children need blankets as well, but remember that our focus is on older children and bigger sizes this time.
Have a look at the winter weather we will be getting in Vancouver, and keep in mind what those children will be heading into in their winter in a few months!
If you can make one vest, then congratulations, you have made one vest! If you can make 20 large hats, then congratulations, you have made 20 large hats! This isn't a true race with a winner/loser and a lot of pressure to knit away into the wee hours of the night, it's just to push yourself to see what you can do in a short amount of time - barring all injuries, please; we do not want anybody to have to ice their wrists after the games are over.
I will be in Vancouver during the games so I may not be able to watch the tally as well as I could be, but keep us updated with how many of each item are being produced and I will add them all up after the games are finished.
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Permalink Reply by gayle DeGroot on -
Kyla....are you going to the games....I am not far from Vancouver....about 60-70 miles south in the state of washington....we are not going to the games though..just watching them on TV is much cheaper and easier on the body...
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Permalink Reply by kyla on -
my boyfriends parents managed to secure tickets to some of them, and they have family in Vancouver who we will be staying with.
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Permalink Reply by Gelareh Taj on -
I am from Vancouver , but I live in LA right now, have lots of fun.
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Permalink Reply by kyla on
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I'm more excited to see all the family again than I am to be around for the games. Plus I have never been to Vancouver before, so its going to be a big treat to go out there for the week.
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Permalink Reply by Julie Kempton on -
Oh, I'm envious! I lived in Vancouver for 3 years, still have a number of friends there, and I would soooo love to go to the games. Have fun!
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Permalink Reply by Gelareh Taj on
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You will love the city, I wish I was there at this time.have fun.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Powell on -
Kyla - the idea of an 'Olympic challenge" is great - but I would like to remind everyone that the challenge as published on the e-calendar for February is "Keeping Older Children Warm" GO-OVERS and teen tops.
Anyone planning to watch most of the Olympics can easily finish a GO-OVER in week while cheering on their favourite athletes. Since the need for these warm tops is so great, and since it will take several weeks for them to arrive in SA... so that they will arrive in time for distribution at the beginning of the next cold season..... I hope this suggestion to make a push on squares will not divert anyone from considering a GO-OVER or large hats as the main challenge.
Great idea for anyone who has no intention of making garments... but I hope is will not deter anyone who might have made a teen top.
Let's keep in mind the challenge as published in the calendar and go for gold in hats and G-O's -
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Permalink Reply by kyla on
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this is just a one-week thing, but the overall challenge for the month is of course the go-overs.
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Permalink Reply by kyla on
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okay I'm going to change it to account for bigger children too - I don't want to focus to swing away from the months challenge.
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Permalink Reply by jen phillips on -
Kyla, would you post the dates involved, please.
And secondly how do I find the e-calendar? I have browsed around on the main KAS site but have not come across it.
I don't mind setting aside one week for knitting/crocheting squares as I have done 7 beanies and 1 and 3/4 slip-overs so far, this month. -
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Permalink Reply by Dawne Smith-Sliming on -
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Permalink Reply by jen phillips on
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thanks, Dawne and Kyla.
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