From Failure to Awesome in 0.2 seconds

One of the members of our team, BreiKonijn, knit a totally awesome medal for the Ravellenics.  We of course took great pride in having someone so creative on our team.
From the very start NAP TIME! was called with great regularity and one of only 4 things we were not apathetic about.  Nap Time was training.   Please note the Zzz on the medal.  Awesomeness...

BreiKonijn's Apathy Badge Project Page

But our team didn't stop there.   Oneheidihere took that image in combined it with far more skill than I possess and created a badge for all those projects that were planned for the Ravellenics, but didn't finish.

I love that it's called a "Meh-dal"  and we're "Apathletes"     

I never once thought I'd have so much fun failing.  

Thank you to all my team mates who made my first Ravellenics so much fun.

Ravellenics Failure

So they're over.  Time to admit my defeat.     I don't think I did too badly.  The socks are mostly done and honestly if I hadn't lost 4 days knitting to migraines and 1 day to a swollen hand I probably could have finished them.  

I did consider pulling the Pulsations Socks off the needles and finishing them, but then decided it was never about the Ravellenics or the badges.  It was about doing it because I could (despite what the naysayers say), and because it was a challenge.   

So here's the last picture I took of the socks.  They're actually further along, I stopped working on them at the end of the Ravellenics, but I haven't taken an "End of Ravellenics" pic yet.  I will,  some day.

Ravellenics Day 11 Progress

So more migraines are slowing me down,  but I'm determined to get these done.   This picture was taken this morning and I have gotten much done since then.  Hopefully there will be REAL progress to report tomorrow.

I also go my badge for the Hand-dyed High Dive.  Yay me!

Ravellenics One Event Finished

Besides the socks I also had a shawl I wanted to rip out so since it's too hot to knit at the moment I decided to rip it out.   I will restart the Girasole and hopefully not screw it up again.   But I got my badge!  Go me!

Ravellenics Day 8 Progress

Kind of slowed down because one of the patterns is in a Mystery form and the key to the charts is not on the same page as the charts so I have to keep shuffling back and forth.   Probably going to cut the key off the page it's one and glue it to another so I can see both pages.   Other than that things seem to be moving right along for now.

Ravellenics Day 7 Progress

I've fallen behind on my knitting due to a couple of days of migraines,  I'm hoping to be able to catch up so I'm knitting like a fiend.   My set up is working out well for me,  no major knots.    My next hurtle is going to be the turning of the heels and the gussets.  I'll burn that bridge when I come to it, but I have a couple of ideas in my head how to deal with it and plenty of extra  needles laying around.

Ravellenics Day 2 Progress

I'm finally past the awkward twisty stage of working on 2 circulars and should be able to start making real progress.   Each round was taking me nearly an hour to finish, but now with the weight of the cuffs holding the needles straight I should be able to cut that time considerably.   Cuffs are finished on 2 of the socks.