2010 - Ravelympics Day 9 - The Push Is On!
Bob: Well, here we are just past the half-way point of the 2010 Ravelympics. With only 8 days remaining, we're now approaching "crunch time." Ron: This is the time when we'll really discover what our competitors are truly made of. Bob: Right you are, Ron! It's time to separate the Fun Fur from the merino--sink or swim time. We now check in with Ms. Sutton's progress. She's finished the 6th ball of yarn and is almost done with the seventh, but she's now using two balls at once, so progress is going to be much slower. Ron: True. Now I understand that when she split for the sleeves, she opted to knit the back separately before moving on to the two front pieces. Any speculation as to why she might take such a step? Bob: To be honest, Ron, it's often hard to imagine why Ms. Sutton does things, but in this case I might guess that she wanted to move things along more quickly by not messing with three skeins of yar...