Live, From Ravelypics Training Camp
Bob: With the summer Ravelympics less than two months away, we're here at the Ravelympics training camp for Team Stashdown . Knitletes are preparing for what could be the most grueling Ravelympics we've seen yet. Ron: How right you are, Bob. The winter Ravelympics follow closely on the heels of the most grueling knitting season: the Christmas sweater smackdown. Knitletes who managed to pound out a cabled men's sweater in the month leading up to Christmas are lean, mean, and hardened, so they're focused and ready for the winter games. The summer games could be a different story. Bob: That's right, Ron. With summer vacations, hot weather making wool completely unappealing, and the general disgust often experienced by knitters who branch out into the cotton yarn family , summer is often a slow knitting time. And aside from the isolated odd-ball knitter family, there is no general crafting mania building up to Easter or St. Pat...