And Now An Update From What May or May NOT be Ravelympics Training Camp
Bob: We're here at the formerly-known-as-Ravelympics training camp, where the knitting world was stunned yesterday by an official Cease and Desist letter from the United States Olympic Committee, which asserted the term "Ravelympics" and knitting events such as scarf hockey "denigrates" the game's athletes. Knitters worldwide surprisingly responded with something strongly resembling outrage. Ron: They did indeed, Bob. Rumor has it that the email inbox of the U.S. Olympic Committee was filled by evening. I believe officials were slightly shocked by the fury of 2-million crafters wielding sharp, pointy objects whose passion had just been insulted. I'm sure they believed that the grandmotherly-types who were clearly exploiting the Olympic fervor for their own nefarious means (fun) would assume "denigrate" was meant in its very nicest sense. Bob: In further developments today, the U.S. Olympic Committee has issued a statement : ...