The Olympics

Since the Olympics began we have been glued to the telly. Ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but considering that we almost never watch television, the Olympics is our one big indulgence in TV viewing. The last thing we watched on TV before that was President Obama's swearing in.
But the Olympics are really fun and we love to watch them. A good number of those Olympians are crazy! Especially the ones that jump high in the air and do flips and rotations before coming back down to earth.
I've particularly enjoyed short track and ice dancing. We stayed up late to watch men's figure skating too. And to keep all this TV viewing from being totally decadent, I am working on my knitting while watching the telly.
My Olympic knitting is of course a sock. I'm knitting with Noro yarn that Frances gave me. It's true these socks were started a long time ago, so they aren't a dedicated Olympic knitting project. These socks have been extra slow because I let Frances talk me into doing a pattern on the foot. That was a mistake, and I ended up ripping the first sock all the way out after the heel turn because I could see that the sock would not fit properly. Finally, thanks to the Olympics, I am now almost done with the first sock. In fact I could be done but I would like to get back to the start of the olive green color that begins the toe. Hopefully I can make the color repeats match up on the second sock.