Olympic knitting

Hmm, I'm very tempted to sign up for the Knitting Olympics. But I think part of my goal should be to update this blog for each project finished in those 17 days. Part of why I haven't been updating is because I've been knitting like a mad woman. The more stressful my work gets, the more I knit. Last week, I knit 4 shawls in 6 days including blocking time. I could have done more, but didn't want to give up quality family time.

Given that I have a 3 year old, a dog, some cats (amount varies depending on whether the shed cat is around), and a husband who all deserve quality time that doesn't involve me knitting, I'm wondering what is a reasonable goal.

I think that over those 17 days updating this blog WITH pictures every 3 days after cast on is not unreasonable. I think over 17 days, considering that at least one of them must be spent on the road dealing with family trouble, one of them spent on the road coordinating child pickup and dropoff, and one of them spent moving furniture, I want to make sure that I don't over commit, but what I choose is a challenge.

Cast on is tonight. Haha.

Okay, goal #1. Finish prototype shawl for pattern I wrote, and generate .pdf for test knitters.
This one is hard for me to want to do. I have had 2 false starts with this shawl due to not liking the yarn. I have a final contender, I'll run with that.

Goal #2. Make a cardigan for my youngest. Size 6, he's big for his age.

Goal #3. make cardigan for myself (own design) for pattern prototype.

Realistically, I'm less comfortable knitting something I wrote because I second guess myself right now. This might be overreaching what I can accomplish in the time given, but if it's not a challenge it doesn't count.

Countdown to the lighting of the torch begins!