In honor of the Olympic Games some members of Ravelry organized the Ravelympics. The idea is to cast on a project during the opening ceremony of the Olympics and be finished with the chosen project(s) before the Games end. I challenged myself to do the Presto Chango, a baby sweater. I’ve never attempted anything of the sort before plus I wanted to use a sport weight yarn instead of the worsted recommended. So I had to swatch and measure and use mathematics to find out how many stitches to cast on and which needles to use. It wasn’t that hard to figure out, but it did took some patience, something I just don’t have when it comes to crafting. Ideally I just print out the pattern and get going. Luckily for me however, this pattern is now flying off the (4mm) needles. I’m about halfway through already and it looks pretty much baby size. So far so good! All I’m worrying about now is if I can find suitable buttons for it on time.

Oh and to everyone takes any interest in crochet or knitting at all and hasn’t done so yet: Go over to Ravelry and sign up for an account! It is really one of the most inspiring places on the web. I spend nearly all my online time there nowadays.

What’s a girl to do when her knitting project has gone wrong and instead of falling asleep peacefully, she’s just getting more and more worked up over it? That’s right, a girl spends money. I just got myself a Pro Flickr account. It’s not like I really have money to spare, but I haven’t had my priorities straight this month anyway, so a little more waste won’t do that much more harm.
Don’t look at me that way! It’s my summer break, remember? I think I’m allowed to be a little reckless.

What’s next is my report on the first day of my trip to France!

June 22
We left home earlier than expected, rushed through Belgium and crossed the border with France at around 1.00PM. We left the main road and took smaller, touristic roads in the direction of Paris. The night we spent at Dieppe, at the Hotel L’Europe. Dieppe is a lovely town with a lot of history to it and no doubt a lot of pretty sights to see. I wouldn’t mind going back there some day to explore for a day or two. We, however were tired of driving and had our hearts set to Paris, so in the evening we took a stroll along the pebbled beach and had dinner in the harbor. As a starter we both had the Salmon Salad which both blew us away, unfortunatly, the main course consisting of Steak and Fries were a lot less impressive. After dinner we went to bed almost right away. The next morning we left the town behind us, imidiatly after breakfast, heading towards Paris. More of our adventures in France coming soon! Do visit my set on Flickr dedicated to this trip for more pictures.