Are You Stitching in the Ravellenic Games This Year?

It’s almost time for the beginning of the Summer Olympics, which means it’s time for another session of the Ravellenic Games (formerly known as the Ravelympics, but that’s a long story).

The Games are a time when knitters, crocheters and other fiber artists challenge themselves to complete a project that is started during the opening ceremonies and cast off (or however you want to define finished) before the torch is extinguished. That gives you a little more than two weeks.

You can join a team, based around anything from geographical location to type of knitting to geeky fandoms and more, or you can compete on your own. This time around there are 15 events, from the Afghan Marathon to WIPs Wrestling. You can also earn laurels for using different techniques such as cables, colorwork, lace, weaving and more.

I have never successfully managed to do a project for the Games, though I would love to. My daughter is home for almost all of the time period this is happening, but maybe that means I would have more time for knitting than I might otherwise.

Are you signed up? I’d love to know what you’re planning to make!

[Photo via Ravelry.]

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I feel like a lot of the patterns I have been sharing lately are sweaters that you can use for layering. Maybe that’s because it stayed warm for so long this year where I live that I’m still thinking about lighter weight sweaters.

I love this kind of garment for wearing over a T-shirt when it’s cool in the morning but warm in the afternoon. They’re great for throwing on top of a dress to get more use out of them when it’s cooler, or wearing under a warmer sweater when it finally gets cold.

The Sunset Sweatshirt pattern from Jessie Maed Designs is an oversized, boxy, cropped pullover with slightly dropped shoulders for a cozy fit that’s almost like your favorite sweatshirt. Worked in worsted weight yarn, it will keep you warm through several seasons, and is a great one to throw in your bag to slip on when it’s cool for part of the day.

The pattern comes in nine sizes, to fit a chest from 28 to 60 inches, or 71 to 152.5 cm. It’s designed to have 9 to 12 inches, or 23 to 30.5 cm, of positive ease, so the fit is quite relaxed. There are optional bust darts if you want to add a bit of shaping. The pattern recommends knitting a smaller size and adding darts if you have a full bust in relation to your upper chest. Jessie Maed is known for their size inclusive patterns so I’m sure it’s well explained in the pattern how to do this should you want to.

The design is worked from the top down in one piece with short row shaping for the shoulders and slightly tapered sleeves. To make this one you should be comfortable with working in the round, increasing, decreasing and working German short rows.

You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Jessie Maed Designs]

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