Speed knitting, sidebar tweaking, and Instagram hashtagging
This weekend I went to the Denver County Fair and participated in my first-ever knitting contest: speed knitting!
I did not win.
But I fit in! I've never attempted to knit as fast as I possibly can before, so I honestly didn't know how I would do.
I ended up knitting 1 row less than the winner, who was knitting continental-syle, by the way. Perhaps that's the way to go if a person wanted to become a speed knitting champion?
It was really fun to participate and to push myself out of my comfort zone, but I'm also happy to go back to knitting at my normal pace. I don't really see myself getting into "training" for this the way I do with skating. You never know, though, I may change my tune when next year's fair begins to loom on the horizon.
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But I fit in! I've never attempted to knit as fast as I possibly can before, so I honestly didn't know how I would do.
I ended up knitting 1 row less than the winner, who was knitting continental-syle, by the way. Perhaps that's the way to go if a person wanted to become a speed knitting champion?
It was really fun to participate and to push myself out of my comfort zone, but I'm also happy to go back to knitting at my normal pace. I don't really see myself getting into "training" for this the way I do with skating. You never know, though, I may change my tune when next year's fair begins to loom on the horizon.
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