Well, I didn’t do as well as hoped in the Ravelympics. The combination of my broken finger and the migraines just made me sort of give up towards the end. Plus I was getting annoyed at NBC for not showing events that I was interested in, and that just put me in a bad mood. (AND they didn’t show most of the closing ceremonies because of some stupid marriage advice show. Lame.)

I did finish in one event, though, which was the Platter Lift for all the tawashi I made. I set the bar pretty low, so it’s not that big a deal. I never did complete a Japanese pattern, which was the one challenging thing I set for myself. And I ended up not competing in the Skelegurumi event. I had this wee little fox I was going to make for that event, and I just never got around to it. Oh, well. I do have some cute washcloths to show for it, so it certainly wasn’t a waste. Plus, I got a crochet scrotum out of this whole endeavor, and that’s got to be worth something, right?

Here are the adorable and cheery tawashi that now hang above my kitchen sink:

I got some mug hooks so I could hang them above the sink. I still have one more to finish (in the shape of a lavender macaron), and that will take its place on the empty hook.

See? You’re actually supposed to use the pretty things you make. What’s the point of making dish cloths that aren’t actually used on dishes?