Olympics Knits

I've watched more of this year's Olympics than all other years put together. It's because of the curling. I've become obsessed with curling. Seriously.

Anyway, while watching the medals presentation tonight for the men's Canadian gold medal team (eat it, Norway!), I became really intrigued by the coats the medal presenters were wearing.

They were designed by the Vancouver fashion house Aritzia. Their blog posting about this sweater is interesting. Each coat has been hand-knit with custom made needles and they've created a mass market adaptation, a pale, pale imitation. People have been writing in asking about a pattern for it and they've said they don't have one, because you really need the special needles. You can tell that people *really* want to make it.

Here's a funny link to the solving of the "mystery" of the Swedish Olympic team's hats. Think DaVinci Code but with crochet.

I'm encouraging others to add their Olympic-related knitting and crochet news and notes here, or in their own posts. I know some of you have your own favorite hats, mittens, and other fashions. So, post them here and go for the gold!

Jennifer here: I really love the American Team hat. I was watching the Olympics with my sisters and mother while visiting upstate New York.

For reasons that take too long to explain, my youngest sister's nickname is Moose. I showed her this hat and she said she really liked it. She's turning 50 soon and I have never knitted anything for her, so I thought I would see if I could figure it out. This was the day after the opening ceremonies. I thought I would look on Ravelry and see if anyone had written about it in the forums. Sure enough, not only had people been discussing it, but someone had already written a pattern. So I will be knitting this hat for my sister Moose! I don't even have to buy any yarn. I have some nice Norwegian (is that ok?) yarn. It is a very cute hat.