Every four years, knitters around the gl
obe band together over the internet via social networking to conduct the Knitting Games which coincide with the Winter Olympics. The basic premise is to choose a project that is a personal challenge in some way, to cast on during the opening ceremony and to finish before the closing. My challenge this year is a pair of Rumpelstiltskin socks in a very cheery red colorway of Knitpicks Stroll Tonal sock yarn, with size 0, double pointed knitting needles. An average pair of socks contains about 34,000 stitches. If I knit about 4850 stitches a day, I should be able to finish. The challenge is to find the time….