The words - the Olympics and knitter - represent a juxtaposition to me. That is they represent ". . . two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect." An Olympic athlete is someone who is very active in pursuit of physical excellence. A knitter is generally not seen in the same physically active sense. So when these two terms came together in Olympic news over the weekend I knew I'd have to write about it. (Sue, thanks so much for this tip.) Apparently, the Finnish Snowboarding coach, Antti Koskinen, used free time to knit at the top of the course. Talk about multitasking, you have a few moments to fill while your competitor waits to begin their "routine" so why not do something productive, like knit. As you can see at the moment this photo was taken there was less than a minute of time before the big show. But this is not the end of the story, apparently the Finnish team is knitting this scarf to...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.