Let the Games Begin!

 

My Olympic spin got underway yesterday while I was watching the Opening Ceremony.

I didn't get very far because this particular fiber put up a real fight. It's a very old braid and it's going to take a lot of pre-drafting to get it into spinning condition and I didn't have the patience for it yesterday. 

I was still in recovery mode from my latest Grand sitting adventure and was more interested in knitting and watching this than fighting with fiber. I love the opening and closing ceremonies and watched the live stream all day which included a lot of weird behind the scenes craziness in the morning. 

It was also another Happy Taylor Swift day as she premiered her latest music video yesterday morning. She also popped up in the Opening Ceremony wishing all the athletes good luck. 

And here we come. Love the hats....

 

..but I'm going to put this in the category of "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything" but I will say there's an awful lot going on there. 

It was a long wait to get to the big finish....

...but it was worth it. Ben fatto, Italia!