10 February 2006
I, a knitter of able hands and quick wits, to hereby swear that over the course of these Olympics I will uphold the highest standard of knitterly excellence (along with nearly 4,000 other knitters worldwide).
I will be deft of hand and sure of pattern, I will overcome troubles of yarn overs and misplaced decreases. I will use the gifts of intelligence and persistence (as well as caffeine and chocolate) and I will execute my art to the highest form, carrying with me the hope for excellence known to every knitter.
I strive to win. To do my best, and to approach the needles with my own best effort in mind, without comparing myself to my fellow knitters, for they have challenges unique to them.
While I engage in this pursuit of excellence and my own personal, individual best, I also swear that I will continue to engage with my nearest and dearest in conversation, care for my pets self, speak kindly with those who would ask me to do something other than knit, not feel annoyed by the timing of the house moving and the having of the influenza and above all, above every stitch thrown or picked, above every cable, every heel stitch, every change of colour, I swear this:
That I will remember that this is not the real Olympics, that I'm supposed to be having fun and that my happiness and self-worth ride not on my success....
but on my trying.
Let the games begin!
How do I sign up for the TeamGB blog please?
Good luck. =P You can do it!
Go team Scotland!
Shame it's not being televised, I'd rather watch this than made up sports like bumpy skiing or whatever it's called. And 3908 athletes to boot, what a turnout!
Ooh. Audio. It works well, I understood every enunciated word.
Um. The voice. It's not you is it.
It's Tessa Jowell, isn't it.
She's in charge of the UK 5 rings London charge of the 2012 brigade.
Go on, it sounds just like her.
Sticking to the script, come what may. ;)
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