Well, what do YOU do?
What do YOU do when you go to a swim meet? This young lady (click for larger version) was right down on the deck - surrounded by swimmers in various stages of wetness, busily knitting away at a scarf. I snuck a picture over the balcony while waiting for my daughter to swim her next event. (that’s daughter in the yellow cap, leaning against the wall.
The young knitter was surrounded by friends during the entire meet - some of them helped (mayby I should say “helped”, huh?) her by winding her yarn, helping her keep it up off the wet deck, even offering to knit a row or two.
She was a lot of fun to watch. She engaged in conversation with her friends, never dropping a stitch that I could see - she mostly held eye contact with whomever she was speaking with, and knitting away without looking at her stitches. Like I said, a lot of fun to watch.
I, GASP, did not take my knitting with me to the meet. I know - what in the world was I thinking?
Well, to be honest, I was thinking of my daughter - who was swimming in her first meet since high school. Oh, by the way, she graduated high school in 1993! Yup, she was the “old lady” on the team - beat out the next one by 9 years. And, she loved the distinction of being the oldest one, too.
It all started with her little guy, our “GUNS” himself was competing in his second ever meet - he’s 9 and just learning some of the strokes. But he stood himself proud, too, by beating every one of his previous times! Yay, TAT!
Daughter? She did a great job, too. She bested her high school times in three of the four events. She’ll be working on her flip turns over the next month to try to get her time tightened up somewhat. She and “GUNS” will be competing in Homer, Alaska in March. Way to go, family of mine!
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