Olympics Diss the Knitters

KiwiKim25

Anyone here knit? Did you see this silliness going on?

How it started:

http://gawker.com/5920036/us-olympics-committee-is-mad-at-knitting-olympics-for-denigrating-real-athletes


The Response:

http://gawker.com/5920253/angry-knitters-invade-us-olympic-committee-facebook-page-after-knitting-olympics-diss


Trying (and failing) to Apologize:

http://www.teamusa.org/News/2012/June/21/statement-from-usoc-spokesperson-patrick-sandusky.aspx


Never knew knitting to cause such a stir!

KiwiKim25

Bump, for the fiber fans

bombkitty

I knit and this kind of pissed me off. Seriously, what THREAT is it to the olympics if people knit while they watch? Not as if it's something unsavory, like the Drink Beer and Get Naked Olympics. (Hmm, that idea actually has MERIT.)

Octopies

Gee, I hope they dont think the Special Olympics undermines... whatever the hell they're trying to preserve.