Monday 30 August 2021

Tokyo Paralympics New Start #6 - Dragon no. 10

Hi again!

If you're managing to catch some of the Paralympics, I hope you're enjoying it. It's amazing how many Paralympic and world records are falling, despite empty stadia. On the surface, the lack of a crowd doesn't seem to be affecting the athletes but I'm sure it must be.

The dragons continue and this was the design chosen for start number six:


Dragon no. 10 by StitchItPicasso (etsy)
Stitched on 16ct Sunshine overdyed aida
Stitched with ThreadworX 11051 Golden Leaves
Started - 29th August 2021
Stitching time to date - 2 hours 55 minutes


I absolutely love this fabric/thread combination, but then yellow is by far and away my favourite colour, so I would!!

Top Paralympic Moment
There were two track races yesterday where the gold and silver medallists were separated by 1/100th of a second. They were the Men's 400m T54 (wheelchair athletes with normal hands/arm use, some trunk use, no leg use) and Men's 100m T13 (minimal vision impairment). It seemed surreal watching such close races in almost silence; we can only imagine the roar of the crowd had there been one.

[I can't find any specific links for them but will update if I do.]

Back again tomorrow morning for the halfway mark.

Take care,
Rachel x

2 comments:

Tiffstitch said...

Oo, a lovely gold dragon and such nice variegation in the threads. I've been able to keep up a bit on Canada's Paralympians and they're doing well too.

Leonore Winterer said...

The lack of crowd might be demotivating for some athletes and allow others to focus better. It's hard to say!