I didn’t know this contest was going on until I saw that Stephanie had entered. I didn’t think about it until I was headed out the door at 6 am to meet up with my co-workers for our Magic Mountain adventure. Then something clicked, and I asked Brad how dorky he thought it would be if I knitted on a roller coaster. He laughed, but I don’t think he thought I was serious.

I totally thought that my co-workers would openly ridicule me, but they were extremely enthusiastic when I brought it up while we were waiting for our tickets to the park. We talked about it throughout the day, and Dennis and I eventually decided that Goliath was the best choice for coaster. Goliath boasts a 255 foot drop, but no loops. That meant that the restraints consisted of just a lap bar, and we were allowed to take bags on, unlike coasters like X and Deja Vu. Everyone even got out of line at Deja Vu to go to Goliath when I got worried about my daylight hours dwindling. Very cool (we went back to Deja Vu later in the evening). I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that guys who can recite entire scenes of Star Wars (and do, in line for rides) would find extreme knitting cool, but still….

Soleil* was the victim of choice – here it is in front of the mighty roller coaster, peeking through the trees:

We had it all set up – Jacob sat next to me with a camera, and Dennis sat diagonally in front of me with another camera. The plan was to pull everything out of our bags once we started, and get as many pictures as we could on the slow ascent, and then see how the souvenir photo turned out. Dennis exceeded all of my expectations, and shot pictures over his head through turns. This is what we got:

Pretty damn cool, if I do say so myself.

I did buy the souvenir photo, as I needed backup for my own peace of mind. We all thought this was particularly funny:

I’m pretty sure this was taken at the bottom of the drop, and as you can see, I’m very into the knitting. We all laughed when we saw it, and the woman selling me the photo asked if I was knitting. I replied yes, and she said “oh, cool.” I definitely expected her to be more surprised.

Anyway, so there’s my entry to the Extreme Knitting contest.

* I realized when I got to the park that I had forgotten to bring the Soleil pattern with me. I called my sister from the line for X, our first coaster for the day, and she read out the pertinent information for the increase section for me. I’m sure she wasn’t the least bit surprised, either. Soleil made great line knitting, and as you can see, roller coaster knitting as well.

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