... Some recent news from the Finlandia Farcebook page:
... Better order that book "how to knit, for absolute beginners" real quick, they could soon be sold out at Amazon... ;-D ...
^ You think anyone will notice if they're crocheted instead? because I really don't want buy that book
Farcebook - intentional? In any case
^
Wow, tht was fast!
I'll make a pair as well in due time. Wonder what they will do with all the leftovers?
Your mum is living in England with you? Wow she is awesome!Well she found out about the competition in April on Farcebook, I think - it was there but only in Finnish. She started working on them in May and finished in July
Your mum is living in England with you? Wow she is awesome!
Oh, Good luck to your mom. How wonderful. Such a lovely competition.No, we both live in Finland I used to live in England ages ago
Oh, Good luck to your mom. How wonderful. Such a lovely competition.
Erm... she's only a sub?Leonova!
Why?Sad that Kiira couldn't compete
Yay for Adam Rippon, too bad Jordan is only a sub
So many Russian men! (D'oh)
Sammi Cesario!
Camilla Gjersem!
Tuktamysheva!
Looking forward to seeing new ID names (to me) as well as Bobrova/Soloviev, Agafonova/Ucar & Hubell/Donohue live.
And a Mexican team!!!
I hope Henna & Ossi have kept their long from last season...
Oh and my mum is gonna looooove Nelli&Alex She'll have to knit another pair of mittens in case they win her favour at the event so that Alex gets his, too!
And she's going to gush over all of the Russian skaters, she loves anything Russian. It'll make me feel like I'm live watching here with you guys, with all the Russians gushing over all the Russians
.....Yeah on second thought the mittens are definitely going to a Russian skater
I would like to believe that it's a good sign that Jordan Moeller, Mariah Bell, and Hannah Miller are subs. I hope that Mariah eventually will get her first Challenger assignment, and that Jordan and Hannah each will get a second (after SLC and Lombardia, respectively). Finlandia is Hochstein's second.
Mexico's ice dancers, the Maekawa Moreno siblings, are members of the Team Canton gang, which has been well represented at Finlandia in past years.
Thx to bibi for posting the entry lists.
Last but definitely not least -- on the topic of the mittens :yay::
Very cool that TMC's mum has made a pair (with more to come??).
This pair is my favorite from the federation's Facebook page:
It's a pity the US isn't sending 2 ladies and 2 men like in previous years. Would be really nice to see Hochstein and Bell in Finlandia Trophy too. Wondering why usfsa decided to send only 1...
Why?
Anyway, as always great entries!!
Ooops, I misread the list re Hochstein ... overlooked that he is only a sub for Finlandia. I will fix my post above.
Because of the Challenger series (or so it would seem), USFS is sending skaters to a greater number of Senior Bs this year ... so maybe it is spreading out assignments over the greater number of events??
That is true, they're sending lots of skater to the Canadian and US senior B's and to 2 of the European events. The rest they send only 1 skater/team per discipline. It's still much better than what for example Canada does. They send very few skaters to senior B's (anyone knows why???).