dimanche 22 février 2026

WIPOLYMPICS CEREMONIE DE CLOTURE

 

Les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de Milan se terminent et nos journalistes ouvrent une dernière fois leur programme pour vous présenter les médailles décrochées pendant cette olympiade.

Les Wipolympics sont un évènement organisé par Melissa - Measi.net


Wipolympics are over with this last report and our reporters are happy to present you a short review.


Skimountaineering / Ski Alpinisme

Nelson: "Hi, let me show you this new sport linked to a new technic"

Gérard: " and a bronze medal won for this first attempt"





Free style skiing / Ski acrobatique

Gérard: "After a lot of mistakes, here are the wip chameleon"

Nelson: "Yes, remember that we had to frog the wrong color on the first start to stitch again the pattern"
 

Hockey sur glace





Nelson: "All the red 347 done"


Curling

Gérard:  "a lovely small Egyptian landscape"






Snowboard 

Nelson: "Red, white and black cardboard for this pokeball birthday card"

Gérard: "Funny to make!"




Biathlon

Nelson: "Big needles n° 10 for a pullover"

Gérard": "Let's hope that the fittings will be good meaning a finish before spring!"














Le patinage artistique

Nelson: "We didn't qualify for the figure skating finale as planned"

Gérard: "Let's hope for another chance, maybe during the Paralympics"





Nelson: "But we can close this ceremony with a big finish and a gold medal!"

Gérard: "Yes it's a great victory for the bobsleigh team on the Lady and the unicorn cross stitching!"







Bobsleigh



Thanks to our supporters and for your encouraging comments!


Merci à nos journalistes, à notre couple de supporters et à vous pour vos encouragements !



jeudi 19 février 2026

OLYMPICS 4

 Benvenuti alle Olimpiadi invernali di Milano

Les Wipolympics sont un évènement organisé par Melissa  (Measi.net)




Nelson : "Hi, back for this Thursday's show!"




Gérard :     "What about a nice cappucino, Nelson?"

Nelson :
"We'll need more than that to recharge our batteries. This whole session has given me a big appetite. Let's call for pizza and pasta"



Mrs Topo : "Hey, as these guys have left the press office to go and fill their stomachs, I'm gonna take care of updating the news!"




Only cross stitching today!

Nice progress on the chameleon!


linked to free style skiing.









More sand on the pyramids landscape.


linked to curling



and now Ladies and Gentlemen...

A big finish!    The lady and the unicorn

One of the famous tapestries owned by the Robertet family

linked to...  (Robertet = Robert = Bob)    bobsleigh









Only a few days to reach our goals and get on the podium!





Mme Souris remplace exceptionnellement Gérard et Nelson qui sont partis se restaurer de délicieuses pizza et pâtes. Aujourd'hui le point de croix est à l'honneur avec de belles avancées sur le caméléon et le paysage des pyramides. Mais la grande nouvelle de la journée est le superbe finish de la dame à la licorne. Les jeux prennent fin dans quelques jours déjà. Restons concentrés pour monter une nouvelle fois sur le podium.


dimanche 15 février 2026

OLYMPICS 3

 Benvenuti alle Olimpiadi invernali di Milano


Les Wipolympics sont un évènement organisé par Melissa  (Measi.net)




Gérard :
"Hi, some updates about the ongoing competitions"

Nelson :
"First, a good news! Our first silver medal in skimountaineering!
We found this new sport very interesting. Always fun to discover a new technic."

Gérard :
"For this first attempt, our sponsor didn't gave us a large choice of equipment. Only this light brown vichy fabric in the stash and our visit to the fabric store wasn't productive, too small or too large squares so no purchase."

Nelson :
"But our athlete did his best with a nice white DMC coton perlé and the result deserves the second place and silver medal".



Skimountaineering / Ski Alpinisme









Gérard :
"Do we have any news from the freestyle skiing team!"

Nelson :
"Yes, judges saved our competitor with the repechage session.
She is back with n° 2155 brown thread. And even she dislikes to use this Aurifil Allegro thread, which keep geeting tangled up. Here is her progress"








 
Gérard :
"Do you know Nelson that they used granite stone for the pyramids as well as for the curling stone"

Nelson :
"Yes we chose to link this sport to Ancient Egypt JJ!"

Gérard :
"Nice start then with this small cross stitching representing pyramids in the desert on a light blue linen"



Nelson :
"Some progress too on collecting papers for the signatures!"

Curling


Gérard :
"Any knitting needles involved in those winter olympics games?"

Nelson :
"Of course, big ones! Knitting with n° 10 will go faster"

Gérard :
"But this special wool is very weird and with this irregular thickness I haven't been able to make the first row so I knit it with a small wool and now I'll have to hide it. I'm trying with a crochet stitch"

Nelson :  
"That sounds adventurous"
Mr Topo :   "For sure!"






Biathlon 


Gérard :
"Do snowboarders slide down the slopes?"

Nelson :
"Red, white and black paperboards are out on the worktable.
For DSiL March birthday card"

Gérard :
"I thought it was planned to make an american mailbox card"

Nelson :
"Yes but it turned out that a more personal card would be better. Linked to his favorite games or characters. And after seen pokemon ball card on the net, the decision was made"


Gérard :
"Any idea for the character who may be involved"

Nelson :
"Yes, Tangela. His name is French means Knot bag. And Jocondine drew it in her first Tour de France, so she looked in her archives and used it again"

Gérard :
"With the same look? That wool ball thing?"

Nelson :
"Exactly! He will say "I dressed up to wish you an happy birthday" using the quote "on my 31" which means here "like for December the 31th - New Year's Eve outfits"




Snowboard 








Petit bulletin d'infos sur les compétitions en cours avec nos journalistes.
Côté broderie, de petites croix sur le caméléon girafe et sur le paysage désertique autour des pyramides. En ce qui concerne la broderie suisse, premier essai terminé. Nouvelle technique sympa à broder, il me reste maintenant à trouver un marchand de tissu chez qui je puisse acheter le vichy avec des carrés aux dimensions adéquates. Côté tricot, finition au crochet sur le bas des côtes du pull pour cacher les mailles de montage. Côté cartonnage, découpe des ronds pour confection d'une carte pokéball et dessins basés sur le personnage Saquedeneu.