Whether it's carrying crystals, meditating, or mainlining gummy bears — we all have our own ways of dealing with stress. And, this Finnish coach knitting at the 2018 Winter Olympics to keep himself ...
The Olympic Games are the highest echelon of sports. And the Finnish team in Pyeongchang has found a crafty way to deal with the stress of the intense competition. Finland's snowboarding coach Antti ...
JOENSUU, Finland — Armed with needles and a yarn of wool, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafening sounds of drums beating and guitars slashing at the first-ever Heavy Metal Knitting ...
Here's some other Olympic news. Olympic athletes have a range of strategies to help calm their nerves in the ultra-high-pressure competition. Some nap, others meditate or use visualization techniques, ...
It’s not every day that a coach is seen casually knitting throughout a sporting event so when Finnish snowboarding coach, Antti Koskinen casually knitted his way out of his stress through the ...
Only a few of the patterns that Tyyne Lothberg works into her knitted mittens have names. Lothberg might spend a winter evening working a "night and day" pattern out of wool yarn, or she might sit at ...
No matter how decorated an athlete may be, competing at the Winter Olympics is an intensely stressful experience, inspiring one Finnish coach to lighten the mood at the highest echelon of sports with ...
Thanks, Finland. This is completely insane. Joensuu, Finland held the first ever Heavy Metal Knitting Championships on July 11, because of course Finland did. The competition is exactly what you think ...
Finnish snowboarding coach Antti Koskinen was caught by cameras knitting right before his boarder's run in the men's slopestyle. According to a report, Koskinen knitted at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi ...
JOENSUU, Finland – Armed with needles and yarn, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafening sounds of drums beating and guitars slashing at the first-ever Heavy Metal Knitting World ...
It started in Sochi, continued in Rio and now Team Finland is continuing its tradition of knitting during the Olympics. The Finns claim it's relaxing and fun. Here's some other Olympic news. Olympic ...
The country responsible for conquering Eurovision with orc rockers, inventing the sauna and oh yeah, Darude, always had the potential for more innovation in the music and leisure realm. The Heavy ...