Despite the disappointment in the hockey results - and the frequent looking up to see what was happening - I did manage to get a reasonable amount of hooking done. I haven't decided if I prefer the more crisp colour changes (right) or the more gentle, fading ones (left). I'm leaning a little to the more obvious, crisper ones for now. I will have to do a few more before I go back and modify some of the previous ones.
What you see in the picture represents half of the runner....so if I can manage another couple of evenings of solid hooking, I might just end up with an Olympic mat after all. ;-)
