February 17, 2007

Tofutsies

Starting new socks with Tofutsies, color 727, Tenderfoot, size 2 needles, pattern: Classic Socks for the Family, Yankee Knitter Designs.

I finished the cuff last night. I had to break down and have my daughter pick me up some Brittany DPNs yesterday because the yarn was really slipping off the metal ones I had been using. Of course, by the time I got them, it didn't make that big of a difference, but I'm assuming (as well as hoping and praying) the first half inch of ribbing on the next sock will be much easier. That yarn is really slippery! And small. The yellow was what I used on my last socks, a fingering weight. The purple is the Tofutsies. And it calls for the same size needles...

I'm not happy with the color pooling either. The pic above is as it will look from the front, so I'm assuming one half the of sock with by purple and one half black.... And then of course the other sock will be totally different. That is okay, as I prefer fraternals over identicals.

The Bridge to Terabithia was really good. I know a lot of teachers were complaining that the book and movie weren't very related. But then, the books Shrek and Outside Overthere bare little resemblence to the respective movies Shrek and Labyrinth. I've not read Terabithia so all I can say was the movie was a good story. <> Bring tissues!

Speaking of Shrek, we saw a preview for Shrek the Third! Looks great! Had a nice visit with my grandsons. Hoping next time they can come over Friday night and stay till Sunday morning. We really didn't have a lot of time to "play" as by the time they got here, we had a sandwhich and then headed off to the movie. Got home at bed time.