June 2, 2007

Bitty Hat

I had a bit more "upstairs" time yesterday and managed to finish a whole baby hat. It's nice to complete a project in one sitting.

We went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End <--click yesterday! Wow! It was great. Good story, gorgeous pirates (well some of them, anyway--however all of them were really dirty) and a surprise ending! I started watching Curse of the Black Pearl (Purl???) Last night. Cap'n Jack was comparatively well washed and groomed in that one.

Consequently, not much sock knitting got done. I did CO on the second sock and have about half the ribbing done while the kidlets were gone with their mom in the morning. Knitting while catching up on my click--> Netflix recordings of click--> Carnivale. I'm glad I'm able to watch them pretty much one episode after another. If I had had to wait a week between them, I don't think I could have followed the story as well. It's really creepy, so if you enjoy the supernatural, this is something to put on your list of things to watch.

Had a really bad reading day with my grand daughter on Thursday. Super frustration and all that on her part. We pretty much took the day off yesterday, too, in celebration of mom having a day off work and all. Will try to do some more today. However, on the upside, she's starting to puzzle things out in the "real world." While watching TV she just said, "I know how to spell way...w-a-y!" So that part of her brain is definitely picking on up on the connection and expanding her reading awareness to more than her word cards and readers.

There has always seemed to be this mild to nasty unease between crocheters and knitters. A recent post on a knitting list was entitled: Going to the dark side. The author was apologizing for learning and worse yet, liking crochet. Other authors have said things like: "Can I ask a crochet question? If not feel free to delete this." A few years ago, when a local bead store my daughter worked at was adding yarn to their inventory, the owner asked me about making stuff for display. When she learned I crocheted, she said, "Well, that's your first problem." I've often idly wondered why this is so. And the 1950s, 60s, and 70s had a great deal to do with it. Like this 50s click--> pattern. Don't these 2007 patterns <--click look a bit better? This is a bag I did for above mentioned store display.

It took the store owner several weeks to notice it was crocheted and fulled, not knitted and fulled. The yarn was Cascade 220 in case you're interested.

For any other TV addicts out there...miss any of your favorite shows? Here's the place to find them <--click and watch them again. I did break down and order the Trekking color 100 because of these socks. <--click I ordered from click--> The Knitter as they have free shipping. Have no idea how their service is, but if it's bad, you'll be sure to find out. (Funny how that works, isn't it?) Here is an interesting cable variation. <--click Neat photos <--click from an avid canner turned dyer. Still need almost 500 squares for the Rebuilding Greensburg <--click project. And for the gardeners. <--click