February 17, 2007

Firsts!

I'm so pissed! I had a nice big blog entry and Yahoo yahooed it. So here's the summary. I have a few firsts in my life: Bought my first sock yarn yesterday (see above). I placed my first Knitpicks order! Sock yarn and Knitting Sensational Socks. I'm hoping it'll be a good source book for different heels, toes, etc.

I knitted like crazy yesterday when I had the chance and am just about ready to start the toe decreases on my second yellow sock. Can't wait to finish it so I can start my new socks with "real" sock yarn!

Edited to add pic:

My oldest grandsons are coming for a sleep over tonight. We are taking them to see Bridge to Terabithia after a kid dinner of mac and cheese or grilled ham and cheese sandwhiches. (Did you catch the "cheese" theme?)

We are going to the local Renassaince Festival on Monday. Although I dearly love going, and used to go in costume all the time, I'm still favoring my knee. It's not that it hurts so much during the day if I over use it, but that night it keeps me up. If I even think about moving in bed I wake up..... However, my daughter still has a couple Vicodin left over from her tooth extraction..... That might work!

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.