May 23, 2007

Playing Catch-Up

Jules B tagged me, but I have this:

I didn't get much knitting done yesterday. We ran a lot of errands, starting at 8:00 AM which is why I didn't blog yesterday. Ran to the courthouse to get some copies of documents, ran to the library to get Diana Gabaldon's Outlander on CD. I adore this series of books. I especially love the narrator, Davina Porter. If you've not read/listened to these historical romances, I strongly recommend them. The first one is kind of a bodice ripper romance, but after that they get really good. Great summer reading/listening! To be perfectly honest, I learned to knit because of these books. In them, the romantic lead, Jamie, knits socks. His wife, Claire, can't knit. Jamie explains that all Scots children learn to knit socks. Now, there isn't a lot of reference to fiber arts in these books, as they are told in first person by Claire who is very deficient in these skills, but they are mentioned.

We also went to see Shrek the Third . I liked it, although the reviews aren't all that hot. If you've got kids, go see it. If you're an adult Shrek fan, you can wait till it come out on video if your movie budget is small.

On the sock front: I did get my son to try on the sock and it looks like a good fit. So I'll be working on that full time now during the days.

Here's some neat things I've found while surfing the net:

There's been discussion again on DPN storage. Some non-knitting sites were suggested which is like a 99 cent store on line, and .

For those that have made the EZ Baby Surprise, is this the basic idea of it?

A nice slip stitch felted bag. Would be great for yarns that tend to pool when knit up.

These socks also address the pooling issue with a slip stitch pattern

Isn't this a gorgeous shawl? Lace knitters get my admiration!

Joe has finished up his color block sweater. Scroll on down for the pics

Here's an almost invisible increase for st st.

A small boy's wonder at a caterpillar

More foot candy!

And from the "I couldn't make it up" category:

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.