February 7, 2007

Socks, Shawls, & Knitting Class

I worked on my shawl last night while watching TV. It's coming along nicely.

Here's how far I am on my second Pedicure Sock. I worked on it yesterday during the day and while at the Knitting Class.

Miss "Ran-Out-of-the-Room-in-Tears" didn't come to the class. My left handed student is already scoping out patterns and making "things." She got a book on making knitted toys and the one she's working on is made from just a garter stitch square. So, she's off and running. One of the other students who really wasn't sure if she wanted to learn to knit or if she just thought she did, turned the corner when she found out she was going to be a grandmother for the first time. Now she's really making progress! And another brand newbie arrived last night. One of the kids tried to teach her the knitted cast on and gave up. So I finished it off and got her knitting on the first row. She was really a newbie as her first questions were: "How much yarn do I need to cut off?" and "Do I have to use needles?"

Not too much else new going on around here. Maybe, when it warms up today, I'll take the baby out in the back yard along with my spinning wheel and I'll do a bit of making yarn instead of making something out of yarn!

February 4, 2007

Oh Yeah....

I over dyed the purple/grape from yesterday's pic with some black cherry. It's darker and purplier than regular black cherry, which is to be expected I guess!

I finished one Pedicure Sock and am pleased with how it turned out. I've got about three inches done on the second one. Found out my daughter really was upset I was using the yarn as she liked it so much she wanted to make something out of it. Guess the next time she has a day off we'll have to make some more!

You've heard me talk about my best friend, F. Here is his blog, Little Cricket, and a pic of the Pinwheel Sweater he's making for his MIL. Isn't it gorgeous? And it's probably been frogged so many times we could populate at least three ponds! F's a perfectionist. I am, too, but I give myself more permission to have boo-boos that he does.

Well, I didn't do as much housekeeping yesterday as I should have, but I did do some. Guess I'll work a bit on it today....and then again maybe not. My daughter gets off early today so I'm planning on making a run to the library. I may or may not have jury duty on Tuesday and I want to have a good book with me if I have to spend the day there. On the website for jury duty it says: Anything considered to be a weapon or that is deemed unacceptable by Security, will be confiscated and/or dealt with appropriately. So I don't know if my knitting needles will be considered weapons or not. And it's up to the discretion of whoever is on duty that day. Maybe if I have something on my plastic Denise's I won't have to worry. Now, what to knit? What to knit?

Oh, remember a few days ago I said I'd recorded Nora Roberts' Angel Falls on Lifetime? I watched it last night. Yup, I'm glad I read the book first (and it's well worth the read). As usual, too much info to put in the movie and lots was left out. However, I can't tell if someone hadn't read the book if they'd "get" the movie. There is another Nora Roberts movie on this week, Montana Sky which I recently finished (and was good, too). I've set up the DVR to record it. I'm sure it'll be a typical Lifetime movie which means it's not all that well done, but.... something to listen to while I knit.