Jo Knits!

It's good to be back!

Five days without internet is a loooong time when you are a blog junkie. I did get to spend time outside, enjoying the wonderful weather, stopped by Ikea one day, that was fun! Boy has there been action in the blogging world to catch up too. The summer issue of Knitty went up and the IK preview too. For Knitty, I like the socks, of course, but not all of them. In IK, well it's the fall issue, the issue of lovely and comfy sweaters, just wish I knitted sweaters though. LOL! They are too time consuming for me, the knitting all seperate pieces, blocking, sewing them together. Argh! I just want a sweater, oh well, I still have enough yarn and a pattern for a top down cardi I bought in the spring. Perhaps... someday, who knows? Maybe I'll knit a sweater but until then, you can count on me to knit socks! :)

Italy won!!! When we started watching the final World Cup game, I didn't have a big preferrence but in the end, my personal opinion is that the best one. I mean, they got each and every penalty goal in and that's that! While we watched the game, we went all out. LOL! We had smoothies and oven baked nachos, boy was it yummy. I even finished a sock and cast on the second between the first and last half.

Over the weekend, the kids and I had a little cooking class. It was fun but the teacher/cook wasn't very good at sharing the responsabilities between the kids. The group of 8 kids were from 5 to 12 years old (I'm still debating if the tallest kid was just 12 though!). That kid did just about everything while the smaller ones tried to get noticed by the cook to help out. The recipes were easy and good but I'm not sure I'd pay for the kids to grate a carrot in a two-hour class. The next class is from another teacher so we may try it out or not... we'll see when the time comes. Also next time I believe parents are not to stay in the kitchen so I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. The kids have more fun cooking at home because we let them help out a lot but I think, it's also fun to learn new recipes with other kids. I do know that "I" want to take cooking classes, it's always been a dream and I guess it's time that I make it a reality.

Regia Cotton, I really wasn't sure I'd like it at first but it knits up well. It isn't as nice as wool sock yarn but it's really not just like knitting cotton. So Regia Cotton gets my vote for fun lightweight summer socks. :) As usual, I am knitting super simple stockinette socks. 3mm 5" Brittany needles, 72sts, 1X1 ribbing until around 2", start heel after at least 7" leg and knit star toe to avoid kitchener. HA! That is the recipe my friend to fun knitting socks. :)

Until next time, hope you enjoy the sun.

Posted by Jo at July 10, 2006 02:52 PM