Teaching Socks
Earlier this year I promised my mom I would teach her to knit socks next time we were together. My mom taught me to knit as a child and although she's knit many beautiful and intricate baby sweaters, she's never knit socks or used a circular needle - in fact I don't think she's even knit with DPNs.
Well, I'll be seeing her over Thanksgiving next week! I've decided to teach her Magic Loop since that's my preferred method, but I probably won't show her two at once - at least not the first time. I was reminded last night when knitting on Alphamonkey how awkward I find DPNs. (No offense to all of you DPN lovers out there, it's just not my thing!)
Or maybe I should bring both options for my mom... thoughts?
Anyway, it gave me a good excuse to buy yarn, and to buy yarn that I probably wouldn't buy for myself.
I chose Mountain Colors Bearfoot in Ruby River because I thought a slightly heavier weight yarn would be good for time purposes. My mom likes red (one of my least favorite colors) and I'd been admiring this yarn for a while. I wouldn't want it myself, but even I could tell that it was a beautiful color! You'll have to take my word on this one because the above picture is the best I could get - with daylight savings time I never get home before dark to take photos.
In totally non-knitting news, stariPod lives! Yes, my blue iPod mini is alive again. I was very attached to it, but when the battery went I got a blue nano. However, stariPod was still sitting on my desk so when I heard about buying a new battery online I decided to give it a shot. Well it arrived today and it took me about a half hour from opening the package and reading through the instructions to having my iPod back together with the new battery. I think stariPod is back. :)
Well, I'll be seeing her over Thanksgiving next week! I've decided to teach her Magic Loop since that's my preferred method, but I probably won't show her two at once - at least not the first time. I was reminded last night when knitting on Alphamonkey how awkward I find DPNs. (No offense to all of you DPN lovers out there, it's just not my thing!)
Or maybe I should bring both options for my mom... thoughts?
Anyway, it gave me a good excuse to buy yarn, and to buy yarn that I probably wouldn't buy for myself.
I chose Mountain Colors Bearfoot in Ruby River because I thought a slightly heavier weight yarn would be good for time purposes. My mom likes red (one of my least favorite colors) and I'd been admiring this yarn for a while. I wouldn't want it myself, but even I could tell that it was a beautiful color! You'll have to take my word on this one because the above picture is the best I could get - with daylight savings time I never get home before dark to take photos.
In totally non-knitting news, stariPod lives! Yes, my blue iPod mini is alive again. I was very attached to it, but when the battery went I got a blue nano. However, stariPod was still sitting on my desk so when I heard about buying a new battery online I decided to give it a shot. Well it arrived today and it took me about a half hour from opening the package and reading through the instructions to having my iPod back together with the new battery. I think stariPod is back. :)
Labels: randomness, socks
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7:37 PM
2 Comments:
You can buy batteries to revive iPods? Nice! I've been dreading the day mine goes to that big Mac in the sky (hehehe, big mac...). Now I don't have to!
Seems like ML would be the way to go. It'll be easier for you to teach, and since she's never used DPNs or even circs, she won't be trying to "unlearn" a familiar technique either. BTW, love that she taught you to knit, and now you're teaching her. Full circle! :)
Yes, it kicks ass that you're teaching your mummy how to knit socks. :) Careful with that colorway, tho. It bleeds like crazy. I knit the blub a pair out of Ruby River last year and I *still* have to wash them separately. By hand. Grr. That was even after an extra pop in a hot pot with some citric acid. So beware.
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