Learn to Knit Socks!

**CLASS FULL**

Do you know how to cast on and do the knit stitch?  Have you always wondered or wanted to learn to knit socks?

Here is your chance! 

I will be teaching a top down (meaning knitting from the cuff to the toe) using double pointed needles (those five short sticks you may have seen knitters using - don't worry, it's fun I promise), sock class here in Calgary!  

Details:

We will be meeting Monday nights from 7-9pm in a central location May 30th, June 6th and June 20th (the break in between the last two classes will give everyone a chance to get some knitting done so the last class we can work on the toe!)

Cost:

$40 Please send an e-transfer prior to the class start, or bring cash with you to the first meet up.

What to bring:

Fingering weight/sock weight yarn and double pointed needles.  Many knitters find they use between a 2.25mm and a 2.5mm.  You will also need to bring a stitch marker.  I will bring the pattern for everyone.  

If you are interested, please leave me a note below and I can provide you the details of where we will be meeting!

A week in phone photos

After my short long run of 14K this past weekend, I met up with a good friend for lunch (er breakfast because the kind cafe was willing to make me french toast).  Such a tasty way to end a run.  And check out that mochachino!

I expected french toast but got so much more.  All that fruit was delicious!

Once home my middle dressed up in all my running clothes (including my compression socks).

Not to be unincluded, my littlest found my new runners and got in on the dress up action.

I started the sleeves to my Icelandic sweater.  I did the cuffs seperately on double pointed needles, then once past the colorwork joined them for two at a time on two circulars.

Our Golden Retriever affectionately called Red (or Clifford, or Cliff, or with his middle name Clifford Rufus).  He requires so much more than a caption.  He hasn't been well and we are preparing to say goodbye.

A swap!  A Rav member sent me a message about a skein I was willing to part with.  She made me these two awesome bags as an exchange.  I've already put my sweater sleeves into one of them!

I retired these shoes this week.  They ran a total of 403K.  Wow!

What's on your phone this past week?

Monday Night Knits

My eldest takes ballet on Monday nights.  It's become my quiet time to knit and drink a latte, while I wait for her to finish her 45 minute class.

It's a great little getaway from my usual busyness with the three kids.  The highlight is always being able to drink my latte with no lid (& still hot!)

It's a short school week this week, and as a bonus, my daughter has been assigned no homework (I think we are equally pleased about this).  I had all my knitting packed, and was about to head out with G, when my hubby suggested that I keep her out late, and take her for a drink.  At first, after dropping her off, I headed out the door to cross the street to my "watering hole".  And I stopped.  He's right.  That would be fun.  So in I went, found a bench, and worked on my knitting outside of G's class.

My daughter shares the love of sitting in a coffee shop, so she was pleased as punch I invited her to join me on my Monday night "escape".

We sat and people watched, visited, she opened up and told me stories of school, dance, and bus stops, as she spooned whip cream, and I sipped my latte.

I'm glad my hubby suggested I share my Monday night :)

Robots, a Duck and a Latte!

1.  I fixed A's hat.  I used my Moms idea and picked up stitches around the brim, knitting it long enough that when flipped up it would cover the cast on edge but also add extra length to cover his ears.  I tacked it down in four places to hold the brim up.  I do wish the extra length would have been incorporated as part of the main knit, but this works and will keep his ears and forehead warm.

2.  Emmitt, the beloved duck of my littlest.  C has a knack of chewing on his felted nose, and yesterday I decided some repair work needed to be done, as the poor thing was down to half a beak.  Rather than knitting in the round I knit it flat then seamed it.  I split the tails in half and used a small needle to attach it to the beak and Emmitt's noggin'.  C wasn't very impressed.  Tugging at it, passing E to me saying "off!" "off!".  She's tried a couple times this morning to show her protest, but poor Emmitt needed a new nose.  I think in time she will adjust to his new look er beak ;)

3.  I've been Facebook free for 9 days.  I'm not actually counting but I last logged on to say I was quitting on January 1st.  Ive done this before and really enjoyed the freedom being Facebook free provides.  It is such a time warp for me it's a bit ridiculous.  I'm still on Instagram, and on Ravelry, but both of those I can log on and log off without issue.  No more life lurking for me.

4.  One of my daily splurges is a latte.  I do have a machine at home, and only buy one out a couple times a week.  A free tall Starbucks latte landed in my inbox today though for the new Caramel Flan.  This seems like the sweetest drink on the planet - caramel whip, caramel topping, caramel flan syrup - gag.  But, it's free so I'm going to go for it.  Have you tried it?  What do you think?