Friday Movie Night with the Phasers set on "Limp."

Every so often, we've been trying to spend Friday nights as Movie Night at our house. We've been working through the Harry Potter films and now, we're branching out into the Star Trek films.

Tonight is "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn." Unfortunately, I forgot this is the one with the subplot involving bugs in the ear. Luckily, Youngest Child went upstairs to brush his teeth at that point . . .

I've been working on Mr. Daisy's Gentleman's Sock - while I loved the cable pattern on the leg - I DO NOT like the heel turn and instep. Alas, now that I've gotten this far, I will need to make Second Sock just the same. Drat.



The heel of this sock is quite wide and deep - it looks a little odd laid out flat - but it appears to fit Mr. Daisy.



Look for Second Sock to appear in theses pages. I promise not to complain - much.

Today's Friday Film has a Star Trek theme. I'd love to see Eddie Izzard in real life - this is a bit from one of his shows. I will warn you that some of his language is not "Family Appropriate."

And don't forget to set your Phaser on Limp!!

The Saturday that kept on giving

Let's get this out of the way:

Saturday Seven this week came courtesy of Youngest Child - six nice outgrown teeshirts and one really nice designer polo shirt. This was a hand-me-down from a friend and it got pushed to the back of the closet. So, it was never used and still has it's tags. Off to the rummage sale!

I was delayed in my blogging because we went to the Minnesota Opera on Saturday night. It was a lovely production of "The Abduction From the Seraglio" set on the Orient Express train. A very cool 1920s kind of production.



This week I can finally talk about my HSKS 6 swap package - my spoilee was Chrysta the Cursed - because I sent out the package and she received it. It was lots of fun to follow her interests and pick out some lovely yarn. I used as my theme "What Santa brings to Good Knitters" and I enjoyed exploring Christmas before it was even Halloween!



I made the little bag for Chysta and liked it so much that I made one for Good Friend Melissa - Happy Birthday Missy! - now, I need to make one for me.

As for knitting, I am just past the yoke of the February Lady Sweater and about halfway through one of the Gentleman Socks. I took them to the opera but forgot the pattern and needed a little more light to figure out my place in the repeat. The man sitting in front of me did exclaim, "She's knitting!" to his date. I was just glad he knew the difference from crochet.

Which brings us to today and the "Great Crochet Date." Some of the ladies in my book group and their kids got together today and learned to crochet. I really needed a review and thanks to Mel and Anna, I think I turned the corner on flat crochet. I am working on a winter hat pattern from Lucinda Guy's "Crochet Designs for Kids: 20 Projects to Make for Girls & Boys."

An unfortunate choice of names . . .

I took this photo with my cellphone camera while driving to school this week. Perhaps their advertising company didn't think this through?



Getting started with my Gentleman's Socks did take a bit of thought (and time - I kept miscounting my cast on of 80 stitches!) but I think I've got the pattern underway. It's a subtle, shifting kind of cable that runs through a repeat of four lines. It is important, however, the keep track of what line you are on.

It's not too hard, however, to knit while watching the convention and its attendant sideshow on television. I never imagined hearing the words "Saint Paul, Minnesota" and "anarchists" in the same sentence. Ah, well, a side effect of democracy.