Mrs. Beaumont's Class (with some knitting thrown in)

I cast on for a new pair of socks over the weekend. This time around I thought I'd try the Jaywalker pattern by Grumperina. I'm using Plymouth Sockotta yarn colorway 502. So far, I really like how it's turning out. I know I'm a little behind on trying this pattern, but what the heck! I'm a slow knitter with a lot of projects I want to try.

I just finished a pair of socks I'm giving as a Christmas present, so no posting pix for that! But I used Socks That Rock for the first time and I must say I LOVE the way it feels. I'll have to get some for myself.

I'm also still plugging away on the Lady E Stole from Wrap Style. I haven't taken any pictures, but this project is taking forever, it seems. I've been working on it since the beginning of July.

I'm so proud of my knitting girls at school. One has finished two scarves in just a couple of weeks. That's so awesome! I'll be taking pix at the next Knitting Club meeting.

This week's bonus question for the week of Oct. 30 for all my English classes is...

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

Answers to this question should be posted by Sat. Nov 4 at 12 noon.

The bonus question for the week of Oct. 23 is:

The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me was...

All comments should be posted by Saturday, Oct. 28. Remember that you must put your display name in the format we talked about in class. All classes (General and College Prep) can answer this week's question.

I finished my Soctoberfest socks that I started about a month ago. Thanks, Lolly, for the lenient rules. It's hard for me to finish a pair of socks, especially with a pattern to follow, in a month. Anyway, the pattern is Knit Picks' Almost Argyle with Knit Picks Essential yarn. I used size 2 needles, but I should have used size 1. The pattern would have looked better with size 1s. Knit and learn, I guess. I'm trying to find sock forms or stretchers. I saw Fiber Trends makes them. Now I just have to find them. Stuffing my finished socks with Kleenex isn't going to work anymore.

On a school note, good job to those of you who did the bonus assignment. The end of the nine weeks is this Friday.

Knitting club will meet again this Tuesday right after school. Hope to see you there!

I finally joined a knit-along. Lolly's Socktoberfest seemed perfect to break the ice. We had our first knitting club "meeting" today and things went pretty well, I thought. You girls did great for just starting out. Hang in there. Knitting takes patience. Breelle, I know you can do it!! See you all at the next meeting on Tuesday.

Only two people have turned in the extra credit assignment. Don't forget it's due tomorrow (Oct. 20).

Also, I'm excited that so many of you have expressed an interest in knitting. It's going to be fun!

Bonus question for the week of Oct 16, 2006:
What is your most indispensible possession and why?
You must respond to this question here under "Comments" by midnight Saturday, Oct. 21, in order to receive bonus points.

Go to Wikipedia and do a search on the author of your novel for the nine weeks--Golding, Christie, or Du Maurier. Write down three facts about him/her and turn it in by Friday, Oct 20. Make sure you put bibliographic information--the date the site was last modified (at the bottom of the page) and the date you visited the site.

Of course now that I've started this, I'm going to play with it. I took one of my knitting projects from earlier in the year to test out uploading pictures. I made these socks in June. I couldn't even tell you what kind of yarn or what pattern I used unless I looked back at my notes.

Would anyone like to learn how to knit?? I would like to start the knitting club again. Let me know.

I have been trying to decide since last summer whether to try to maintain a class blog and I finally took the plunge. After taking Mrs. Borton's very informative and helpful blogging class today, I'm ready to try it out. I haven't yet decided how I'm going to use it for class, but that will come with time and practice.