Yesterday O enrolled in English classes at the institute where I used to teach. These classes are only on Saturdays, so the course advance is pretty aggressive and he'll have to pay attention to keep up.
Now, you might think that after being married to an English speaker for 5 years, that O might speak English pretty well by now, but think again. His ideas were that since I am here and we are together, he could just learn English any time, without any schedule or effort on his part. Maybe it would all just soak in somehow, maybe by osmosis. And that's been true for some of it. But there comes a time when the easy part is over and some effort has to be made. In order to ensure that he makes an effort, he had to PAY. When he got hit in the pocket, then he began to pay attention. His first class is on Saturday. I hope he does as well as he thinks he will. He glanced through the first book and declared it to be too easy. We'll see. At least it might get him talking and practicing. Then we can play SCRABBLE! WOO HOO!
In other news, I finished my Odyssey Rock Ranch socks this week and they are fabulous! If you have never worn alpaca on your feet, you need to. I started a second pair yesterday, and look forward to finishing them up in about 2 weeks, if my schedule stays the same as it is right now. Unfortunately, the camera batteries crapped out (as usual) just as I was taking the picture, so I'll have to wait for new ones.
"The Eclectic Sole" arrived in the mail yesterday, and I'm tickled with all the inspiration! It's my first sock book! None of the socks in this book are long enough in the cuff for me - I don't care much at all for short little anklets - but they all can be modified. Heaven knows I can't just knit a pattern...I have to tweak it somehow, so I'll be tweaking away to make longer cuffs!
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That settles it! I am knitting socks with the alpaca I have been spinning....and spinning...and spinning....
Yeay! And it's about time that you make yourself something luxurious! Alpaca on the feet is a wonderful gift to yourself! You go girl!
Good luck to O on his first day of class!
Hi Kathleen, I was quite surprised to see that I have a reader from Peru! How did you find little ol' Boulderneigh in the crowded, world-wide web? And if you get your fiber in little packets, who owns all those lovely fiber animals in your sidebar?
Hi Michelle,
I found your blog via another fiber blog, via another fiber blog, and then on to you...somewhere in cyberville. Actually, these fiber animals belong to other peolple: Sombra is a lamb that I "adopted" from Maggie's Farm in Brookfield, New York, and the rest belong to my sister, who has her own alpacas and angora goats in Colorado.
Well, I started my knitting class last week! Socks will, hopefully, be in my future soon! I did find out that I'd been doing some things sort of wrong all these years, but am eager to learn correctly and keep going!!
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