Oh, I should have posted a while ago, but I figured it was still worthwhile. Check out this article from The Onion about Teach For America:
Teach For America Chews Up, Spits Out Another Ethnic Studies Major
Some of you might know I was a TFA teacher in Houston, then worked at their national office in NYC. I love 'em to death, and it's out of that love that the hilarity of this article sprouted.
In knitting knews, I am working on my mom's socks for the THIRD time. The first time I sent her a pair and they were too small, so now they're mine. They are wonderful - made from handpainted School Products cashmere with 10% nylon, but they just didn't fit her. I started the second pair in December, and finished the first one shortly, but didn't really start the second sock until a week or so ago. Then in the middle of sock #2, I lost the pattern I was using, so I did the toe decreases from memory.
When I finished sock #2, my gauge was substantially tighter than the one I made two months ago, so I had to frog the foot and redo it, which I count as my third attempt at this sock. For some reason, I never seem to be able to make a totally matching pair of anything, even though my gauge on larger projects seems relatively consistent. Argh - cursed socks! If they don't fit this time, I may have to take ownership of a second pair of cashmere socks... how unfortunate! Er, just kidding Mom, I'm dedicated to your sock needs.
Anyway, hence no knitting posts this week - I've just been busy doing then re-doing this bleepin' sock, and of course, doing the occasional school thing. With luck I'll have the finished product to show tomorrow, but my odds so far are way low.
Posted by jess at March 3, 2005 11:35 AMHi Jess, I've been working on a pair of sox this winter, too. In fact I've been meaning to post a picture. When I knit a pair of sox I keep both both going at once. I do the ribbing on both pair, then the heel on both, etc. That way not only do I keep things sort of consistent, but I can remember better from one foot to the next what I did. Of course you need two sets of needles.....Let's see yours in progress!
Posted by: sara at March 3, 2005 7:04 PM