On knitting, yarn, Strickliesl and English classes
JayWalker, Rhubarb and Strickliesl, originally uploaded by fanelendil.
JayWalker
Started: I think March 2006
Finished: still on the needles
Yarn: Regia Canadian Colour 4-ply sock yarn, colour #4727
Needle: 2.5 mm/ US #1/#2 Inox dpns
Pattern: JayWalker by Grumperina on MagKnits
Rhabarber
Rohrspatz & Wollmeise worsted Merino yarn in the colourway "Rhabarber" ("Rhubarb")
Strickliesl
yarn: unknown
Above is more or less the descriptions of all the things in the photo. So now let me go back a step.
You remember my JayWalker? The one I started in March, frogged and restarted again when I was in Thailand. Well, I finished the one side of it and started on the other side....got the cuff down and then the second-sock-syndrome hit me and the half-knitted JayWalker sat around in my UFO-stash until last week. I decided to pick it up again and have set the goal to finish it by this weekend....and I'm pretty much on track.
Thing is, I knitted the cuff pretty long and I've got quite a big foot...so when I finished the first sock, I hadn't got enough yarn for the second sock. Went to my LYS and they had ran out of that colourway already. Luckily enough, they could get another skein in for me...but unfortunately not in the same dye lot. Thus, the one that I'm knitting right now has a more vibrant colour than the one that's off the needles already.
Anyway, I rolled the "Rhubarb" yarn from Rohrspatz & Wollmeise into a ball yesterday. I'm planning on making another My So Called Scarf..although I'm not sure whether I'd be able to wear it in this colourway or not...if not, I kinda have a recipient in mind already. ;-)
Now, that red and white with a smiley face on it you see on the right is what the Germans call Strickliesl. Basically, it's a little wooden doll that you use to make I-cords with....although I think that knitting an I-cord is a lot easier to do with needles than with this doll. So why do I have it?
Well, on Tuesday was the last day for the English class that I teach this year...and what happened? The students gave me gifts! They gave me the Strickliesl (because I told them that I knit) and three bottles of wine. So sweet of them!
Anyway, talking about English classes, I'm getting two more classes from January on. The class I'm teaching right now is elementary, but the two new classes will be an intermediate class and an advance class. Now, I don't think I should have any problems with the intermediate class...but I'm a bit scared of the advance one. I mean, how advance is "advance"? Any of you guys out there have tips for me? How I should go about it in the first lesson? What I should prepare for?
I know full well that I can't possibly plan the lessons for the intermediate and advance classes like I do for the elementary class. And to top it off, I'll be teaching three days in a row: Tuesdays with the elementary class, Wednesdays with the intermediate and Thursdays with the advance class. So, any tips and recommendations are very welcomed!
Lastly, I went to see Eragon yesterday....I'm reading the book right now and have to say that the movie totally muck up everything....I'm not saying that the movie's bad, but they had to re-write quite a lot of stuff in there and shift the stories around so much...it was entertaining enough, as long as you don't start comparing it to The Lord of the Rings Triology. I still haven't finished the book, but since I'm already on Christmas Holidays from the uni, I'll be able to finish it (I also have to work on my course papers, too!)
Oh, yeah, the guy who plays Eragon, Edward Speleers is kinda hot. *LOL*
That's all for now. If I don't blog more, then I wish y'all a very Merry Christmas and a great New Year! Have a safe holiday and take good care of yourselves!!!