I don’t quite know how the kids like the Wii yet, by the time I got it set up last night it was bedtime, but I’m digging it.¬† Kat and I played with Wii Sports until well past that time and she did pretty well.¬† After the monkeys were in bed, I started to give mom a quick lesson in Wii-ness.¬† Yeah, two and a half hours later we shut it off having routed through several games of bowling (mom was in a league for years and I played on the high school team), tennis and baseball.¬† I trounced her in bowling while she got back at me with a KO in boxing 
¬† The twins should really like that one!¬† I suspect they’ll all be playing a bit today as today is their last non-school Thursday for a while to come.
Just to prove I’m not all electronics and video games, I am still knitting.¬† Dacapo has been my commuting buddy recently though I am getting somewhat bored by all that freakin’ garter stitch on small needles.¬† Here she is lounging along the river this morning:
I had to buy her a longer needle as all those little stitches wouldn’t stay on the needles.¬† Every time I pulled the sucker out of my bag, I had to repair the last couple.¬† I’m using a 40″ now and it is helping a bit, though if I’m not extremely careful and shove her to the middle of the needles, I lose a few still.¬†
I know some folk were seriously surprised by Jessica’s pronouncement of the end of her sock honeymoon.¬† Regulars around here might have noticed that I lost my sock mojo around the end of the summer too.¬† Which is sad, because I really do like knitting socks and I, um, do have a bit of sock yarn around.¬†
What’s this?
Embryonic socks.¬† Koigu.¬† Yum.¬† I picked this up from Modern Yarn a few weeks back when they got their first batch of it.¬† Sorry, don’t have the color number with me, but its on the other skein at home.¬† I’m casting on a pair today.¬† It will be one of four patterns:¬† Charade, I Love Gansey (from the six socks knitalong), Hedera (again) or plain old vanila socks.¬†¬† I’m thinking Gansey.
Tonight is the much loved SnB so the gaming consoles, but not the knitting, will be ignored by me 
Craft on!
7 responses so far ↓
1 Kim // Jan 31, 2008 at 11:32 am
Yeah, the sock mojo is gone for me too. It will be back (to quote Ah-nold).
Weeee, for Wii!
2 Dorre // Jan 31, 2008 at 1:27 pm
oy the sock knitting mojo is gone for everyone huh? The noro sock yarn (pretty as it is) killed mine but some koigu is working on bringing it back
3 Ina // Jan 31, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Gotta love that pinky-lavender-red violet-charcoal DaCapo palette – so feminine and sophisticated. I’m still happy with sock knitting, just distracted with mittens.
4 Jessica // Jan 31, 2008 at 3:45 pm
I think perhaps *wii* need to get you a good dose of wool fumes. I’m starting to worry about your brain cells with all these video games girl.
See you soon!
5 Janette // Feb 1, 2008 at 11:50 am
I was thinking about getting a Wii with our tax return. I was hoping it might be something Peanut and I could enjoy together. I’ll be interested to hear how the Monkeys like it.
6 Nancy // Feb 1, 2008 at 6:41 pm
My girls just spent the afternoon on My Sims for Wii. Rare to have something they will both get engaged with, so I’m loving it.
I’m with you on the bowling. That’s the one I’m best at because it’s more finess than large body moves. Have fun this weekend.
7 pve design // Feb 2, 2008 at 9:03 am
obsessed with art, design, knitting and raising decent twins -
lots in common here, so you can count on me visiting-
do visit me! will be posting some knitting soon!