These hot hot hot days of summer we've been doing some shooting and I've been doing some knitting.
The Good Luck Lace Scarf is coming right along. It's about 18" (or so) long. It's now become a plodding knit. Simple pattern, thick yarn, not very lace-like but it doesn't require a lot of concentration. Great for these lethargic hot summer days.
my street, Dec 07
The Good Luck Lace Scarf is coming right along. It's about 18" (or so) long. It's now become a plodding knit. Simple pattern, thick yarn, not very lace-like but it doesn't require a lot of concentration. Great for these lethargic hot summer days.
my street, Dec 07Yep, it's been around 100 degrees F. every afternoon since Monday. Lovely. Saturday is to be the last one for a while. Whatever I have to do (except a nap) gets done in the morning—laundry, errands, cooking. I'm not on the computer much during the day, a little in the morning to kinda check-in then some in the early evening and then maybe again after dark. My computer wallpaper is a slide show of all the snow and ice photos I've taken.
I've been watering the new grass every other day in the morning for 30 minutes or so. Being well hydrated, it's holding up well. After this heat wave breaks, I'm going to start killing the weeds that were there before I put the new grass in with one of those won't-kill-the-lawn weed killers. I'll do a small section every couple of days so it won't stress and kill the new grass. Then I'll start on the other parts of the yard so that by the time it's time for this same action in the fall, I'll be a little ahead of the weed game.
The mate to my Purple sock is coming right along. The leg is almost half done with almost 40 rounds done. I've mentioned before that this is a very quick knit. Just p1, k2 all the time. There is a short row heel, but well, it does look nice with the hand painted yarn.
And I am still thinking about what to cast on for the next travel sock. I'm thinking of a two-stage travel sock. I want to finish my Monkey Socks (leg on the first sock is only 4" long) but they're not conducive to stoplight knitting when I'm driving. However, they are just fine for knitting to and from the target range or wherever passenger knitting. So. That's what I'm going to do. I will cast on . . . with something . . . for something . . . for when I'm driving which when the Monkey Socks are done will move on to be the travel socks.
Now. What to cast on with and what to knit. I have a few weeks or so to mull over that one. Wool socks for me for winter . . . cotton socks for me . . . simple wool socks for SIL . . . hmmmmm
We've cut down on our shooting a bit from twice a week or so to about once a week, except when it's IDPA night. Like last night. Some great Courses of Fire (COFs). One of the newer shooters is active military. He had some office time last week and he came up with some terrific and challenging COFs. I did about as well as I always do. Not great compared to the others, but all but one of my bad guys were dead and I didn't shoot any non-threats. And the one I missed? Completely! Two shots with your strong hand at about 3 yards! And I missed the BG (bad guy!) Totally! The one I had to shoot moving—him I got. The one stationary three yards away? Him. I missed.
Now that Sweetie and I are both official card-carrying members of IDPA we're going to shoot a three hour classifier this Sunday morning at an outdoor range. In order for shooters to be able to compete with their peers, IDPA competitors are divided into classifications within each division based upon their skill level. It involves how quick you shoot and how accurate you shoot, mostly how accurate. There is Novice, Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert and Master. I expect we'll both be in the Novice class. After the classifier there'll be a regular IDPA shoot in the afternoon.
This range is shady with lots and lots of huge Burr Oak trees. I won't have to worry much about sunblock there. Also the heatwave is supposed to break with a cold front and rain coming through late Saturday afternoon. The high Sunday is supposed to be in the high 80's. Should be a great time!!
the neighbor's elms after an ice storm in Dec 07
We also want to move forward and become Safety Officers (SO) so we can help run the matches. We only have a handful of SOs at present. It would be nice to have all of us who shoot regularly be SOs and spread the load around. That way everyone would have a chance to shoot and visit along with working as an SO for part of the match. Before that several of us are going to learn to score keep, again freeing up the guys who always do it.
More women are coming out to shoot. There are three of us who regularly shoot in our matches. I'm working on one or two more. They're shooters, too but first I need to get them back to the range, work on them to get their CCW's and come out and watch part of a match. I think that once I get them to the range to shoot and to watch a match, the CCW will be a natural step.
blogging to: a quiet house
reading: Whisper to the Blood by Dana Stabenow (a Kate Shugak mystery)
and
Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America by Ann Coulter
and
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Parting Shot: "We, the People are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution." — Abraham Lincoln
I've been watering the new grass every other day in the morning for 30 minutes or so. Being well hydrated, it's holding up well. After this heat wave breaks, I'm going to start killing the weeds that were there before I put the new grass in with one of those won't-kill-the-lawn weed killers. I'll do a small section every couple of days so it won't stress and kill the new grass. Then I'll start on the other parts of the yard so that by the time it's time for this same action in the fall, I'll be a little ahead of the weed game.
The mate to my Purple sock is coming right along. The leg is almost half done with almost 40 rounds done. I've mentioned before that this is a very quick knit. Just p1, k2 all the time. There is a short row heel, but well, it does look nice with the hand painted yarn.
And I am still thinking about what to cast on for the next travel sock. I'm thinking of a two-stage travel sock. I want to finish my Monkey Socks (leg on the first sock is only 4" long) but they're not conducive to stoplight knitting when I'm driving. However, they are just fine for knitting to and from the target range or wherever passenger knitting. So. That's what I'm going to do. I will cast on . . . with something . . . for something . . . for when I'm driving which when the Monkey Socks are done will move on to be the travel socks.
Now. What to cast on with and what to knit. I have a few weeks or so to mull over that one. Wool socks for me for winter . . . cotton socks for me . . . simple wool socks for SIL . . . hmmmmm
We've cut down on our shooting a bit from twice a week or so to about once a week, except when it's IDPA night. Like last night. Some great Courses of Fire (COFs). One of the newer shooters is active military. He had some office time last week and he came up with some terrific and challenging COFs. I did about as well as I always do. Not great compared to the others, but all but one of my bad guys were dead and I didn't shoot any non-threats. And the one I missed? Completely! Two shots with your strong hand at about 3 yards! And I missed the BG (bad guy!) Totally! The one I had to shoot moving—him I got. The one stationary three yards away? Him. I missed.
Now that Sweetie and I are both official card-carrying members of IDPA we're going to shoot a three hour classifier this Sunday morning at an outdoor range. In order for shooters to be able to compete with their peers, IDPA competitors are divided into classifications within each division based upon their skill level. It involves how quick you shoot and how accurate you shoot, mostly how accurate. There is Novice, Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert and Master. I expect we'll both be in the Novice class. After the classifier there'll be a regular IDPA shoot in the afternoon.
This range is shady with lots and lots of huge Burr Oak trees. I won't have to worry much about sunblock there. Also the heatwave is supposed to break with a cold front and rain coming through late Saturday afternoon. The high Sunday is supposed to be in the high 80's. Should be a great time!!
the neighbor's elms after an ice storm in Dec 07We also want to move forward and become Safety Officers (SO) so we can help run the matches. We only have a handful of SOs at present. It would be nice to have all of us who shoot regularly be SOs and spread the load around. That way everyone would have a chance to shoot and visit along with working as an SO for part of the match. Before that several of us are going to learn to score keep, again freeing up the guys who always do it.
More women are coming out to shoot. There are three of us who regularly shoot in our matches. I'm working on one or two more. They're shooters, too but first I need to get them back to the range, work on them to get their CCW's and come out and watch part of a match. I think that once I get them to the range to shoot and to watch a match, the CCW will be a natural step.
blogging to: a quiet house
reading: Whisper to the Blood by Dana Stabenow (a Kate Shugak mystery)
and
Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America by Ann Coulter
and
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Parting Shot: "We, the People are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution." — Abraham Lincoln
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