Well, the summer Kn*tters came yesterday.

I have to say that I am usually underwhelmed by the summer issues of any knitting mag. (I am not a Tank Grrl, I don't care what the fashionistas say about VBS* being ok and even sexy, the idea of it on me gives me hives. And I can't do without the B in the VBS, at least not in front of a classroom (where I am for most of the summer) or at church or some other public forum)

So anyway, I may have the right to bare arms but I don't exercise it.

The origami bears was a cute idea and I might try it out. The same with the juggling balls (although fair isle on that small a scale - I don't know). But the sweaters left me cold. The cover sweater in particular - the color was totally wrong for the model's skin tone, IMHO. The socks - they're pretty but I bet the seams and lumps are murder on your feet. (Give me a nice cabled or slip stitch pattern any day!)

I dunno. My general rating is "Ehhhhhh." Too many of the sweaters are, I don't know, kind of blah?
I know, a few months I was complaining Knitters was too avant-garde (the holey sweater and socks). But it looks like they swung back too far the other way.

In general, I agree with Wendy and Michelle and Ginny, who said "The socks rock, the balls rock, the rest of it needs to be tied to a rock and sunk in the lake..."

(*VBS does NOT stand for "Vacation Bible School" here (even though that's the first thing I think of when I hear it). It stands for Visible Bra Strap)

Last night - finished the underbelly of the lion cub and partially sewed it to the upper body. Not sure how much knitting I will do tonight, I have a feeling a migraine may be flitting around inside my head waiting to strike (it's the first hot hot hot day of the year and what does Erica do but go out and do field work and then climb up on her roof to scrape off the leaves...not smart). I did take some Excedrin Migraine and I'm hoping it holds off at least for a while...have a 3:30 work meeting...