Shimmy shimmy

It was a long day, but it ended on a wonderful note: I had my first Raks Sharki (commonly known as belly dancing) lesson. Other than feeling terribly uncoordinated, it went well. Teacher is wonderful, other students are so nice. Now I have to wait three weeks before I go back; no lessons over the holidays. Until then, I'll try to do lots of stretching so I'm more limber. These old bones and joints are pretty tight. I wonder how sore I will be tomorrow... I wonder more if this will aggravate or help my hip. DH, #1Son & I spent the time before class Christmas shopping, of course. I found 24 skeins of 100% virgin wool DMC Tapestry in the yarn clearance bin at Hobby Lobby: burgundy, navy and three shades of cream/off-white. Also 5 large balls of a thick 100% wool: black, navy, burgundy, & dark green. I think I'll try the Fuzzy Feet pattern as soon as I get my double-pointed needles from Clevenger Creations. The dance teacher showed us her harem pants, and how easy they were to make. I will keep my eyes open for satin (and chiffon for veil) as I remnant shop with #1Son for his LARP costuming. Too bad I wasn't watching for that today while we looked for fabric for his shirt. I had dug out my old FolkWear Patterns for him, so, of course, nothing he already had would work, thus we hit Hobby Lobby, JoAnn's, & Hancock Fabrics today. I had my knitting bag in the car and worked on Mandy's & Lisa's scarves; that's about all I managed to do today with all the running around. LC