"the many feathered wreaths at the summit, held in high esteem"
What has little Marisol been up to lately? From the title and picture I am sure you have surmised.... This little gal is taking "Hula" lessons! Woohoo! Little sister talked me into taking lessons with her and her friend Tiff. Last night I attended my first session:)
Meet our teacher - Wowza!
He is wonderfully patient and really explains things well!
I had to re-learn how to shake my hips:) All those nights of salsa dancing in my early years paid off Ha! I learned several basic Hula moves:
| kaholo |
take two steps to the right, bring your feet together, take two steps to the left, bring your feet together and repeat process all over again |
| ami |
rotate hips in a counter-clockwise motion without moving shoulders |
| sway |
swing your hips to the right and left |
| ami poe poe |
as you ami (counter-clockwise) you turn counter-clockwise keeping your left foot in its place and turn by stepping with your right foot
*do the opposite if you move correspondingly: clockwise ami to turn clockwise keeping your right foot in place and turn by stepping with your left foot |
| hela |
while keeping your stance straight extend your foot forward as you sway: extend your right foot as you sway to the left and extend your left foot as you sway to the right |
| kalakaua |
step forward and sway in the same direction |
| uwehe |
step and lift your heels; you should not be lifting you entire body, stay level as you uwehe so that only your legs are moving |
| lele uwehe |
make a side step, hela with the opposite foot and uwehe
*step to the left, hela with the right foot and uwehe (vice versa) |
| kui |
take a small step and as your foot hits the ground your other foot sweeps up far enough to be level with your knee |
| tui (bump) |
abrupt sways |
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| i lalo |
to go down |
| i luna |
to rise |
| lava |
stop |
| imua |
go forward |
| ihope |
go backward |
I also quickly found out that I will need a Pa'u --I was pleasantly surprised as this school uses very colorful Pa'us. I have my eye on these two I found reasonably priced on eBay
I love all the shades of green in this one:
Little Sister Picked this one:
I had a wonderful time! Of all the steps I learned only one two presented issues. I call them frog legs but its the Uwehe and Lele Uwehe... Hard to describe, lifting of the feet and hips and then sudden popping of the legs... Not so natural of a move I suppose he he...
Toward the end of the class we took some time to learn Hawaiian vowels, common words, and then we chanted our vowels... very nice!
In knitting news....
What’s on my needles:
1) Shur’tagal Socks in Socks That Rock Med Wt – Cosmo Girl Handyed by yours truly
2) Socks That Rock for the Hubbs in Sunkissed Beaches (simple sock recipe)
3) Liesl by Ysolda Tiegue in Sundara ASM: Wild Blueberries
4) Shawl that Jazz by Samantha Roshak in Blue Moon BLF – Worsted Wt
5) Flower Child - Sweater by Nora Gaughan in Turquoise Pure Pima Norse Blue
6) Baktus – Kerchief Scarf in Fresh from the Cauldron Eric Northman
7) Japanese Vines Scarf – Sundara Sock Jungle Boogie
8) Sweet Tee – Brooks Farms Mas Acero in a dark Teal
9) Plaid Scarf in Yarntini – Burberry inspired Colors
10) And few other projects in hibernation… Lets not talk about these…. I will not talk about these and you can’t make me ha!
Currently in rotation:
Shurta’gal Socks in Socks That Rock Med Wt – Cosmo Girl Handyed by yours truly
Socks That Rock for the Hubbs in Sunkissed Beaches (simple sock recipe)
Liesl by Ysolda Tiegue in Sundara ASM: Wild Blueberries
Shawl that Jazz by Samantha Roshak in Blue Moon BLF – Worsted Wt
Flower Child - Sweater by Nora Gaughan in Turquoise Pure Pima Norse Blue
Place holder for a “Sundara my shawl for your socks swap!” round II
Under consideration and pending whether predictions/ trends in
Oregon
for the first week of August:
11) Hanne Vest from Knitty.com
12) Caricia Shawl
13) Delphine Lacy Cap Sleeve top – from French Girl –also came out in Interweave Knits Spring ‘09
14) Jessie Lambdin Shawl in Sundara Sunshine Silk Lace
15) Peacock Feathers in a gorgeous green Algae Over Bamboo Sundara Silk Lace
Goodness gracious! Great Balls of YARN--- I think I may have fallen down a rabit hole with all these knitting projects –eeek! No wonder the Hubbs was happy to hear that I am taking Hula lessons. His exact words… “I think you are going to really like it honey, it’s a lot of fun. Great Idea”.
I would normaly provide links to the projects or pictures. However, given that the list is so darn long…. Feel free to paruse my projects on ravelry. I will post progress pictures soon.
For now, I will leave you with this. My latest FO:
Eclispse socks in Sundara black and Shibui Red. Amazing what you can accomplish when you focus on ONEPROJECTATATIME!
Want a closer look at my new Ruby Slippers? I do he he....
yeah, yeah, yeah... Marisol has a new found VOG fettish.... Just call me Imelda:)
