Non-knit
I begin my day with my
iPad – email, Flipboard, Zite. Flipboard has a “News” section – its own idea,
and I rarely look at it, but I did this morning. The first page is Gaza , Syria Afghanistan America
Knitting
I hope to finish
Ketki’s first sock today. I don’t know what we’re going to do about Strathardle
– my husband has been having a series of highish blood sugar levels, and wants
to consult the hospital. Also, his right hand, which had been slowly improving,
seized up entirely yesterday. Walking is more difficult even than usual because
he can’t hold his walking stick in his right hand. I had to help with dressing
for the first time. Slouchy-sized socks – my recent knitting – make things
easier.
Anonymous, you asked
for my “little [sock] list”. Here it is, as it appears in my electronic
Filofax. Notice the reference at the end to comments here – I appreciate you
people:
Nancy Bush, "Folk
Socks"
June socks pattern
(downloaded & printed)
Lucy Neatby's garter
stitch heel -- in pattern "Timberland Toes" downloaded and printed
"Afterthought
heel" -- this is probably EZ
Yarnissima's
"brainless" -- free Ravelry pattern -- downloaded & printed
Advice on stretchy
cast-offs: comments Sunday 5/2/12 and Monday
Tips on interesting
yarn for gents, 8-9/2
I agree with you
utterly, Catdownunder,
about being unenthusiastic about toe-up socks. That fiddly cast-on! The tedious
ribbing last! And, worst of all, no way to correct the foot length if I get it
slightly wrong. All the pattern-writers seem to think we knit socks for no one
but ourselves, and can be constantly trying them on.
But this is my year
for challenges, so I’ll have a go at it.
Twisted-front sweater
Mary Lou, I’m completely sure that the
pattern coincidence I talked about yesterday, was no more than that – a coincidence,
as you say. Both magazines and both designers were probably upset by it. Judith
(comment, Saturday), I so agree that Ravelry is simply invaluable for letting
us see how a contemplated pattern actually looks on actual people. The En
Pointe looks better than I would have expected. There aren’t enough real-world
examples of the VK version to judge.
Check out Joyce Williams toe-up heel cast on. It is easy and NEVER needs adjusting. It is in her book Latvian Dreams - or Latvian Knits. Can't remember. She taught me to do it through email in response to a note many years ago on the KL. She was brillaint!
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My husband saw the horrible news about Afghanistan last evening (Sun. evening).
ReplyDeleteAccording to the story on CNN website, "This was not just a rogue soldier," said Jorge Gonzalez, executive director of G.I. Voice, a veteran-run nonprofit organization that operates a soldiers' resource center near the base called Coffee Strong. The base is "a rogue base, with a severe leadership problem," he said.
"If Fort Lewis was a college campus, it would have been closed down years ago," Gonzalez said.
And back to knitting - Joyce's book is Latvian Dreams
Because of my work I have access to a more professional "news feed" than most people. It is clear from that the main news services in the US (from their ABC, CNN etc) tend to be pretty much "sanitised" and even more local than ours in Australia. The UK tends to have (and give)a much better coverage of world affairs. There are some things which are only reported if they cannot cover them up.
ReplyDeleteThe other problem with toe-up for me is the heel. The plaintive, "Can't you just make them the way you have always made them because they fit that way" is enough to keep experiments off the radar.
Catdownunder - I agree with you. I tend to go to the BBC website first because they cover US news better than the US media sites. As for international news - it is rarely covered (and never in any depth) by US news.
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