I feel much better after a decent night’s sleep. I hope that’s
true of all of us.
On Tuesday itself, the 8th of November, I watched
a BBC Four documentary (now that I’ve figured out iPlayer) called Rich Hall’s
Presidential Grudge Match. I don't think I had never heard of Rich Hall. He’s
good. The general idea was, there have been lots of ups and downs in American
presidential history, and the Republic has survived them all. Admittedly, the
punch line was, “If Trump wins, I’m coming to live in Britain”. It might even
be worth my watching it again.
I was interested to discover, wandering around the internet yesterday, that the New Yorker had a cover ready for this unexpected eventuality. It's not here yet, of course.
Last night, still on iPlayer, I watched another BBC Four
documentary, this time about the history of 20th century knitting. I
had seen it before, but found it worth watching again. The section on the wild
sweaters worn (mostly) by TV presenters in ?the sixties or ?the seventies,
reminded me of this pattern which I have long had in my archives:
I slightly surprised myself with how quickly I was able to
find it this morning. I wish I had dated it.
And I next thought, there is a door, over on the south side
of Drummond Place, which makes somewhat the same joke. I hope I will have the
strength to go over there this morning and photograph it for you. Maybe I had
better at least enter this pattern into my Ravelry queue. It would be fun to knit, and fun to wear.
As for actual knitting, slow but substantial progress. The
first Kaffe Fassett sock lacks only a very few rounds at the tip of the toe. And
the half-brioche, similarly, lacks only a couple of rows before the front is
finished. I joined in a new skein of Whiskey Barrel last night. I think we can
all agree that that feels like real progress.
I have only one more. Is that enough? I could do the placket in Roast Hatch Chillis. I've got plenty of that.
I made some sort of mistake when I rejoined the yarns to
knit the second half of the top front. It’s fairly obvious on the wrong side:
On the right side, you’d have to get off that horse and look
closely.
I’m not worried, but a bit cross at myself.
Loop says they have dispatched the hat. Still no Knitzi. I’ll
keep you posted.
We changed to decimal currency on 15th Feb 1971 so your pattern is earlier than that. Is there not a publication date on the back at the bottom?
ReplyDeleteThere's no date. I've examined it minutely. But I had forgotten about decimalisation -- that puts it in the Sixties, surely. Thank you!
DeleteMy hat kit arrived yesterday - admittedly, it didn't have as far to travel as yours. It's lovely, but the stripe pattern is more complicated than "knit each colour until it runs out". I can see I'm going to have to be a bit organised and keep the tag with each colour.
ReplyDeleteI always remember the decimalisation date as it was my birthday! I can still recall getting some shiny new coins as a present and going to spend them on some sweeties at the corner shop.
How tantalising! What could the pattern be?
DeleteThat's an interesting pattern, though I would like to see the sleeves multi coloured also. You might like to enquire at the Knitting and Crochet Guild, they have an extensive library of patterns.
ReplyDeletehttp://kcguild.org.uk/
best wishes
Helen (anon)
I remember Decimalization Day! It came in the middle of the long postal strike, and the information packets which were to be mailed to every household in the kingdom could not be delivered, which caused a great deal of confusion, as I recall. We were living in London (poor grad students) and had finally adjusted to pounds/shillings/pence when we switched over and were confused all over again.
ReplyDeleteBarbara M. In NH
Somewhat similar for me - I moved to the UK from Canada two weeks before decimalization and tried to catch on to the old system while job-hunting around London, and then lived through the change. Part of my trouble with the old system was learning the slang - I knew, from films,novels and magazines, what a "quid" was, but had no idea about a "tanner".
Delete- Beth in Ontario
The hair and makeup seem very '60s. Don't forget your Yardley of London lipstick!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking the same thing. Fortunately, I still have a Slicker in my bathroom cabinet . . . really!
Delete-- Gretchen (aka stashdragon)
Okay, I'll bite....what's a "Slicker?" And Jean, we promise, no one is going to get off of that horse!
DeleteIt's a 60's lipstick made by Yardley of London
DeleteI think a slicker's a raincoat, but I'm not sure.
ReplyDeleteAs far as emigration goes, of the 6 people I hung out with last night 2 are actively planning to emigrate. One's got dual citizenship or something like that for Australia and the other works for a company with offices in the UK and is going to try to get transferred there.
And I agree with Julie, no one's getting off that horse. I didn't even notice the error in the pictures.
glad you feel better
ReplyDeletei do not and wont...for four years (unless something happens)
as the demonstrators said last night - he is not my president.
i wish the electoral college would vote against him - they can in theory - but that would be a miracle
sigh
i am more depressed as the days go by-the list of the FIRST THINGS he is going to do is absolutely HORRIFYING.
he is going to put this country back in the dark ages - remember the KKK ENDORSED THIS MAN
here is the list of the VERY FIRST THINGS he is going to REPEAL in the FIRST DAY OF OFFICE and read the rest of the list... its more horrifying as you go down the list.
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trmp-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
i am seriously considering emigrating... this country may be so damaged by this man it will be catastrophic.
I think we need to put aside the comments made during the campaign and give the man a chance. He has surrounded himself with some solid people who hopefully will give him good advice that he will follow. I doubt it is going to be as dire as people are predicting.
ReplyDeletei am not so optimistic. he has already started by ducking the press = he is not allowing the normal pool (daily changing reps from diff press orgs) to follow him ... this is SOP for PRES and VP (and to-bes) and he ducked out on the usual photo with the incumbent welcoming him to the WH... the secrecy has begun.
Deletethe desire to blow up / change Washington may be welcomed by many BUT the collateral damage is going to be horrendous. wait until ACA is gone and social services are cut and ....
I believe I read it was the other way around. Obama cancelled the photo shoot. So much of what the media presents is biased. We need to take everything said with a grain of salt.
Deletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/10/obama-to-welcome-trump-to-white-house-for-first-meeting-since-election/ It says "the white house did not arrange for the traditional photo op." No secrecy there.
DeleteI have the option to emigrate (married to an EU citizen) and that is comforting, but let's stand and fight. 2020 is just around the corner!
ReplyDeleteAmazingly, E-Bay recently had two balls of the Purple Heather 4-ply on offer from a vintage stash. They were still in the original delivery envelope from the 60s.
ReplyDeleteWas it not a style known as Op-Art, along with that Mondrian mini-dress by, was it, Yves St Laurent?