I must be brief – the new Fruity Knitting is up, right
on schedule – and it’s Marie Wallin!
I sometimes wish I could reach through my computer
screen and comfort Susan Crawford. I fear that she is shrinking from the
completion of the Vintage Shetland Project because it’s going to be expensive
and it's going to involve hard work. Indeed, we had a post complaining in
advance about the hard work of sending out the books, way back there before the
cancer diagnosis.
She will have had the crowdfunding two and a half years
ago. Now she’s got to pay the printer, and then package up the books (and other
rewards) and send them out to us all. It’s no wonder that she prefers to
concentrate on simpler and more immediate tasks, as her strength returns. But I
wish she’d face up to it and tell us what’s happening, even if it’s very bad
news.
I’ve had a reasonably constructive day. I’ve finished
20 scallops, on the edging of the Amedro shawl for the prospective
great-grandbaby. That’s the first side done. I should surely be able to finish
the edging before Christmas. By then I should be near, or at, or beyond, the
end of the first 25 gr of yarn, and better able to calculate the time needed
for the whole.
If it weren’t for Fruity Knitting, I’d do a bit of
Soutache before bed.
Non-knit
Barbara, I looked at Amazon for the “health walking seat”,
as you suggested, and it sounds very good. But I can’t remember what it was
exactly that I bought for my husband. It could even be that. The first thing to
do is to see if Helen can find it when she goes to the country next weekend.
There will still time to order another one.
The big non-knit news is that I’ve heard from the
Duchess, and there seems to be every hope that she can scrape together enough
clients from her b&b people for a cookery class in Palermo to include me
and Archie during the first week of January.
How’s that for Degrees of Separation: 1) the Duchess,
who is married to 2) the adopted son of 3) Tomasi di Lampedusa, who was the
author of 4) Il Gattopardo, who was played in Visconti’s famous film by 5) Burt
Lancaster.
Here’s another cat picture for you, taken this
morning. Things are not quite as peaceful as this might suggest, but, on the
other hand, they’re not too bad, either.
I hate to be negative, but I think you should give up on the Vintage Shetland Project. And put Susan on the Naughty fundraiser's list.
ReplyDeleteHave the cats achieved some kind of detente?
Beverly in NJ
I'm not sure the Naughty Fundraisers list is the right place! She announced on her blog in August 2015 that she had raised over £32000 of which she would get over £29000 directly to produce the book. It might be OK to write off individual payments but a lot of people supported the venture and I do hope there will be a book to see at the end.
DeleteYou'll have to find a way to sequester the cats each day while your kitchen remodel is happening.
ReplyDeleteI love the cat pictures. Should I get a "pal" for Katerina??
ReplyDeleteSusan Crawford has stated on Ravelry that she will refund anyone who preordered the book who does not want to wait. The original firm who collected the money, Pubslush, have gone out of business so it seems this is why you have to go direct to her You have to contact her direct through her website. I must admit it is a long time to wait when the book was originally promised before Christmas 2015 and yes the "update in 2-3 weeks" is again overdue.
ReplyDeleteI subscribe to a newish film streaming service, Filmstruck, which has regular collection of a particular director. Currently it is Visconti, so I plan to indulge in Il Gattopardo over the long weekend, while knitting. This will prepare me for hearing about the trip.
ReplyDeletelove that photo of the rear window activity! the poor plant but a great spot for Paradox!
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