@knitting does anyone have a method for keeping track of one's row in a written pattern with no landmarks?
My only thinking is printing it out and crossing off rows as I get to them, but I know I'll lose my pen at some point, keep knitting because I don't want to stop, and then lose my place.
@Betty@knitting Something I picked up from an old issue of Vogue Knitting: place a marker in your knitting every 20 rows. That way, you always know what absolute row you're on, and can figure out your pattern row easily. This is especially useful for things like patterns with multiple cables.
For things like single intarsia charts, I just use a row counter clicker.
Retailers are getting more bold about where they place ads! I was going to buy something online from Lands End and went to pay, selected my card ready to send them money and do you know what they did? They put up a pop up ad! You can’t complete the transaction until you hear a pitch from “hello fresh” and “do you want to apply for an apple card?” etc. (I have pretty robust adblockers at home, is this how people live now?) Of course, I canceled the purchase.
If someone, who isn’t an avid reader says, “This is one of the best books I’ve ever read…” (assuming they aren’t talking about something they read when they were 5)
Do you think:
Wow, this must be a phenomenal book, I must find it immediately.
@Likewise@bookstodon If they're not an avid reader, it must have been an extremely popular book that didn't have a movie yet. Or else someone very strongly recommended it to them and hit the mark. So either I've already considered it, or it's worth considering!
If someone would start selling those nifty suffragette pantaloons you can bicycle in I bet they could sell a bunch.
But every skirt in stores looks like a horrible tube that will rutch up on your tush as you walk like an handsy subway creeper; you try to walk in little tiny steps. Sitting without flashing? Some kind of mysterious party trick.
Then there's a whole article in the fashion section hand wringing if skirts that aren't tight are "too conservative"
@futurebird I've been noticing lately that any time a designer features clothing with any significant amount of ease, the magazines hand-wring about being "conservative". Meanwhile, it's often not conservative necessarily at all, just comfortable (or at least more comfortable).
And yeah, nobody writing for fashion magazines knows any fashion history beyond their own (inevitably still-brief) lifetimes.
In Canada, French is a mandatory subject for anglophone students, and by the final years of secondary school we're studying novels in French class. Not everyone keeps up with their French, but we do get exposure to other literatures.
"50 books to read..." lists always have a hidden scope anyhow.
@bookstodon No, historical romance author, your heroine’s skirt hem did not skim over the bluebells, nor did lilac petals fall onto her bright unbound hair.
What kind of details bring your suspension of disbelief plummeting to the ground, fellow readers? For me, it’s often mistakes about plants, or food.
@CommonMugwort@bookstodon Putting a corset on a heroine (or any other femme-identifying character) before corsets were invented yet. Double points against for meditations on how uncomfortable the corsets were -- it just makes me wonder why the character doesn't pay for or make herself garments that fit properly.
Ok #knitters of Mastadon, I have sufficiently recovered from knitting the De Grau cardigan and thinking of a simple, mock or turtleneck, oversized style sweater. Preferably a faster knit (not sock weight!). I’ve been eyeing up a few patterns but I tend to gravitate to fitted patterns - any recommendations? @knitting
downside of masto's particular set of affordances is I can't figure out who posted this, and who boosted it into my timeline. But thank you both!!
"Lester del Rey... intuited that what millions wanted from a publishing industry urgently optimizing to keep up with capitalism was to escape the modern age into a world where capitalism and industry had never happened. There is magic in that. At least I thought so, as a kid. But there’s also, in del Rey’s vision, a formulaic—let’s face it, industrial, rationalized—conception of culture and a pernicious nostalgia that courts sexism and white supremacy. Today, fantasy is, along with romance, our wildest, most flourishing genre. It might not be this way were it not for Lester del Rey, even if his legacy now is as the wizard so many writers and readers choose to battle against."
Weaving in / Blocking / Finishing week continues in the #FallFinishAlong.
Question for everyone: what are your favorite finishing tips for your craft? Best way to weave in ends, block, sew things up… any and all tips welcome!
@consumableJoy@knitting@fiberarts Weave in ends as you go, especially when there is a lot of colour work. That way you are never faced with "all those ends".
And something I learned from my grandmother which is considered very radical these days: if you learn to knit evenly and consistently, you don't need to block except for lacework. When I did learn blocking, I couldn't figure out why it never seemed to make much difference. It's just not always necessary.
@PatternChaser@dbsalk@bookstodon It's a change in idioms, usually. I know the first Harry Potter got renamed to Sorcerer's Stone in the US because the publishers figured no-one would know what a Philosopher's Stone was.
While I understand that reasoning, to me part of the joy of reading is discovering new turns of phrase.
A decade after graduating highschool and I'm finally giving Wuthering Heights another chance. So far not regretting my decision as I'm able to catch a lot more of the social nuances in the story and appreciate Heathcliff's decent into the man we meet at the start of the story.