I've got this seamless, top-town raglan two-color brioche child cardigan thing I masterminded this summer. It's more manageable now that I'm done with the short row shaping+raglan increases and put the sleeves on hold, but it's still A PROJECT every time I pick it up. I won't know if my math is correct until I finish it, so let's finish it!
@Crito@knitting Cool question. Short answer is that knitting is what my gramma first taught me (bright orange terrible acrylic wool, I made a garter-stitch scarf with silver-grey crochet accents!) and now I've played around with enough knitting techniques that I know how to use two needles to make what I imagine.
@knitting It's growing veeeeery slowly. You can't rush brioche, like @mandelbrot57 said (paraphrase). According to my calculations, I should continue in pattern for another 8cm 😩 I really want to move onto a next step already. #FallFinishAlong is helping though.
@knitting It's been awhile since I did a #FallFinishAlong update and I'm sorry to say, it's because I haven't gotten a lot done on it. Been thinking about this week's "blockers" theme, and for this project, I realized it's the wrong combination of complicated and boring. Brains are needed only every 4th row, but it's enough to keep me from getting into a "flow".
@knitting My new tactic is putting the knitting down AFTER the complicated pattern row, so it's not such an obstacle to pick it up again next time... got three rows of monotony before I have to get out the charts and printouts and move the sticky notes. It's been working somewhat. This cardigan would've languished A LONG TIME at this stage if not for the peer pressure of #FallFinishAlong lol
@knitting Look, I KNOW this isn't what we meant for #FallFinishAlong WIPs, but actually something I've been putting off for so so long was updating the knitting projects on my website.
So now FINALLY (and thanks to FallFinishers) you can see how this project continues to take shape at
You've heard the saying "God laughs at your plans." Well, I had planned to go shopping on Saturday, at the biggest used book emporium I could find, but I got deathly ill late on Friday night and I'm just now crawling out of it.
So, today, we have chosen a vintage book shop owned by women (bonus points) and I hope they're ready for us. They have 80,000 used books and collectibles. "Jeeves, my shopping cart!" It's like letting us loose in a candy store.
Join in #13Books to know me because getting to know people by the books they hold close to their heart is great,
The Tombs of Atuan - Le Guin
Frankenstein - Shelley
Hunger Games - Collins
Last Unicorn - Beagle
The House of Spirits - Allende
The Handmaid's Tale - Atwood
The Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin
Annihilation - VanderMeer
Three Times Lucky - Turnage
Good Omens - Pratchett Gaiman
Jane Eyre - Brontë
Pet Sematary - King
Howl's Moving Castle - Wynne Jones
Parable of the Talents – Butler
Semiosis – Sue Burke
Artificial Condition – Martha Wells
Assassin’s Apprentice – Robin Hobb
Ishmael - Quinn
Tomorrow x3 – Zevin
All the Birds in the Sky – CJA
The Genius Plague – Walton
To Be Taught If Fortunate – Chambers
Uprooted – Novik
Parasite Rex – Zimmer
Mr Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder – Weschler
Radicalized – Doctorow
@mybarkingdogs@bookstodon I think it's really cool that you're asking this question! I recently stopped accepting translation work (film & television, SWE to ENG) with stories that featured police investigations.
Nordic Noir is VERY popular. People assured me THEIR project was "critical" of police, but there's something baked into the storyline that legitimizes the view that "we need cops"
@mybarkingdogs@bookstodon I definitely think it's possible to write mysteries without the role of police (esp. in a sci-fi setting like yours!). Could be an exciting element of world building.
I think my problem is, when we keep telling familiar stories (the good cop in corrupt system, etc) we miss the opportunity to put our creative energies into imagining something else.
I saw some of his art online and thought it looked like “Invisible Hands” from Liquid Television, which I LOVED. Same artist! This didn’t have quite the same level of twisted, creepiness as that animated series, but I was so happy to find his work in comic form. There’s more too.
@ottsatwork@bookstodon I think maybe he has gotten better? I enjoy his past work (despite some thin charactarizations at times and intrusive tech how-to, like you said) but there’s something about these four stories that impressed me. Still think about them.
Finally #reading Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. Consistently startled that it was published in 1976. Feels extremely relevant. So many things things touted as new ideas in contemporary #SFF--queer communities, #LandBack ideals, and centering marginalized perspectives--are all here and have existed woven into story form for nearly 50 years.
@Talia@bookstodon I was stuck at the 30-page mark for so long because the beginning is BRUTAL. Relentless. I was like, “Please! You promised me a feminist utopia!” So happy I kept with it. A rewarding read.