Unravelling Wednesday

Unravelling Wednesday - Week 24

The lockdown is very slowly easing easing. Now we're allowed to go for two hours exercise a day, and sitting in the park counts as exercise. And I just got back from a run down here (masks are only off because we were running):

So life feels pretty good.

I started a jumper for Leon on Monday. It's just a simple top down raglan, free, from Tin Can Knits. It's got a couple of nice details, and I dyed the yarn myself, so that's always fun.

And I'm reading the first Axis of Time book, by John Birmingham. It's a time travel novel and I don't normally like time travel. If you recall I was listening to his excellent Zero Day Code series. I started reading his blog. I've always had a fondnes for John Birminham, his He Died with A Fallafel in His Hand was one of the seminal books of my youth. So when I discovered he was on Patreon, I decided to follow him there too. But he was near the end of serialising the last Zero Day Code book, and he messaged me (!) to say it wouldn't make sense, did I want a copy of the previous books. When i said "no thanks, I'll wait for the audio book" he sent me Axis of Evil, which he will be writing the sequel to next. So, I've got a LOT of catching up to do. Also, John Birmingham messaged me!

And that's my week. I hope yours had some good things too. I'm linking up with Kat from As Kat Knits, where we chat about what we are reading and knitting.

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Geogradiant MKAL Part 1 - that was unexpected (spoilers)

Stephen West released the first MKAL clue on Thursday night. I started knitting it without looking at spoilers. When I got up on Friday he had sent through an "alternative" clue one. I then went and had a look at the spoiler thread to try to work out what was going on. Which was that some people thought the pattern looked like a "German hate symbol". I knit on anyway, since I was half-way through. Then he took down the original clue, replacing it with a mitred square in garter stitch. The Ravelry forums and Instagram are a complete shit-show, even though Rav is being moderated. It's been a bit disheartening, having something that is usually quite light and fun weighed down with all this. I admire Stephen's quick and sensitive response to this drama. I also feel that anything can look like anything if you squint. To me this looks like a Celtic knot. I think mine is pretty, and I'll knit on through all crises.

Linky Wednesday - the one with the drama

The drama about the Stephen West MKAL continues, and I can't be bothered with it. It's meant to be a fun, interesting, communal knit and and that's not what this year has turned in to. Stephen has done his best in a difficult situation, but I'm just not feeling it. Meanwhile, Israel is at war, and we (as a country) are going to vote "no" on a referendum that asks for basic consideration for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders. So yeah, lots of turmoil here. It's very tiring. I'm knitting a sock and considering what happens next. Luckily the reading was dramatic in a good way. I'm reading a NetGalley review copy of Last Summer at the Lake House and it's great. Super dramatic family drama about three sisters who loose their father unexpectedly and then find out that the family has secrets. I 've nearly finished it and I don't know what I'm going to read next. I've got a bit of a break between review books, so maybe Sta

Mussleburgh musings

I made a Mussleburgh hat earlier in the year, and even though I thought I was following the directions exactly it did not come out quite right. It was a little bit loose. My head is 51 cm, my gauge was 7 stitches, so according to the pattern I knit the right size. It's also a little bit shorter than I would like it. Too long for a beanie, too short for a good turn-up. I couldn't work out why. I still wore it, but it was not quite right. When I decided to knit one for Elise I knew I wanted to make it longer, and tighter. After I finished Elise's (with 24 fewer stitches) I realised something about mine: Now, this is a knit tube. I know how to knit tubes. When I make sleeves or socks, they don't balloon out in the middle. So I decided to reblock it. The instructions actually specifically say to fold it inside each other after blocking, but I probably folded it and dried it on my head, because that's how I block my hats. Not this time: Now it's longer and thinner

What I made, by Sharon

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