Unravelled and What Are You Reading - the one with the personal stuff

I'm knitting Winter's Beach Cardigan. it's going quite fast, considering that in l
ast week's update I only had a swatch. The cables are very intuitive, the yarn is sheepy and lovely, and even though I'm still not 100 percent on quite how white it is the cables show up beautifully.

I'm reading Dr Jen Gunther's soon to be released book The Menopause Manifesto menopause. I'm 44 years old, and I suppose I should know some of this stuff, and who better to learn from than someone who is all about educating women? When I saw it on NetGalley I requested it so fast I think I sprained a finger. That said, it took me a while to get into it. In 2019 I was diagnosed with "health anxiety" after spending much of that year being convinced I was having a heart attack. Some counselling and A LOT of meditating later, and I'm in a much better place, but this book talks about cardiovascular disease and related things. Although, it turns out that knowledge is power since she recommends blood pressure and lipids as the relevant tests. When I went to the doctor and got the diagnosed with anxiety she took my blood pressure and it was good and low. Even though I was basically in the middle of a panic attack. Enough about me - the book is informative, thorough, easy to read in that it is divided into quite short chapters, evidence based, feminist and I recommend it if menopause is something you need to know about.

And that's what I've been up to this week. I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday and Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading. Thanks Kat and Kat for hosting these linkups.

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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