in which I write about stuff
Cast on small size. Accidentally reduced by 2 too many stitches, but I think it’s actually a good thing for my skinny wrists. Might go up to the medium size for the thumb gusset, as it seems too short at the small size.
Bound off first mitt with normal technique, feels a bit tight after finishing; tried “lace bind-off” (?) for 2nd one, not a lot better. Really needs a stretchy bind-off.
Got the name from @lilyorit, who saw a pic of the work in progress and tweeted “:D A LADY’S GAUNTLET”
for that purple yarn
Used odds & ends: Cascade Superwash 220 in blue & brown; Lions Worsted (?) in tan.
Using magic loop.
12/26 started tail
12/27 tail complete
1/3 did the comb (in chunky on #7 needle), still not sure how to do face
1/4 face with a bit of sock yarn. very pleased with how it turned out!
Made a 2nd one of these using the fox ear pattern, didn’t like that so much.
Before it’s too far into 2014! Turns out I didn’t read that much in 2013. (I blame knitting.) But I did read a few books that I thought were five-star:
In the order I read them, linked to my Goodreads reviews.
author: Ken Bruen
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at: 2013/09/01
date added: 2014/01/09
shelves: mystery, fiction
review:
I saw the TV series recently and decided to get the first book from the library. Good stuff; quite different from the show in some of the particular, but a similar feel to it. And strangely poetic. There’s a great voice in Jack Taylor. Not that much plot, really, but a good story.
author: Ken Bruen
name: Elaine
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at: 2013/09/01
date added: 2014/01/09
shelves: mystery, fiction
review:
I saw the TV series recently and decided to get the first book from the library. Good stuff; quite different from the show in some of the particular, but a similar feel to it. And strangely poetic. There’s a great voice in Jack Taylor. Not that much plot, really, but a good story.
author: Alison Bechdel
name: Elaine
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2013/08/01
date added: 2014/01/09
shelves: autobiography, graphic-novel, non-fiction
review:
Read this for a writing course I took at work (The Evergreen State College) over the summer. Glad I got a chance to enjoy it. Great artistic technique, notably the contrast between the “cartoonish” style of the main narrative and the occasional bit of realism included as illustrations, usually drawings of photograph. Fantastic narrative styling, moving backwards & forwards in time, examining the author’s relationship with her father, and her father’s identity, from many different angles.
(Plus I had the opportunity to try turning some of an essay I’d written for the class into a page of graphic novel. Note: I can’t draw AT ALL. But it was still a great way to think about narrative, emphasis, etc.)
author: Alison Bechdel
name: Elaine
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2013/08/01
date added: 2014/01/09
shelves: autobiography, graphic-novel, non-fiction
review:
Read this for a writing course I took at work (The Evergreen State College) over the summer. Glad I got a chance to enjoy it. Great artistic technique, notably the contrast between the “cartoonish” style of the main narrative and the occasional bit of realism included as illustrations, usually drawings of photograph. Fantastic narrative styling, moving backwards & forwards in time, examining the author’s relationship with her father, and her father’s identity, from many different angles.
(Plus I had the opportunity to try turning some of an essay I’d written for the class into a page of graphic novel. Note: I can’t draw AT ALL. But it was still a great way to think about narrative, emphasis, etc.)
