The Mystery… she is finished! (and, as you can see above, I did have enough of EACH yarn!!) It needs to have all the ends woven in and some blocking, but this humidity means that won’t happen this week. But I am sharing it sans blocking. I am not so sure I like the bind off. It feels a bit like the designer thought “I need to have something different to finish” and this is it. I just am not sure “it” works. Maybe I will feel different post blocking, but right now I am thinking it is not staying. If that is the case, it will just have a simple…plain… bind off. Overall I am happy with the results, however I am putting mystery knits on the back burner for a bit.
Even unblocked, it is beautiful!
After all the beauty of this shawl, this ending is just “meh”
The transitions are just so smart!
Meanwhile… this arrived! and I immediately cast on! There is so much joy right now!
Yum!
It’s amazing how quickly things go on US 10.5’s!
The reading was good this week as well! Two more squares filled, still no cover all….yet! Ha!
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I know that LOTS of people were disappointed in this book, but I enjoyed it. It had all the bits of the previous books that I loved plus a main character I loved to hate (I had hopes Coriolanus might be salvageable, but nope… I hated him to the end) I also found this book to have an interesting take on Science Gone Absolutely Wrong.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time.”
“They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.”
The writing in this book is absolutely incredible. I listened and the narrator was excellent with the beautifully nuanced text! I loved Janie’s journey… it is compelling, honest, and full of hope and love. I cried at the ending… and I highly recommend this book!
That is all I have for this week. If you wrote a post to share, please leave your link below! See you back here next week when I join Honoré and share my Word Update!
Your shawl is so gorgeous. I agree about the bind off – I wasn’t a big fan either. But it was something totally new for me and that’s how I thought about this whole project. Mine won’t get much wear because of my color choices but I LOVED all of those transitions.
I’ve been meaning to read Their Eyes Were Watching God. I’m so glad you loved it!
Your shawl is gorgeous!! This humidity is so awful…hopefully it will go soon and you can get your beauty blocked!!
Your shawl is quite lovely! I think I agree with you about the bind-off, but you are the best judge. I love the color you chose for this Ranunculus; it’s going to be a real beauty! Wishing you joyful knitting and good reading!
I too wasn’t wild about the bind off, but having seen how others have blocked it (with the sections with the yarnovers pulled into points), I like it a little better. Still, it felt like a bit of a cop-out to me, too. But otherwise your shawl is lovely, and it’s going to be really stunning once you’re able to block it.
The color for your new Ranunculus is stunning — like my favorite shade of hydrangea!
that bind off didn’t do it for me either….different doesn’t always make better.
LOVE your shawl! and the colors that you used. Such a pretty combination and when it gets to cooler weather, the shawl can then be worn! I have a mental countdown to fall.
Your shawl turned out SO much nicer than most of them I’ve seen! 🙂 Although Kirsten’s stitch patterns always flow beautifully, this design felt just a bit too … throw-everything-in-and-see-what-sticks . . . for my taste (and especially the bind off). Not my favorite of her designs — although yours turned out really beautifully! And the color for your new Ranunculus is just stunning. It will be a pleasure to knit — and then to wear. 🙂
I finished my MKAL shaw the other night too! I don’t mind the bind off too much, but I love everything else about the shawl so I don’t really mind.
I love the color you chose for your Rannuculus!
That shawl is beautiful. I’ll be interested to see what you decide about the bind-off post blocking. The new sweater is a great color – blue my favorite. I should listen to the audio of Hurston’s book. It’s been awhile since we read it in our book group. Good idea. Stay cool.
My MKAL has been on hold for a week as I definitely did not have enough yarn (though I should have had 20 extra yards…). I think Kym described it perfectly and I’m not sure I’ll keep it or do the recommended bind off. I have enjoyed knitting it though! I do love your colors and think it really will be beautiful.
The shawl colors are beautiful–the transition is fun. Not so sure about that bind off, though, maybe after blocking?
No unraveling for me this week!
That bind off is a little….odd?….if that is the right word. It looks lovely close up buy at a distance it looks like it doesn’t fit quite right. Maybe blocking will help it.
I am intrigued as to why humidity effects blocking, we have fairly high humidity here, year round but not the heat with it, is it the combination that effects it? Or maybe I would not not the effect on my blocking as my humidity is always high!
I think that edge is gonna block out and you will be thrilled. (well, at least that’s the experience of a few of my other friends 😉 YAY you for all the reading. and I look forward to joining back in with UW … maybe next month!
I couldn’t get myself to finish the mystery and I was sad to put so much into it and stop 3/4s of the way. I am unimpressed with the way it ended, and found it disappointing. Hopefully next year TTL mystery will be better.