Greetings gentle Unraveler’s and welcome!
I have made another week with no unraveling… and I am making good progress on try two of the Waffle Pullover yoke… and my maths are good!! (which might be the best part of all my progress!) My adjustments for my row gauge are working as I’d hoped!
I am ready for a longer cable needle, but the increases are going beautifully!
In my “schedule shake up” I am still stitching each morning, but I am spending the stitching time working on my AC bandana, which is an entirely different sort of stitching. It is measured, even, precise. The entire process… threading my needle, loving my thread, and settling in to the stitching rhythm is really addictive. But it is not fast… and that might be the best thing of the entire thing! It is the penultimate slow-fashion. I have four more backstitch bits to go and then I can begin the beading! I am going to continue this practice in the morning and I am looking forward to beginning the beading process.
The reading has been equally good… stunningly so. I listened to Vigil, the latest Saunders book, and loved it! It was as good as the audio of Lincoln on the Bardo, and maybe even a bit better! If you are on the fence about this book, I’d really encourage you to listen to it, the cast is brilliant.
I am currently listening to Fredrik Backman’s My Friends… oof. It is so good and I am slowly listening at a measured pace. I am not far into it but there have already been tears. Backman’s ability to draw deeply profound characters is amazing. I don’t want to race through it, there is so much to think about!
And, I have been introducing myself to a new-to-me poet, Tomas Tranströmer. The Poet’s Corner had a craft talk with Patty Crane who translated his entire works. I have been enjoying reading through his works. Her book, The Blue House: Collected Works of Tomas Transtömer includes the original Swedish… I like that in a translation. I am so fortunate that my library system has a copy of this book. And as you can see, I am flagging quite a few poems!
And there you have my update… what does your knitting and reading look like this week?
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Hooray for sweater math working out! I hope that you’re soon past the complicated part of the yoke and onto the smooth sailing of the body. I’m hopeful that my sweater swatch yields a working gauge so I can cast on soon. It seems funny to be looking forward to starting a sweater as the weather is getting warmer, but it’s what I feel like knitting right now!
Nice stitching Kat! It certainly sounds like a meditative process. I’m looking forward to seeing your beading when that happens. A good week of reading for you as well. I tried reading (with my eyes) “My Friends” a while ago but just could not get into it. Maybe the audio version might work for me. Thanks for pointing me in the direction of Tomas Tranströmer. I was not familiar with his poetry, but googled him and read some – simply lovely!
The theme of your week seems to be “slow down” and that sounds good to me! I’m very happy that your sweater is working as you calculated. It looks great and so does the bandanna. I’ll be looking forward to the beading process. Somebody in acquisitions at your library likes poetry and that’s also a good thing!
I love the whole “slowing down” notion you’ve written about here. I’ve been trying to embrace a slower pace for myself all year, and while I can’t always seem to manage it, I mostly am. And that’s been a good thing for me, too. Best news here = being back on track with your Waffle Pullover. (Speaking of “slowing down,” I haven’t picked mine up in a week now . . . ) The yoke looks just wonderful, Kat! And working on my first Alabama Chanin project (all those years ago now) was pure magic (and probably the first time the benefits of “slowing down” revealed themselves to me). XO
A week with no unraveling! What a win!
This is all so great… the slowing down & shaking up!!
I haven’t read a Backman book in a while… I think that may soon change! 😉
Sweater Math that works is a very good thing. Kudos to you for persevering. Your stitching sounds so interesting and it’s even better when it becomes meditative. Occasionally I’ve run into a poem printed in both Spanish and English. Having the two versions side by side makes for a rich experience.
I’m glad you’re back on track with your Waffle Pullover! I read Vigil and loved it, you’re making me want to listen to it, too. I also really enjoyed My Friends.
the texture of the yoke is spectacular, looks so squishy soft. It’s beautiful!!