Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Unraveled Wednesday: 5/18/22

I'm joining Kat and fellow Unravelers for Unraveled Wednesday, with one final photo of my Antler cardigan (at least until next fall when I get it out of storage to wear to the NJ Sheep & Wool Show). 

The photo session didn't start out very well. I asked John to take a few photos, and technology isn't his thing (even though all I wanted was a few pictures with my phone). 


I was slightly disgruntled at the photographer, not the sweater. But here are a few other pictures where I look slightly happier.




It fits reasonably well, I love the buttons, and I'm happy with the sweater overall. Because I sort of fiddled with the sizing by using DK instead of worsted, I'm very pleasantly surprised. Maybe I'll even knit another sweater before three more decades elapse, but for the immediate future, it's back to Hitchhikers. 

I listened to Island of the Blue Dolphins after Kat's Museum of Me post last week and it was as wonderful as she proclaimed. My only regret is that I somehow missed reading this as a young girl. I read another book this week, a pre-publication copy of All the Living and the Dead. The book may not be for everyone, but I loved it. The author wrote the book because she wondered how people who have made death their work manage it on a daily basis. “If the reason we’re outsourcing this burden is because it’s too much for us, how do they deal with it?”

Hayley Campbell interviews many different people associated with death - a funeral director, the director of anatomical services at Mayo Clinic, an embalmer, a crime scene cleaner, a death mask maker, an executioner, anatomic pathology technologist, bereavement midwife, gravediggers, crematorium operator, and even people at a cryonics institute. I learned that there are many more people involved with death than I ever thought, and with their varied viewpoints, I also learned that it's far more than just a job to many of them. The care and respect they feel and show in their work is evident, even if it's work that most people will never see and may not be appreciated. 

What are you making and reading this week?

20 comments:

  1. Beautiful sweater! The color looks amazing on you.

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    1. Thank you very much, Karen! I love the color and look forward to wearing it in the fall.

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  2. I LOVE your sweater! Gosh it turned out beautifully, Bonny! (AND!! I love that you listened to Island of the Blue Dolphins!) But that death book... well that just fascinates me! I am off to see if my library has a copy!

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  3. In spite of your frustration with the photographer, it's very clear to me how pleased you are with the sweater -- which you should be! It looks like the perfect fit and the color suits you very well.

    It looks like I can get both the ebook and audiobook of Island of the Blue Dolphins via Hoopla, so I can look forward to a reread (though considering I think I first read the book in fourth grade, it might as well be a first read!). Right now, I'm about halfway through both Young Mungo and The Island of Missing Trees.

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  4. Oh, Bonny! It turned out just wonderfully! I love the color and the buttons and the fit. You're going to love having that cardigan ready when the cool autumn air returns. So nicely done! (And that first, disgruntled photo just cracks me up. While Tom has learned to loosen up and have a little more fun when I ask him to photograph Yet Another Sweater, we have taken many, many "clunker photos" over the years. Please tell John he did an admirable job as fashion-photographer!) XOXO

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  5. Bonny, I love your sweater! The color is great on you, the fit is very good, the knitting looks very even, and the buttons are perfect for an Antler Sweater. Excellent result! John did a good job with the photos, so give him some attaboys in preparation for the next time. I tried to send you a message to friend you on goodreads, just so I could follow your book reviews, but I haven't been successful. I am Beckster on goodreads, so when you are on there again sometime, please send me a friend request. I like your reviews! Hmmm, the death book sounds very interesting. I wonder how the author came up with the subject for that book.

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  6. FABULOUS finish Bonny! Love, love, love your sweater - the color, the style, the cables, the fit and the buttons! I'm another one who cracked up over the first picture. I think I need to read Island of the Blue Dolphins (I never did as a kid that I can remember), but I think I won't do the death book!

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  7. What a lovely finish, Bonny - the fit, the color, the buttons, and even the photos! Marc's getting a lot better with photographing my sweaters, but I do give him a lot more opportunities to practice ;-)

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  8. Oh I love everything about your sweater!

    Husbands are just not great photographers where knitwear is concerned, though yours ended up much better than mine usually do. :-)

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  9. Love the buttons, the color is fabulous on you and Antler looks like a sweater you'll enjoy wearing often.

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  10. what a work of art! You did such a great job and you need to make another one, this one fits your perfectly!!

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  11. You look beautiful in your new sweater. That is a great color!

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  12. The book about death employees (that's something I never thought I might type) sounds fascinating! And I admire your Antler sweater so much, it is possible (though actually not likely; so many patterns so little time) that I might make one for myself.

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  13. Bonny, your sweater is fabulous! The color, fit & buttons are a win. Checking my stash for options to make my own. 💙

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    1. Thank you very much! It's my favorite color, and I'm really looking forward to wearing it in the fall. I haven't knit a sweater in three decades, but it's a well-written pattern and I'd highly recommend it. I *might* even knit another one some day!

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  14. Your sweater looks fantastic on you! The color is such a beautiful blue, the buttons are perfect, and the fit is good! I hope you enjoy wearing it next fall!

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    1. Thank you, Debbie! I am really happy with the sweater, and have even considered knitting another one some day. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to getting a lot of wear out of it in the fall (never mind that summer has just barely started)!

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  15. The sweater looks really fabulous, Bonny! It's a great color and pattern and you just know you're going to wear it constantly in the fall and winter. The expression on your face in the first photo says it all. And I get it, Dale is a good photographer but he doesn't understand about photographing hand knits at all!

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  16. Your sweater is stunning Bonny! A beautiful color and you will wear it well. And ditto with Doug on the photos...

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  17. What a great sweater finish Bonny. That first photo makes me smile. I really enjoy a DK weight sweater. That weight, at least for me is very wearable. The buttons look great. How nice it will be to pull that sweater out next fall.

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