Unraveled Wednesday: 4/26/23

I'm happy to join Kat and fellow Unravelers for Unraveled Wednesday. While I'm waiting for peach yarn to complete my Hitchhiker (it won't even be shipped until the end of this week in the best case), I worked on the raspberry ankle sock. It's almost laughable because I wondered if I could knit a pair of socks before the peach yarn arrived. You can see that may not happen. 

I've turned the heel, picked up the gusset stitches, and decreased back to my original stitch number so now I'm just knitting down the foot. At best I have almost half a sock done, but there's still plenty more to knit (including another sock). I do tend to be a fast knitter in my imagination!

I finished A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding, and aside from the great title, it also provided me with a unique premise and quirky characters. Sometimes I was amazed, sometimes I was puzzled, and I was often confused, but overall, it was still quite a good book. It's good to shake up your reading once in a while and A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding can do that!

I also listened to The Power of Vulnerability to see whether Brené Brown had something worthwhile to say. I'm not much for self-help books but I've always discounted Brené Brown. For some reason, I found her irritating and preachy, with simplistic claims that seemed like pop psychology to me. I've only ever listened to five minutes of one of her TED talks, so I had to ask myself why was I so against her?

But I am willing to admit that she may be onto something. I didn't disagree with the points she presented in this book. I still think she uses too many buzzwords but she is a good storyteller. Just because I have a problem accepting the qualitative nature of social science research doesn't negate the research. I may even listen to more of her books, with some healthy skepticism and an open mind.

What are you making and reading this week?

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