How did it get to be August already?! I don't want to wish my life away, but only four more Unraveled Wednesdays and it will be September (and hopefully cooler). I'm joining Kat and fellow Unravelers today to share some rewinding and soaking I finally remembered to do and a bit of progress on my Sparkly Hitch on the Move.
I had forgotten about the Wollmeise Roll that I unraveled and wound into a ball before we left to visit my SiL. But I wished I had two knitting projects and finally remembered that I had the yarn partly ready for my next project. Here are a few pictures of its progress from a knit Roll to a ready-to-knit ball of yarn:
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| It's the one on the left, Captain Ahab |
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| Captain Ahab unrolled and spread out |
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| Captain Ahab wound around two kitchen chairs and tied. |
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| Captain Ahab is in for a bit of a soak |
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| Captain Ahab drying outdoors |
I'll be winding the yarn and casting on a new Hitchhiker later today, so I'll hopefully have a new project to share with you next week.
Meanwhile, the Sparkly Hitch on the Move continues apace. Here it is with lots of immature acorns that are dropping on the patio and keeping the squirrels busy.
I read two books this week. This first, It. Goes. So. Fast. by Mary Louise Kelly, is a memoir about her highs and lows of trying to balance working as a journalist for NPR and being a parent to two sons. There are plenty of parental anecdotes as well as stories from her time with NPR. After this four-star book, I would gladly read another memoir from Kelly with more stories about NPR.
Diagnosis by Lisa Sanders is a collection of essays that deal with some rarely seen diseases, many of which have stumped several doctors. Sanders has organized the chapters by symptoms (fever, headache, nausea, rash, etc.), eight of the most common problems that send patients to the doctor. I was struck by how often CT scans and MRIs are ordered, and how often antibiotics are prescribed solely in the hope that they will help improve the patients' symptoms. Some of the best essays are those where the diagnosing physician's thought process is shared, but many times the "aha" moment occurs during a consultation when another physician arrives at the diagnosis because s/he has seen it before. This was three stars for me.
What are you making and reading this week?
I don't think I could read the disease book since I would probably worry about my own health, lol. I have never washed wool and hung it out to dry and you make it look so easy. Lovely knitting :)
ReplyDeleteFun to see the different stages of your sock blank and that is going to make a beautiful Hitchhiker. Meanwhile your sparkly Hitch on the Move is so pretty. I really like the way that is knitting up and I really want to start mine! I'm with Karen - no disease book for me, thanks anyway!!
ReplyDeleteI think that sock blank will be a lovely Hitchhiker! And thank you for your reviews... I am going to give Mary Louise Kelly's book try!
ReplyDeleteLOVE seeing The Adventures of Captain Ahab and can't wait to see where his Hitchhiking adventure takes him! :-) (If all goes well, I'll be casting on for my own Hitch on the Move soon. Maybe even today! I'm inspired by yours.)
ReplyDeleteI read Diagnosis awhile back. The author had (has?) a column in the NYT that is similar, which I read it faithfully. There was even an 8-part series on Netflix. I love medical mysteries!
ReplyDeleteI saw a reference to the Netflix series when I was writing my Goodreads review, but I haven't checked to see if it's still streaming. It sounds like something I might watch!
DeleteHitch on the Move just gets prettier and prettier.
ReplyDeleteIt's so delightful to see the progression from sock blank to yarn. I'm not sure I realized that you unwound and washed the yarn first before winding it into a ball to work from -- but as I am not a fan of working with yarn ramen, I understand why! You are making excellent progress on Hitch on the Move!
ReplyDeleteThe Diagnosis book sounds interesting, but I also feel like, having watched the entire series of House, I probably don't need to read it.
Your Hitch on the Move is looking great and I can't wait to see how your sock blank knits up. I haven't read Diagnosis, but I do enjoy the author's NYT column on diagnosing mystery diseases. I always try to figure out what the diagnosis is and sometimes I get it right!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debbie! I cast on the sock blank today, and now I'm dithering about whether I should have started from the blue end (that's what I did) or the brown end. Classic overthinking, but I may be too lazy to rewind the yarn to try it and see.
DeleteI admire you starting a new hitchhiker with yarn that has multiple preparation steps before you can cast on. I'm not sure I get the point of a "roll" ... can you enlighten me?
ReplyDeleteYour Hitch on the Move is making me want to knit my own. Maybe after I'm done with dishcloths!
ReplyDeleteThe Hitch on the Move looks very pretty. I have to smile at the yarn wound around the two chairs. I have a system of two chairs upside down on the table so I can wind yarn around the chair legs into a skein. I mostly do this with handspun. Necessity is the mother of invention. The color in that yarn is also very pretty. Sometimes I wonder why everyone else's yarn appeals to me more than my own.
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