Been in a bit of a knitting fug this week. I have lots of projects to work on, but nothing was tripping my trigger. And I didn’t really even have startitis although the possibility of starting some new and wonderful project is, of course, always there.
This is especially embarrassing because I started the Secret of the Stole project with the idea of learning something and acquiring some self-discipline and now - well at least, at the moment - every time I look at it, I think...eh… That will almost certainly change in time, but right now I feel like I’ve bitten off - not more than I can - but more than I want to chew.
I keep leafing through stitch patterns, looking for something (or even a couple of somethings!) to attract my attention. God knows there’s plenty of material but so far, nothing has presented itself as an absolute must-do.
I’ve been scouring knitting and crochet sites on the web. Have you seen the Flying Bats Scarf? Very cute and funky. I think I’m going to write that bit of lace into a chart and then think about how it might be used. I saw the pattern over a week ago and it’s been hovering in my consciousness ever since. And you all know how I feel about bats :)
Myotis: The Shawl? Heheh…
I saw a movie last night that I liked enough to recommend - a British film called The Riddle. It tells a parallel tale of murder both in the present day and in the past. These murders are connected by a heretofore unknown manuscript of Charles Dickens. Derek Jacobi is always worth watching and here he plays a dual role to very good effect. The surprise (to me) was Vinnie Jones who plays the journalist who is caught up by these murders, both past and present, and who has to figure out what exactly is going on. Jones was wonderful and inhabited the character of Mike Sullivan fully and believably.
While the movie is a bit slow in spots (it runs 116 minutes) it generally moves along pretty well and I found the ending quite satisfying and fitting. On the other hand, the reviews of it that I could find (and there are surprisingly few of them) were all along the lines of “...the only riddle is how this ever got made”. All I can tell you is that I liked it.
Chatters is on for tomorrow night - same time, same channel :) Holy knitting needles, Batman!
Have a great weekend :)
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Derek Jacobi--swoooooon! Although what’s the point since he’s, you know, THAT way and I’m, you know, THAT way, too, but still, swoooooon!
Holy cow Batsticks indeed! Maybe your fug with the shawl is that you prefer to design them yourself!
Ryan - I would watch anything Derek Jacobi was in; he always does such a fine job.
And don’t worry about the “swoons”. The two young men in Supernatural make me drool something awful - which also makes me feel like a perverse grandma :)
But there’s also Tina Turner…
Nat - I’m pretty sure that’s exactly right. But I promised myself (swore on the blog - so it’s serious!) that I would see this through :)
It would be great to see you at Chat if you can make it!
I’ve been in a fug too. I want to knit, but I just can’t seem to find anything inspiring. I’m sure I’ll come out of it sooner or later. I hope it’s sooner though!
Opal - Boy do I know what you mean! I hope the phase passes for both of us before too much longer :)
