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Knitting frogs
Mar. 20th, 2024 09:29 amI've been trying to get back into my crafty hobbies, starting with knitting. I think I really really started knitting last autumn, when I knit a pair of socks, started mittens (the second one is still waiting for the thumb to be knit, shhhhh), and recently I've finished another pair of socks and a... Frog. You might've seen those cute cute frogs on instagram reels and I just really wanted to try making one. I worried about the cost of the yarn from the pattern because there are some real expensive varieties out there, but when I finally looked it up it was just not at all expensive. So I finally got around to ordering and making frogs! The first one turned out a little lumpy but still cute and yesterday I started on the second one.
Today I'm visiting my mother to help her unpack, she moved house yesterday and I've yet to see the place - moving between rentals is hasty and there wasn't time. From the pictures it looks quite nice, and definitely an upgrade from her apartment. She now has a little garden and the house is in a better neighbourhood. What's also a nice surprise is that it's only a 15 minute walk from the train station, no more buses needed to visit! (my wallet will be delighted)
I'm still reading A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne. The perspective keeps shifting in a way I'm not used to. The main character Maurice is an ambitious and manipulative man who sucks up to successful writers to get them to help him along, promptly ditching them after they've helped him as far as they can get him. The first perspective was from one of the authors he uses, an old man with a secret 'evil' and complex past. Maurice weasels the story out of him, publishes it and ruins the author's good name and the last years of his life. The second perspective was from another famous author, whose friends were visiting him, one of them bringing Maurice. The third is from Maurice's wife, he marries at some point and he seems to have been stealing her work while she's working on the final stages. Maurice seems to be an all-round piece of shit and I wonder what drives him to act this horribly. Insecurity over his own skills? Ruthless ambition? (Though success would feel hollow if it wasn't your own achievement, I think) I was reminded of this video on plagiarism.
Meanwhile, I've been reading the Outlander books for some months and found them to be surprisingly enjoyable and interesting. I'm currently reading A Breath of Snow and Ashes, which is the 6th book in the series. The Outlander community/forum seems to be a bit dead on here, but maybe fellow fans are still out there?
Today I'm visiting my mother to help her unpack, she moved house yesterday and I've yet to see the place - moving between rentals is hasty and there wasn't time. From the pictures it looks quite nice, and definitely an upgrade from her apartment. She now has a little garden and the house is in a better neighbourhood. What's also a nice surprise is that it's only a 15 minute walk from the train station, no more buses needed to visit! (my wallet will be delighted)
I'm still reading A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne. The perspective keeps shifting in a way I'm not used to. The main character Maurice is an ambitious and manipulative man who sucks up to successful writers to get them to help him along, promptly ditching them after they've helped him as far as they can get him. The first perspective was from one of the authors he uses, an old man with a secret 'evil' and complex past. Maurice weasels the story out of him, publishes it and ruins the author's good name and the last years of his life. The second perspective was from another famous author, whose friends were visiting him, one of them bringing Maurice. The third is from Maurice's wife, he marries at some point and he seems to have been stealing her work while she's working on the final stages. Maurice seems to be an all-round piece of shit and I wonder what drives him to act this horribly. Insecurity over his own skills? Ruthless ambition? (Though success would feel hollow if it wasn't your own achievement, I think) I was reminded of this video on plagiarism.
Meanwhile, I've been reading the Outlander books for some months and found them to be surprisingly enjoyable and interesting. I'm currently reading A Breath of Snow and Ashes, which is the 6th book in the series. The Outlander community/forum seems to be a bit dead on here, but maybe fellow fans are still out there?
