Joining Kat and friends today to talk about knitting and reading.
Knitting.
Bootie #1 to go with the BSJ; the i-cord tie is still to come. It took me at least a week to knit this wee thing because it was not enjoyable. I had to flog myself to pick it up every evening.
This is why it was not fun — it was like knitting with a porcupine. I chose to use DPNs because the foot was rectangular and switch to Magic Loop for the ankle. Bootie #2 is being done entirely with Magic Loop. It still is not as much fun as knitting usually is, being so small and fiddly. Percy was not sympathetic.
Reading.
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. One of you mentioned reading the Ruth Galloway series. I remembered reading the first one, pictured left, a couple years ago and liked it. So I requested the first three books in the series, and finished the first one (again) last week. Much of the plot had fallen out of memory, although I did remember there was something bad about one of the characters. Looking forward to the next books in the series. 3★
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The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths. Book two in the series. Sadly, it is largely a replay of book one with a different plot. The author uses the same suspense devices — protagonist alone in a spooky/dangerous place, ominous footsteps, mysterious breathing. Maybe if I hadn’t just finished the first book it wouldn’t have seemed so repetitive, but I had so it did. Since I already have book three I will read it; if the author doesn’t change it up, the rest of the series will be dead to me. 2★
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The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths. Happily, book three in the series was better. New perils, although the same kind of red herrings and surprise villain. I may continue the series. 3★
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Watching.
We finished season 3 — final season — of Jessica Jones. Smokey figured out why I like the series: it’s essentially a detective story with a strong female lead. Yep, that’s it. 4★
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Radioactive on Amazon Prime. A movie of the story of Marie Curie, written and directed by Marjane Satrapi, author of the Persepolis graphic novels. Interesting, some stuff I didn’t know about Curie. 3★
kmkat & her kneedles 
I have been reading the books by Elly Griffiths right now too. I have 4 in my reading pile to start after I finish “The Things We Cannot Say” by Kelly Rimmer. These were blog recommendations and I am enjoying them all. I will have to check out the Jessica Jones series on Netflix as I like detective stories. Thanks!
Jessica Jones is on my watchlist – I’ll bump it up a few places!
I’ve never been able to figure out why knitting booties isn’t as much fun as it should be. I like knitting socks – aren’t booties theoretically just small socks? Doesn’t seem to work that way…
Putting Jessica Jones on my snuggle in list for winter
I knit some blanket squares once that used DPNs like your baby bootie picture. It took me a while to get used to the prickly aspect of it. Maybe if the blanket had been for me I would have ended up switching to two circs or a magic loop, but since I was knitting squares for a friend (kind of a friendship blanket… she knit most of her own squares, but asked a few friends who knit to contribute a square or three. I thought the idea was really neat) I just knit them as the pattern called for… on DPNs. I hope you like knitting the second baby bootie better than the first!
I love that you are adding a “watch” review! Thank you!
Thank you so much for being honest with that pattern. Because I WOULD have found that pattern immediately, but not now!
I have enjoyed the Ruth Galloway series. I love Ruth because she is a smart middle-aged woman who isn’t perfect. I also love the setting on the coast. When DPN’s are too long, I have a hard time knitting with them, let alone enjoying the project. I always think I can tough it out and then often give up and go buy another pair of shorter needles. The bootie is darling though.
Ruth Galloway is golden. I just wish her narrator were a better writer.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 7:01 PM kmkat & her kneedles wrote:
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