tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162718762024-03-14T03:42:46.534-04:00A Long YarnYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.comBlogger894125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-82213175886563131192022-12-31T23:02:00.002-05:002022-12-31T23:02:33.813-05:00Goals for 2023<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I never make resolutions at New Year. Rather, I re-visit, remind, and hone intentions. I always think it best to do this regularly but New Year's Eve is a chance to really bite it off and chew.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So. Some revisiting:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Take more pictures of my projects and of the world around me. Post them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I remember when I was social and how I enjoyed it. Now that that is possible again, don't let chances slip by. I do know many delightful people. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make more effort to be with them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Write and write some more.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some reminding:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am happier when I take care of my health. A recent dental tragedy - yes another one - has made it impossible for me to eat mindlessly for about six weeks now. I have to eat very slowly and carefully and be mindful of getting as much nutrition as possible from soft foods that don't hurt my mouth. So, while this has been a difficult time, there has been a positive side effect. My digestive system feels much better than before and I'm generally lighter and less sluggish. I remember when I felt well because I feel so again. Keep this up. Eat delicious foods that are good for me. Life is too short to eat foods I don't like or want.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also, remember that I feel best when I write regularly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some honing: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Really be protective of my time to be creative. Carve out spaces for writing and reading and putting my work together. Getting published in a journal is a major goal for 2023. Keep working at that. Knit, cook, dance. Don't waste time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are other things I could focus on like work, looking for new work, money, and the like. But I want to be positive. I want good energy. Fretting about practicalities is best left for another day. Happy New Year everyone.</span></p>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-80020836440539997272022-10-10T21:01:00.008-04:002022-10-10T21:03:38.694-04:00Moma 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6tvH1IXqYb9pXYBFvSDf7ZjhoY1m3Y4hbTq8asqqzsw-dQTicFh1HvN0HdoXutbpUA3QimCLocg-oo5c5Mkg_tSqw6X_XTE2UFHOEEFVfZR159zWXLL2pvxc-04UmAkOqWN11ELxETeGL0PQVT6lD0tWc16_qMA9T6KCrF-DdnBacQ1vjwQ/s1600/IMG_3440.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6tvH1IXqYb9pXYBFvSDf7ZjhoY1m3Y4hbTq8asqqzsw-dQTicFh1HvN0HdoXutbpUA3QimCLocg-oo5c5Mkg_tSqw6X_XTE2UFHOEEFVfZR159zWXLL2pvxc-04UmAkOqWN11ELxETeGL0PQVT6lD0tWc16_qMA9T6KCrF-DdnBacQ1vjwQ/w473-h354/IMG_3440.JPG" width="473" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I turned around and almost bumped into a Louise Bourgeois. </span></div><p></p>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-26969768867415227752021-09-06T11:43:00.002-04:002021-09-06T11:44:11.712-04:00Upon Reading North<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBjrC7jlEbc9QiBt8c_NlRpjr2RsNMToK5l53lTE3pIGQVm96OCrq_8l1VUYKmXhA7RbzbXrtnRqMn7zWK1oEkEx5_IR6GKE1wvqGPCcKjaxQkPMLMXcH86Bypy020JKI_Wfi1A/s1000/North.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBjrC7jlEbc9QiBt8c_NlRpjr2RsNMToK5l53lTE3pIGQVm96OCrq_8l1VUYKmXhA7RbzbXrtnRqMn7zWK1oEkEx5_IR6GKE1wvqGPCcKjaxQkPMLMXcH86Bypy020JKI_Wfi1A/w501-h376/North.JPG" width="501" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><b style="font-family: verdana;">Upon Reading North*</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To say it’s unmagical is not to insult it.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s we who qualify and crave without definition.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Only assumptions based on context. Diction.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An entire first reading can be spent looking up meanings.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Magic’s absence then, is merely a possible state.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">No stone ships here, nor glinting gravel</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">where men fell and froze and thawed again.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Only embers and beer cans and rebar lace.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is Lake Ontario. On a clear day, they say, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">you can see Rochester from here.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Though noisy with gulls, untidy with detritus,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">this shore of sea, this coast of bay,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is rest. Under the paling stars of morning </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">lay your head on the sand. Point north.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The city is behind you now.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is Aurora. Early sun turns the inner eye red.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The cascade is waves, each following the last.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The evolution is of your education, your</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">experience, in which you are the expert.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thus the world offers itself to your imagination. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Within struggle is wonder, that bulky emotion.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It leaves room for little else.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">*after Seamus Heaney</span></i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-14741358815043256522021-02-11T15:10:00.007-05:002021-02-11T15:11:43.273-05:00A Quote About<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkTcZn1gT5b5aOkU8d93ihIzgfOmipECOPSWV6ppImv1vfQ7hlQ6WwoNLwQEhuVmiixDAdpdF173uMvrazJYM0FsA9ounQ7vdGrs9deYAfDLx55tcSxcFjZHG7SF3vKxJ38d-Mg/s2048/gatenight+005_2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkTcZn1gT5b5aOkU8d93ihIzgfOmipECOPSWV6ppImv1vfQ7hlQ6WwoNLwQEhuVmiixDAdpdF173uMvrazJYM0FsA9ounQ7vdGrs9deYAfDLx55tcSxcFjZHG7SF3vKxJ38d-Mg/w507-h380/gatenight+005_2.JPG" width="507" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>"He was after a joyfulness, a belief in existence in which man's inner light is neither rare nor elite, but godly and common and acknowledged. For that it was necessary to be rooted in the world again."</i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Mary Oliver on Walt Whitman</span><i style="font-family: verdana;"> </i></p>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-45771145779722887972020-01-20T13:28:00.003-05:002020-01-20T13:28:43.607-05:00Long and Winding Yarn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With my partner down with a bad cold, the holidays were relatively quiet here this year. There were many quiet hours by myself, wind blowing outside the window, my man sleeping and recovering in the next room. I took the time to take a plunge. It's one I've been meaning to get to and this seemed the perfect time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I frogged a mostly complete sweater. Yes, it was hard. I loved the pattern, loved the stitch pattern, loved the colour. I just hated the way the fit looked on me. I'd been fighting the fact that the bomber style cardigan is not for me and I finally had to concede. It felt a little sad to rip out so much hard work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then a funny thing happened. As I wound the yarn around the swift and tied it into hanks for washing, I began to get back in touch with the fibre itself. As the washed and weighted hanks dried and the kinks straightened, I remembered what it was I loved about this wool in the first place. I could see different cardigans, simpler wearable garments, in the raw material. The slowness and quiet of the winter break, sitting on my living room floor winding away, was just what I needed. How lovely to get a chance to just be with my imagination and a beautiful raw material. It was very healing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's taken this doll to make me want to photograph knitting again. She, along with her sisters and many other mementos, had been in offsite storage for over three years. Little did I know that, packed along with them, was a host of the wee beasts that lived in the carpet of my old place. A small area rug appears to have been the host of the eggs. The beetles had been reproducing in the dark of one storage bin all that time - happily munching away at my belongings. I discovered this last month, as I unpacked the last box from our recent move. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How sad and bizarre it felt to throw away a lifetime's worth of paper and cloth things. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teddy bears, letters, The Daughter's childhood art - all tossed along with the bin itself. The dolls were in a different box, so were saved but their clothes were ruined.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Right now the dolls are wrapped in fabric togas awaiting a new knit wardrobe. This is the first completed garment. It's knit from a bright Koigu I've kept for ages but had no idea what to do with. It suits this project perfectly so I'm glad I held on to it. I've had the flu and knitting this little dress has helped me pass the time at home. Now I'm off to find the next pattern.</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-70598934072828037052019-05-21T13:21:00.002-04:002019-05-21T13:22:23.938-04:00Would You Wear It?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">have to say that I am still uncomfortable with labeling the 80's vintage. I suppose everyone feels that way about their youth? Even if we laugh a little at the things we wore, we still don't consider them to be in any way "vintage" or, heaven forbid, "antique".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That being said, I still love these sweaters from this 1985 Scheepjes magazine I found at a sale. Would I wear this bobbly, dropped shoulder, extra wide cardigan? Definitely yes! Well...probably not in golden yellow but otherwise, yes. I still have such fondness for the shapes of the era. So bold yet cozy. Dramatic but comfy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And check out the lovely jacket below. On a crisp fall day? With boots and a scarf? Gorgeous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd probably forego accessorizing with that guy on my arm. I would however, steal his scarf.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">The black portion was so much longer than I had imagined it would be. And it was right at the top of the leg. All anyone would see, as if many might be looking, was black above a boot. How dull.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">So I added lazy daisies. Arts and crafts and poorly rendered - they break up all that objectionable black. They were also a delight to embroider. Process</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">The photo was an accident. I pointed the camera at my legs and captured the legs of another. Aren't they beautifully framed in the curve of my socks?</span></div>
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<br />Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-59745214673312017592019-04-29T15:26:00.001-04:002019-04-29T15:26:32.219-04:00Yarn. Pretty.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday was the annual DKC Knitter's Frolic. I missed the last one because of work so I was determined to get there this year. As I've mentioned before, Spring makes me feel like knitting and what better way to get inspired than to spend an afternoon wondering several rooms full of yarn. The event is a great opportunity to catch up with other knitters one runs into. How to describe the delight of having a good old chat with someone you've not seen in years while standing between overflowing vendor booths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My budget wasn't large so I bought just some sock yarn and one shawl kit from <a href="http://wellingtonfibres.on.ca/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_63&product_id=248" target="_blank">Wellington Fibres</a>. However, since Saturday, I've wound a bunch of skeins, finished a stalled shawl project, and am now almost done a sweater that's been languishing for years. Yes, You could say that I've caught inspiration. Thank goodness.</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-62611811979264868252019-04-15T11:32:00.001-04:002019-04-15T11:32:14.352-04:00Subway Knitting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe I already mentioned that I got a new part time job last fall. It involves a commute of just under an hour on the subway. My shifts are at odd times, so I'm never travelling at rush hour and I always get a seat. I've actually been enjoying this time immensely. I pop in a podcast and knit away. After a solid 45 minutes of knitting and listening to favourites like <a href="https://guiltyfeminist.com/" target="_blank">The Guilty Feminist</a>, <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/series/74637/poetrymagazine" target="_blank">The Poetry Magazine Podcast</a> or <a href="https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts" target="_blank">Stuff You Missed in History Class</a>, I arrive at work quite calm and refreshed. These days, one takes "Me Time" where one can.<br /><br />Spring is finally here. I know most knitters get the cast-on bug in winter but the light and air of spring inspires me. Knitting outside, blocking on the balcony, taking natural light photos - the prospect of all these things make me hopeful. Regarding photos, I do intend to try to get back to blogging more regularly. It's been a hard winter here and my creativity, other than some personal writing (a sample of which is in my last post), has been at a low. I miss the chatter of the blog and taking pretty pictures of pretty things. Even if no one reads it, I remember enjoying it and am going to keep at it for my own sake if for no one else's. If you are reading this, Hello!</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-28715105494513210642019-01-15T09:50:00.001-05:002019-01-15T09:50:04.240-05:00Re: Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About ten days before Christmas I realized I had not knit a gift for my daughter. December was hard and long this year. Creativity was little to none.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I have knitted the kid something for Christmas every year for the past ten seasons. This simply would not do. So I trotted off to <a href="http://yarnsuntangled.com/" target="_blank">Yarns Untangled</a> and bought the same yarn as last year (<a href="https://lichenandlace.com/" target="_blank">Lichen and Lace</a> Superwash Worsted) in a different colour and quickly knitted the<a href="http://longyarn.blogspot.com/2017/12/and-hat.html" target="_blank"> same hat</a> I made her in 2017. She opened it on Christmas Eve and was delighted - especially as it was wrapped around the sweater shaver she had requested. Whew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes it's the little things.</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-24996886028104481752018-11-23T12:18:00.000-05:002018-11-23T12:18:47.769-05:00Countered<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An easy climate with all the elements,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">earth, air, fire, water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A desperate system solid as it is human.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dust is falling where dust has climbed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sun is patient, moon calm, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the sin of knowledge almost innocence.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love has become goodwill, as grief has, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as torturing strength has warped to sanity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now dustbowl earth completes its nothingness,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">every bright image, lark or cardinal,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has dropped its wings, has moulted in disgust.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lucid mind fumbles to doors and falls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The crusted eyes tears cannot clarify.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But traveller dust which notices our earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we totally invite until we die.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now earth must spin as little as it is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as it has spun before our vast illusion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now loves will tumble on dark beds of space.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loves will tumble now in any case.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But eyes of power, the long mileage to stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">our sleep will dreaden and intensify.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lovers will love, and all the instant world</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">will tether joy, creation's sweet pathetic trust,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">while our participating marrow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">clicks with destroying dust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1962</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-48834286040540092162018-11-16T11:51:00.002-05:002018-11-16T11:53:29.957-05:00Summer Was Just Yesterday<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's snowing and windy today - the first real winter weather of the year. I'm not psychologically prepared for this! Thankfully, I find myself to be entirely unscheduled today for the first time in ages. Leisure! Pursue leisure. It feels imperative, especially today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What better way to pass a cold, blustery November morning than by sharing some photos of a day in September? It was just two short months ago that my friend Sally and I ferried over to Toronto Island for a jaunt and I am enjoying remembering the sun and the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It started with my frustration at being no longer able to take decent photos. Then I realized I just wasn't knitting as much anymore. My yarn is in storage and there is no comfy chair here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My time and energy have been spent elsewhere these past months. The Fight for $15 and Fairness is urgent and I spend a lot of time attending rallies and doing data entry. I even wrote and gave a speech at Queen's Park in July! You can't knit while doing that.<br /><br />However, the air is colder now and I got a new job that's farther away. My 45 minute subway rides there and back translate into much knitting and podcast time. It's been nice to get back to.</span></div>
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<br />Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-54351810785092405632018-03-25T19:35:00.001-04:002018-03-25T19:37:11.932-04:00Red and More Red<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used four of the five skeins in the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/frabjous-fibers-cheshire-cat-mini-skein-packs" target="_blank">Frabjous Fibers Cheshire Cat, Mini Skein</a> Pack that I purchased in Chicago. Funny story! As I was nearing the end, I held it up and asked my partner if I should continue with the next lighter skein or go back to the darker reds. He chose the darker and he was right! That burgundy edge really frames the lace. Who knew the dude had colour sense?</span></div>
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<br />Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-86822845880833407702018-02-23T23:32:00.003-05:002018-02-23T23:32:55.432-05:00Nearing the Finish Line<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've only 14 rows left on my unofficial Ravellinic shawl. The problem is, being a top-down triangular scarf (with lace!), each row gets longer and longer. Then there is the cast-off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm working all day tomorrow. Do the Olympics end on Sunday? If so, I may have a chance. If it's tomorrow, there is little hope.</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-26906847400983345312018-02-14T09:03:00.001-05:002018-02-14T09:03:49.033-05:00So There's a Sporting Event Going On?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually, I do enjoy the Winter Games. I watched, as I have for the past 12 years, the opening ceremonies with my knitter friends. I also cast on an unofficial Olympic project. My knitting has been in a rut so I'm taking the opportunity to switch it up and knit one thing exclusively.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/indian-paintbrush-shawl" target="_blank">Indian Paintbrush Shawl</a> by Vera Sanon. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not a hugely challenging project but is interesting enough to keep going at a quick pace. Mainly, it's a great opportunity to knit with the Frabjous Fibers Cheshire Cat, Mini Skein Pack I purchased two years ago in Chicago. I'm hoping the graded colour change will look attractive with the simple lace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As luck would have it, I've come down with a cold so yes, I am watching a lot of television and knitting away. This shawl will be done by Games end for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been struggling with my multitudes of late. There is so much I want to do, so many things I want to be. I am trying to knit, trying to write, trying to be a labour activist. Add to that my overriding, almost animal instinct to be a giving partner and mother. There are not enough hours to accomplish everything and I find that if I devote the majority of my focus on one aspect of my personality, I miss the others. So I practice a little of each and do none of them particularly well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This feels urgent. Time seems to go faster as I age. Also, as I don't have what people call a "career" but rather just a boring job where I exchange my precious time for dollars, there is the shame and discouragement of that issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What's best? Should one focus intensely or be a scattered mess of activity? Where's the balance and how to find it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he is inventing me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">but I cannot say to him</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">even as he held me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he was destroying me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and creating her</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as fast as those</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he writes her letters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">which I intercept</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Joy Kogawa</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">PS: I found out today that Joy Kogawa and I share the same birthday - the day and month though not the year. Obvoiusly. She is actually one year older than my father.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She speaks in an interview I watched on line today, of the point in your life of "crossing over". That time, she says, is when you decide to cease becoming a victim. In a great spirit of gentleness, she acknowledges that, of course, there are moments when you are thrown back. However, if you stay stuck in the identity of the victim, and stay focused on how hurt you are, then you are not aware of others' suffering. You are only aware of your own and that is how you can do great harm to others. When you cease to be constantly aware of your own suffering is when you know you are seen and then you can see others.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And so, imprecision. But very great care.</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-21228651434429546212018-01-06T13:54:00.000-05:002018-01-06T13:54:13.116-05:00New Year, New Knitting<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have noted that my knitting has really slowed down the last several months. I notice this because I also notice that I miss it. Quiet evenings with my records or a podcast, knitting away, used to be common. Those solitary peaceful evenings are much more seldom these days for several reasons. I work mostly evening shifts at my current job and when I am home, it's rarely quiet. Not to be complainey (well a little complainey), the fact is I share a teeny living space with a person who likes to watch a lot of loud TV. He finds it relaxing. I find it jangly. In warm weather I sit on the balcony and pretend I am not dangling in the sky by keeping my eyes locked on my project. In winter, it's more difficult.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yet, when I stop my complaining and really take a still moment, I see just how much I have to be grateful for in this past year. I took part in the Fight for $15 and Fairness, a movement that got raises and better working conditions for 1.6 million people starting tomorrow. So Amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I travelled across the Atlantic for the first time this year. See me being happy in London in the photo above? The picture was taken by my friend Victor who I hadn't seen in 5 years and with whom we spent a wonderful day. That's pretty special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We also did spend some holiday time with those we love and who love us. The beautiful members of The Workers' Action Centre hosted a fun holiday party. There was potluck dinner and dancing to Elvis with families I've known since The Daughter's pre-school days. There was wine and risotto with some, wine and mussels with others, wine and lasagna, wine and beef stew. Food and company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then there's this one. My relationship with The Daughter is a source of great joy to me and I think maybe to her too. I'm so happy she is making the transition into independant adulthood while still being my friend. She even likes my knitting and sent me this photo of her wearing the Antler Hat I made her for Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So The Daughter saw a sample in the yarn store and declared "Make this for me for Christmas! I promise to act surprised when I open it".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's <a href="http://tincanknits.com/pattern-PK-antlerhat.html" target="_blank">The Antler Hat</a> and the yarn is a delicious worsted by Lichen and Lace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The clouds and the cat worked together to ensure a photography fail.</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-53444695190157949462017-12-18T10:11:00.003-05:002017-12-18T10:11:57.192-05:00A Sock for Now<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nice photos right? I took them on Friday at a local pub after calming down fron a big panic attack. My anxiety and panic disorder has lessened considerably as I've aged but it still pops up now and again. So when I found myself standing on the sidewalk, numb and hyper-ventilating I knew i needed a quiet place. I went into the warm pub, ordered a sandwich and then knit and knit until I felt better.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">See? Always good to have a sock on the go.</span>Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-51112147626908727802017-12-11T16:45:00.000-05:002017-12-11T16:45:00.056-05:00London: The Yarn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On vacation, as with everything else, sometimes you have to be flexible. There were midweek plans consisting of taking the tube to Camden Passage for shopping at Loop of London in the morning. Then a second tube trip was meant to do some sight seeing further north. Unfortunately the morning involved lots of tea and me ill in bed with killer cramps well past noon. After rallying, plans were amended. We headed to Camden where yes, I did see the lovely Loop, as well as various vintage shops and stalls. I bought a costume jewellry brooch from the 50's and a pretty skirt from the 70's. We even managed to fit in an actual pub meal - ale, steak and mushroom pie, and mashed potatoes that were more butter than potato. Mmmm.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The window next to the cash at Loop. The garland and the greenery with the white window framework was one of the prettiest sights of the day.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish I had gotten a better photo of these scarves. They are teeny tiny crocheted granny squares done in silk that's only slightly heavier than thread. So beautiful. Elegant crochet? Who knew?</span></td></tr>
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Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896320973231411521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271876.post-31575745005241341222017-12-06T13:25:00.001-05:002017-12-06T13:26:38.431-05:00London; The Windows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We spent a whole day shopping the high end shoppes of London. We got off at Piccadilly Circus and from there it was round and about (in no particular order) Regent Street, Sloane Street, Piccadilly, New Bond, Old Bond and Jermyn. I was strangely underwhelmed by Liberty of London, but absolutely delighted with Fortnum and Masons. My partner shopped shirts and ties at the beautiful and elegant Harvie and Hudson but ended up purchasing at the more affordable Thomas Pink. Watches are his passion so we stopped into boutiques where burly but polite guards have to open the door to admit you. I tried on a 1500 pound coat at Dak's made with Jamieson's of Shetland wool. The Holiday lights were just coming on at 5pm when we, exhausted, stummbled back to Green Park station and on to our hotel for dinner.</span><br />
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The store was packed with people filling their carts full of biscuits, tea, coffee, fruitcake and Christmas chocolates. I'm sure much of it was meant for mailing to relatives around the world.<br />
I purchased tea and shortbread here for The Daughter.</span></td></tr>
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