Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Hola! y los peligros del cine de tejer ...

or rather, Hello! and the perils of cinema knitting… and apologies for my butchering of the Spanish language! Any Spanish speakers out there care to correct? My command of Spanish isn’t particularly great.

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I can’t believe it’s been 2 weeks since my last post! The primary culprit has been a brief sojourn in the Galician city of Ferrol, in North Western Spain. It’s a little off the beaten tourist track so there isn’t a whole lot to do there other than people watch and drink some seriously good coffee, but considering how bloody cold and awful the weather in the UK is at the moment I am seriously missing the heat!

We got back home on Saturday night and enjoyed a pretty chilled Bank Holiday weekend, and although I had intended to bash out a post on Monday, I’ve managed to pick up some kind of stomach flu so haven’t really felt like doing anything other than lying in bed under a blanket feeling sorry for myself (and wishing that good old Blighty wasn’t so damn cold)! I still feel pretty rough, but a little better than the past couple of days, and I’ve progressed to sitting under a blanket in front of the computer! Happy days.

In knitting news, there hasn’t been a lot of progress. Newcastle Airport rather ridiculously doesn’t allow you to bring knitting needles in your hand luggage, so I was without my knitting for the whole trip(although I did find a knitting shop in Ferrol!). Only my vanilla socks have shown any kind of advancement, thanks to some cinema knitting before we left the UK.©http://elephant-juice.blogspot.com/

I managed to get a good 21/2 inches inches done whilst watching Super 8 (enjoyable but somewhat underwhelming) at the Tyneside Cinema, but when the lights came up I discovered a tiny little mistake had crept in in the dark.

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A sneaky little yarn over at one of the magic loop row ends!

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If so many rows hadn’t been worked after this little mistake I wouldn’t have hesitated in dropping the extra stitch back down and leaving it to the magic of blocking to even everything out. As it is, I think I’ll just do a sneaky little decrease to get of that pesky extra stitch, and then sew up the little hole later on. Ah, the joys of fudging!

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Fudging sounds good to me ;) I'm only just getting to grips with knitting without looking (and only on DK weight so far - not sock!) so cinema knitting sounds quite impressive - not sure if I could put the popcorn down for long enough though!
1 reply · active 708 weeks ago
Fudging is always a good plan! I think knitting without looking/in the dark is one of those things that just seems to happen without you realising it! My boyfriend is a pretty big popcorn chomper. It's usually pretty much finished before the film even starts, so I don't get much of a look in!
That's just "m" from mistake! I would drop half of the stitches if I would knit in the cinema (especially if the movie would be interesting). I admire you for being able to do that!
Ah, Spain, an old dream of mine. It must have been a fantastic vacation.
PS I'm not Spanish, but I study that language : y los peligros de tejer en el cine
2 replies · active 708 weeks ago
Cinema knitting is probably easier than it sounds, although I wouldn't want to try it with anything other than plain stocking stitch, garter or simple rib!

Thanks for the Spanish correction! How long have you been studying it? I'd love to be one of those people who pick up languages so quickly, but it's sadly never been my strong point. I really enjoyed trying to learn some Spanish while I was there though. And it was a lovely holiday, thanks! Very relaxed. I love the cafe culture over there :)
Your welcome! I study it since 3 years now, before that I learned it online and via audio lessons. At high school I thought that I'm incapable to learn languages, I struggled with grammar a lot. Later I find out that the method they use(d) is totally wrong, that's why so many people has phobias of learning new languages. That's why I encourage everyone to try again on their own.
It's not fudging, so much as umm... enhancing your skills as a technical knitter. Yeah, that's it. Glad to hear you're on the mend, and that vacation was fun!
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1 reply · active 708 weeks ago
Hehe, I like your approach to fudging! Makes it sound so much more skilful than it is :P
I love it! A fearless knitter not afraid to beat her knitting into submission. Envious of your trip to Spain.
1 reply · active 708 weeks ago
Hehe, nicely put!
Oh, I'm jealous of your Spanish soujourn! That photo looks lovely. As do those socks, I love the gentle colour changes.

But eek, sorry about the mistake. I'm glad you think it's fixable without frogging, and I completely agree with your "enjoyable but somewhat underwhelming" review of Super 8. I wish they'd focused more on the relationships between the kids (which I thought were adorable), the sort of...sloppily-constructed sci-fi storyline didn't interest me as much!
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1 reply · active 708 weeks ago
Thanks! The yarn is just some plain old Regia, but it's becoming a bit of a favourite :)

I went into Super 8 not really expecting much, so I wasn't too disappointed, but "sloppily constructed sci-fi" is pretty much what came to mind! I just found it increasingly ridiculous as it went on, and I know it's an homage, but it just all felt like it'd be done before to a much higher standard!
Looking good! I'm impressed you can take such great photos while traveling! You rock!
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1 reply · active 707 weeks ago
You should see some of the other shots! Not so good, haha!
Ah the joy of travel! I'd love to visit Spain one day. I'm sorry to hear you haven't been feeling too good, and what a bummer about not being able to take knitting!! I might have been hyperventilating by the time I got off the plane... Get well soon!
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1 reply · active 707 weeks ago
Thanks! I was contemplating taking some crochet with me (there was no mention of crochet!) but I didn't get around to it. I was definitely missing my knitting by the time I got home though!
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