I’m still upset about the political shenanigans that went on yesterday. I’ve made a pact with myself to refrain from turning on the radio, avert my eyes from all news RSS feeds as well as avoid the website of the CBC, the Globe And Mail and any other news outlet, virtual or real. Despite all this I can’t stop thinking that Canada has become a Neo Fascist state run by a Tyrannical Dictator, Stephen Harper.
I’m trying to distract myself,
I have lots of wool left over from projects, not enough to make anything useful so I‘ve invented patterns, like the one for a stripy felted bag I made for my daughter (picture to follow) and a teapot cosy. I’m using this pattern from Knitty as inspiration. My wool is of different thickness so getting gauge is futile. I have to stop every so often to get out my teapot to see if it will be big enough. It is a lot more fun than knitting from a pattern.
I’m also using this lace weight mohair, that a fellow flickrite gave to me, to make the Granny Smith Cardigan. It’s a lot more tedious to knit this than it was to knit the swallow tail shawl. I noticed Jo Sharp has a whole line of new colours for her Silk Road aran weight tweed. I’m looking forward to getting some to finally knit Norah Gaughan’s Tweedy Aran Cardigan. None of my favourite knitting shops have it in stock yet. I’m going to phone Urban Yarns to find out when they will have it. Maybe I can pick it up when I’m in town.
I’m in between books. I tried reading David Adams Richards book, Mercy Among The Children but after wading through a quarter of it I decided it was much too depressing for these tying political times. The other books I have are Mary Lawson’s, The Other Side Of The Bridge and Camilla Ways Book, The Dead Of Summer. Neither are appealing to me just now.
We finally got that winning combination, snow and cold weather. I suppose I should go outside, skis strapped to my feet and lose myself in it. Except When I get back we will still be in this egregious political state.
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When you knit a garment, you carefully count your stitches and follow a pattern.
When the seats of our Govt. are counted, we have 143 Conservatives, 77 Liberals and 37 NDP Members of Parliament.
Now envision these elements knitted in complimentary colours. The back and sleeves must be blue of course. The front panels, left and right should be red. Side panels, from the armpit to the waist, should be orange.
Now we have left in the Govt. mix, 49 Bloq Quebecois MP's.
Let us imagine them as the way the finished garment will button at the front, because the powers granted to them in this coalition instill the way in which the garment will button up, and which colour will dominate the garment. So the center of the garment, where it either zippers or buttons, should be fluer-de-lis, either blue on white, or vice versa.
Would you knit this sweater, or wear it?
Now do you see why so many Canadians are unwilling to agree to a coalition?
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