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Kaffe Fassett exhibition today at the Fashion and Textile Museum. *Lots* of colour! I think the most glorious things were several of the quilts, which were stunning. I've long had a dislike of many of the motifs he uses in knitting—I just don't think they're attractive shapes—and most of the things I've knitted myself from his book(s) were not on display, which meant I didn't like very many of the knitted items, but the quilts were amazing. Lots of great embroidery, too, but as that is mostly much more figurative I find it admirable but not compelling. There was a picture of snails in rich browns, creams, peachy pinks and pale lilac/blues, absolutely wonderful use of colour.
I went with a bunch of ladies from the knitting group, so it was excellent fun. Most of us continued, via lunch along the way, to I Knit London, a shop near Waterloo, purveying all kinds of beautiful yarn. I bought a skein of silk which contains 750m. Yep, it's very fine. I kept petting it, as though it were a particularly tame hamster. Imagine a petting zoo of silk/alpaca mixes in a variety of shades! Wouldn't that be adorable? No, I'm not drunk, honest.
Just spent some happy minutes browsing http://thatbadadvice.tumblr.com/
For those responses Agony Aunts *ought* to be giving. Wicked, but spot-on.
Got home and finished Miss de Bourgh in Bath, a quite delightful story based on the minor character from Pride and Prejudice. Lots of really nice character development, and beautifully written.
And, why not, a meme: I currently have 101 works archived on the AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recent) to 101 (the first thing I posted there), and I'll tell you three things I currently like about it.
I went with a bunch of ladies from the knitting group, so it was excellent fun. Most of us continued, via lunch along the way, to I Knit London, a shop near Waterloo, purveying all kinds of beautiful yarn. I bought a skein of silk which contains 750m. Yep, it's very fine. I kept petting it, as though it were a particularly tame hamster. Imagine a petting zoo of silk/alpaca mixes in a variety of shades! Wouldn't that be adorable? No, I'm not drunk, honest.
Just spent some happy minutes browsing http://thatbadadvice.tumblr.com/
For those responses Agony Aunts *ought* to be giving. Wicked, but spot-on.
Got home and finished Miss de Bourgh in Bath, a quite delightful story based on the minor character from Pride and Prejudice. Lots of really nice character development, and beautifully written.
And, why not, a meme: I currently have 101 works archived on the AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recent) to 101 (the first thing I posted there), and I'll tell you three things I currently like about it.
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Also, a yarn petting zoo sounds a lot more appealing than your standard kind--there's no chance of getting bitten, for starters!
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#47 is A Tale of Dreams and Asses, one of my SeSa stories that year.
Three things I currently like about it:
1. The structure - I am pleased with the minor conceit of selecting quotes from within the story to head up each little section. I don't know if anyone else ever noticed that, but I like it.
2. I remember being very firm with myself about showing, not telling, and conveying a lot of the action through dialogue, and I think I did.
3. I'm fond of pretty well all this story, but I think the little bits of Chris/Justin dialogue may just be my favourite parts.