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i held a birthday party themed around martin luther's 95 theses, where i asked people to give opinionated talks about things that i love. i gave one about wolf hall (which inspired the theme) and the transformative power of art: docs.google.com/presentation…
i constructed ✏️✨my first crossword puzzle✨✏️ for my crossword-themed birthday party! downforacross.com/beta/game/… of course, i served OREOs, OLEO, and NEHI, and had a soundtrack of ARIAs, AIDA, and ABBA.
thanks to kevin, @MensEtMannes, @denisegrab for test-solving. and to sarah who showed up in a mel OTT jersey!
my powers are so strong that inside the hong kong airport, with nary a window or door to the outside in sight, a mosquito found my ankle
me starting a sewn-on double knit button band: Haha fuck yeah!!! why does anyone accept an inferior button band! double knitting's the coolest
me 1/3 of the way into the 50'' band: Well this is fucking tedious. What the fuck
one of the best things i've done in the last year is becoming a member of the textile arts council (TAC) (textileartscouncil.org/past-…), which has monthly lectures where i learn about helena hernmarck's tapestries or how qing dynasty-era clothes made their way to european museums
ALT a photograph of a tapestry of a field of poppies. the tapestry is by helena hernmarck
tried to convince my coworkers to read hilary mantel at our half-work half-social meeting this week. i believe this may be what the more hip call a "mood board"
i'm in the middle of "an experiment in love" and hilary mantel was such a meticulous, ruthless writer -- no word is superfluous. i hope her latest play gets staged again so i can see it. anyway, as always, read "wolf hall", or if not, read (very timely!) lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/n04/…
knit a spring green sweater and a cobalt blue tank top. these were a little experimental due to wanting to use up stash yarn
ALT green marled sweater
ALT cobalt blue tank top
i just read and loved two books that are or were recently out-of-print ("notes of a desolate man", "cassandra at the wedding") and now i have a new fear! i can no longer ignorantly pretend that out-of-print books probably aren't that great
i knit my first intarsia project, a vest, and a hat whose decreases i copied from a uniqlo beanie
ALT knit vest with pink intarsia
ALT navy blue beanie
i got to ask my question about "drive my car" at the director q&a at @roxietheater! given how coherent and tight the movie is, it was boggling to read that pre-pandemic it was set in south korea
ALT ryusuke hamaguchi. his interpreter, and the moderator
yuan yuan tan moves as smoothly as if her joints were made of putty. she glides like she’s figure skating in her pointe shoes. her backbends are rivaled only by famous bridges.
