OK, so. This Elizabeth Zimmermann kick is all-consuming once you start. (friendly warning.)
This baby knitting is perfect for trying out EZ’s addictive shaping/construction techniques *and* satisfying the BABY-BABY-BABY *and* the “I just have to try this handspun merino right NOW” parts of my brain, all at the same time on itty bitty projects that don’t take up any time.
OK, so this is the start of my baby’s Bog Jacket by EZ, from Knitting Around. I didn’t follow the “Baby Bog” directions at all. Instead, I used the directions for the Adult Bog and sized them for a baby. SO…I don’t have the puffy, diaper-accommodating backside or the fancy “just for baby” sleeve shaping. I still think it’ll work, though. I just took EZ’s advice and started with my desired chest measurement (24″) and used that as my [X]. The rest is done in percents.
Even though this pattern is much more straightforward than the Baby Surprise…I still found myself wondering, “What part is THIS?” (baby brain) as I was knitting it. By the time I got to the shoulder shaping, though, I had it figured out.
We went to see a film on Sunday at the Fountain Theater in Mesilla, and on the way we stopped at The Bean. The Bean is a coffee house that has great atmosphere, great coffee, and pretty good food. I really like the colors of the walls and furniture. We were shooting on “manual” with some settings that I had put in for some other lighting conditions…so the photos look pretty Technicolor. Cool though, I think. I like the graininess. I made a Flickr set of all of them. The colors are so neat.
The film we saw was about Mexican women who come to the border towns (like Tijuana and Juarez) to work in the factories. Most of them have terrible conditions and become really ill from the chemicals they have to work with and the conditions in which they live. SO…this film followed a few of these women who have become educators within their factories.
They tell the employees about their rights and empower them to speak out against this treatment. It was really moving. Two of the film-makers and two of the workers were there to speak and answer questions afterward. It was a good reminder to buy Fair Trade when possible, and to minimize our environmental impact. Here’s an article about two of the women in the film.
**One of the comments yesterday was about the third printing of the book. We got all the errata (available in the upper left corner of this page, both as html and as a downloadable pdf file) for the book together and handed in at the end of March…but were too late for them to go into the second printing.
So the errata will be incorporated into the THIRD printing. It’ll go into press once it looks like the second printing will sell out. I don’t even know if the second printing WILL sell out. It’s be GREAT if I knew for sure. But, in reality, there are just too many factors governing that for me to hazard a guess.
If you have questions or comments regarding the book, and want the real official answers, F&W has a “contact us” page here. I don’t really know much about the book business, so anything relating to when, where, why, how things are printed should be addressed to the big wigs. I’ll put their contact info in the sidebar, so that if anything comes up later, you can find it.**
