This is one reason why it’s taking me so long to finish
those brown socks I showed last week – I keep starting new projects!
I made this little soap sack over the weekend. It’s a little
pattern I made up, and the yarn, or crochet thread really, is Katia Jaipur. I
picked up an oddball at the yarn store, thinking I would use it in some catnip
toys, and I have, but it works very well for this purpose too. I’m such a
sucker for rainbow colors!
And although I don’t like to do this, I’m reading two books
now instead of just one. I had reserved “How to Be a Woman” by Caitlin Moran
through the library, so once it arrived, I had to get going on it. I’m
alternating evenings with “These Rich Years” and let me tell you – two books
could not be more diametrically opposed!
These Rich Years was written in the 1960s, and is a very
accurate reflection of the time period and of the age of the authors writing
it. How to Be a Woman is current day non-fiction, so it reflects current day morals
and also the age of the author writing it. There are descriptions in both books
which make me cringe a little, and that makes me wonder – if I’m not satisfied
with the feminine role of 40 years ago, or the ultra-feminist role of the
present, where then, do I want to be? I’m not sure I have an answer, and I
probably would not even think about it had I read each of these books at
different times.
In the end I just go back to my knitting, and hug a cat and
try not to think about it too much. And start another project…and yarn along with Ginny...
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about these books. It sounds like it's a good thing to read them in tandem. I picked up How to be a Woman last summer and just couldn't stay with it but I think it's true that it's an important book for our time. I just, it didn't sit well with me either. Or at least I couldn't really identify with her. And I wonder about me as a feminist too. It's complicated:)
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