on knitting

With my stupid hand having stupid tendinitis and being in a stupid cast, I am stuck not knitting or crocheting. Which sucks. A lot.

Though I think I've found a solution--spinning!

Of course, I need to wait until I get home, since that's where my roving is.

And that means I really need to start research into what kind of wheel I want for my graduation present. I think the wheel will be easier than the drop spindle, since then I'm not supporting the weight of the spindle while I spin.

Hopefully this isn't something permanent. But I should be more careful. And I like spinning a lot, so this would be a good excuse to focus more on that craft and procrastinate my endless knitting and crochet projects.

more book memeness

10. Terry Pratchett- Moving Pictures
Not one of his best, though it was amusing. Basically Discworld invents movies, except with a lot of craziness.

11. Orson Scott Card- Songmaster
This one was amazing. There's this place called the Songhouse, where children who seem to have talent for music are brought and are instructed in singing, and some of them become "songbirds," the best and most powerful singers the songhouse can produce. The songbirds are sent out to the world until they turn 15, and then they are supposed to return to the songhouse to become teachers...The emperor Mikal wants a songbird, and this woman from the songhouse, Esste, makes it her lifelong quest to find his songbird, who turns out to be this boy Ansset. Ansset has the power to read people's emotions and sing them back...etc.

It's a must-read.

12. Gila Manolson- Outside/Inside

I was bored and it was Shabbat and it was there. It's high point is that it's only 95 pages or so. It's about modesty in Judaism, and why people should practice it. Back when I was first becoming religious cynara_linnaea lent me "The Magic Touch," which is by the same author. I told her "I became shomer nagiah despite having read The Magic Touch." I guess I'm just cynical about Orthodox Judaism.