New sock Friday!
Ladies and gentlemen, the first FO of the new house. Koigu, baby:
These have a four-inch leg, rather than the six-inch leg I usually do for socks for me. I think I like this shorter length better. I’ve got the first of a pair of socks in Lorna’s Laces Flames colorway going now, and I think I’ll make those shorter too. The shorter lengths are a more flattering fit on little me. So maybe I’ll reserve the six-inch legs for colorways that are just too gorgeous to cut short.
I mentioned the other day that I’m reading In Search of Lost Time in its entirety for a class this coming semester. Em and Rachael have decided to join me, even though they aren’t taking the class. It’s a Proust-a-long! It’s only a matter of time before La Brainy joins us, even if she doesn’t know that yet.
For anyone who wants to Proust-along with us, we’re reading Lydia Davis’s new translation of the first volume, Swann’s Way, and then for the remaining five volumes we’ll be reading the Modern Library edition. Mind you, I’m the only one who’ll be getting actual grad school credit for this, or get to go to the class discussions, but the rest of you who choose to join us on this adventure will have the joy of knowing they’ve scaled what my teacher refers to as “the literary Everest.” Woohoo! Who’s in?
Enjoy the Proust! I read book 1 last spring and had a jolly time! Were I not studying for my comps this semester, I might join the Proust-a-long!
Posted by: Anita
I don’t believe I’ll join you on the Proust-a-long but I feel better knowing it’s happening. 😉
A dear friend of mine completed the entire opus in French. Such a show-off.
Posted by: Jessica
Don’t care about not getting credit; this is the only time I will be able to read these books and be able to talk with other people about them!
“Proust-a-long” just makes me giggle.
Posted by: Em
Oops…forgot to compliment the socks. They are gorgeous, as usual. I can’t wait to see the Lorna’s Laces knit up.
Posted by: Em
What lovely socks.I think you’re right about the shorter length – a lot more flattering on slim,little girls.isn’t that koigu sexy yarn ?
Proust-along…if I but had the time ! I’ll indulge in the Lime blossom tea and the madeleines though :0)
Posted by: Emma
So if the entire parcel is Everest, where will I be just reading _Swann’s_? A little shepherd’s hut on the side of the hill? I’ll give you fresh water and spun fiber on your climb down, kay?
Posted by: Rachael
cari–
i started reading volume one just last week…and did not know that y’all had started this read a long. i am reading the moncrieff/kilmartin translation. i am also reading THREE other books at the same time, as well as knitting a gazillion things, and working, and….so, you can count me in, in only the loosest of ways.
Posted by: elisabeth
Enjoy the Proust! I read book 1 last spring and had a jolly time! Were I not studying for my comps this semester, I might join the Proust-a-long!
Posted by: Anita
I don’t believe I’ll join you on the Proust-a-long but I feel better knowing it’s happening. 😉
A dear friend of mine completed the entire opus in French. Such a show-off.
Posted by: Jessica
Don’t care about not getting credit; this is the only time I will be able to read these books and be able to talk with other people about them!
“Proust-a-long” just makes me giggle.
Posted by: Em
Oops…forgot to compliment the socks. They are gorgeous, as usual. I can’t wait to see the Lorna’s Laces knit up.
Posted by: Em
What lovely socks.I think you’re right about the shorter length – a lot more flattering on slim,little girls.isn’t that koigu sexy yarn ?
Proust-along…if I but had the time ! I’ll indulge in the Lime blossom tea and the madeleines though :0)
Posted by: Emma
So if the entire parcel is Everest, where will I be just reading _Swann’s_? A little shepherd’s hut on the side of the hill? I’ll give you fresh water and spun fiber on your climb down, kay?
Posted by: Rachael
cari–
i started reading volume one just last week…and did not know that y’all had started this read a long. i am reading the moncrieff/kilmartin translation. i am also reading THREE other books at the same time, as well as knitting a gazillion things, and working, and….so, you can count me in, in only the loosest of ways.
Posted by: elisabeth