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Jaywalker

Jaywalker

I started knitting the popular Jaywalker socks with Opal's Flamingo colorway, 68 stitches a round. I thought 76 stitches would be too big for my grandmother, so I made it smaller. I learned from the Noro Butterfly cardigan that this stitch pattern does not stretch a lot widthwise, but I was worried that 68 might still be too big. I was wrong! When I tried it on, I could barely wear it...I had to stretch the cuff to the limit to get my heel through! I think it will fit my grandmother though, as she has smaller and skinnier feet than I do.

I didn't do slip stitches on the heel flap for this sock. I thought I would try a different heel from the one I gave grandmother before.

Books

Since my knitting time is decreased greatly in order to rest my wrist, I've been reading a lot recently (yes, I can read books in English...). My current favorite is the "No.1 Ladies Detective" series. Not only is it really fun, but it's also sort of informative (or educational?) for me. I think I've never read a novel based on an African country before, and it's fascinating.

I read the first 6 books of the series in 3 weeks, and now I'm waiting for the newest from the library. Unfortunately, it will be a long time before I get to read it, because I'm 114th on a waiting list of 168.

When my mother told me there were about 100 people on her library's waiting list for The Da Vinci Code last year, I laughed and thought Tokyo was crazy. Well, it seems like Portland is the same! (But I'm still convinced Tokyo is crazier, because the library covers a much smaller area than here (only a part of Tokyo, like 1/25 of it, I think), and The Da Vinci Code had been out for more than a year at that time. )