Back in february Cast-On (my podcast of choice) included a piece about ‘Sweater Porn’. Sweater porn being, when you get so wrapped up in the knitware the actors are wearing, you stop following the plot of a film or tv show.

Last week I had my own ‘Knitting porn’ moment.

I Captured the Castle – based on the book by Dodie Smith.

A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra
Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to
survive in a decaying English castle.

Luckily (for the knitters) the book is much better than the film (as ever – though the film is pretty good and definately not terrible.)

So either enjoy the knitware, and read the book afterwards to find out what was going on, or read the book first, and then enjoy imagining yourself in some of the great 1930’s cardigans and jumpers.

(Here is a flickr set of the best examples from the film.)

Dear Self,

For. the. love. of… well all those hours you spent knitting socks for a start.

STOP putting hand knit socks into the main wash.

Turns out you can felt merino at 40C given enough agitation.

Just wash them by hand. Or bung them in with you when you have a shower, if you’re really lazy.

No love,
oscarcat

ps. your hair cut is very cute right now.

So, how about a knitted carpet?

Not as strange as it sounds. I mean, a carpet for our bathroom, which has a tiny floor space.

I’m thinking cotton, so that it could be regularly washed (see? practice) on relatively big needles, (aran weight maybe? – remember, i’m a 4ply kinda girl so I don’t scare easily.)

My current concern is how to attach it to the floor? I mean, it should be relatively easy to knit around the basin etc, but how to keep it in the right place? Magnets? Buttons nailed into the floor?

I will ponder further, but seriously that carpet has to go.

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