I love music. In our house, the stereo is in the living room and the tv is covered with a cloth in a corner of the bedroom. Even the dog has been known to sit in front of the stereo and whine if there’s no music on (her favorites seem to be Bryan Ferry and Tom Waits). Musicians have a unique platform for taking a stand on political, environmental, and social justice issues. In today’s Times of London, stories of two who have done so: Annie Lennox on aids and Bjork on Tibetan rights. I could make a long list here of singers who have used the stage to reach out on issues they care about (from Pete Seeger to Pink, and that’s just Americans) but I want to take advantage of the warm weather (by Swedish standards) and go for a walk on the beach.
Today’s knitted object – a love sweater, no curse attached. This is B’s, one of the first sweaters I made. I used EZ’s percentage system and based the pattern for the border on a design from an African basket. What makes it a love sweater? That the bottom curls up (I hadn’t yet learned what I needed to know about gauge and stitch patterns and color patterns) and B loves it, warts and all. The yarn is from Gunga Din, which used to be on Söder in Stockholm but is now mail-order only.
