So, I’ve been hooking a mat when I’ve been too annoyed with the giant sweater. Mostly, I’ve just been too excited about the new tilting lap frame I received–it’s pretty much impossible for me to resist playing with a new toy, no matter how much work I have to do. This mat is pretty intuitive since it is more or less a sample for bigger works. I’ve been having a bit of a hard time figuring out colours–I keep hooking and then ripping stuff out, only to re-hook everything again. Working with somewhat representational imagery is hard but I’m letting my naiveté take the reigns. You can’t really fudge lack of skill. Heh.
My sweater is almost complete. I only have one more sleeve to knit and then I get to weave in all those pesky ends. I’ll be photographing it for installation and taking some action shots of it being worn before I send it off to the gallery. While I won’t be attending the exhibition opening myself (thanks to being a super poor graduate student), I’ve been informed that there will be some documentation taking place. I’ll post it here as soon as I get more information.
In other news, tonight is Nuit Blanche here in Montreal and I’m trying to figure out what to attend. I’ll probably pop the Belgo to see what’s happening throughout the galleries there but mostly I’m interested in attending the performances in nearby churches (one choir performance and another pipe organ event) but we’ll see how far I get. Last week I got lazy and didn’t go to any events, blaming it on the subzero temperatures, but this year I have no excuse–It’s 5º above zero, it’s freakin’ balmy out there.
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Maybe there’s still time to apply for a grant to make it for the opening?