Knitting and mysteries
This week has been a good one. Both of my Swedish classes were remote because public transport services are on strike again, but I was actually kind of glad for that because it meant I did not have to leave the house in -9 degree weather (16°F).
I did a lot of knitting and reading. My first project of the year is a pair of wrist warmers knitted with leftover sock yarn, and I'm very happy with how they turned out!
ID: My hands, each clad in blue, white, and red striped wrist warmers, knitted in stockinette stitch with a few rounds of 1x1 ribbed edging.
I also finished reading The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie. It was recommended to me by my wonderful girlfriend,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
plutodetective, and I really enjoyed reading it! I haven't read any Agatha Christie since university, and it was nice to get back to her.
I absolutely ship Satterthwaite and Mr. Quin, holy shit. Their friendship with all its mysteries was my favorite part about the book. It was so enchanting to see how excited Satterthwaite got every time Mr. Quin showed up, and how he sometimes seemed able to sense him before he appeared. I loved that sometimes, Satterthwaite seemed to be the only one who saw the odd and eerie things about Mr. Quin, but other times, onlookers were catching on to the fact that there was something strange about him too. Naomi Carlton Smith was my favorite of these instances. She was such a cool minor character and I would've loved to see more of her!
My other favorite part was how Satterthwaite transformed more and more from a passive observer, to an active participant in the mysteries he was faced with. There's this one paragraph that I will quote here because it gave me all the feels:
I just-- *screams* aaaaahhhh. Throughout the book, Satterthwaite has a few heart-wrenching moments of believing that his life has passed him by, and that he has spent all his time just observing others, instead of really living himself (at least that's how I interpreted his introspections). I can relate to that. I've often felt like I would only ever be a "minor character" while people more interesting than me would get to be protagonists. And it was so wonderful to see how Mr. Quin became an enabler of Satterthwaite being less of an observer and more of an actor. Also, role reversals in an OTP always just get me.
Finishing this book gave me some reading momentum, so I am going to take another shot at finishing The Return of the King. I'm aiming for 1 chapter per day. So far it's going well, but this is day 1 xD.
I did a lot of knitting and reading. My first project of the year is a pair of wrist warmers knitted with leftover sock yarn, and I'm very happy with how they turned out!
ID: My hands, each clad in blue, white, and red striped wrist warmers, knitted in stockinette stitch with a few rounds of 1x1 ribbed edging.
I also finished reading The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie. It was recommended to me by my wonderful girlfriend,
plutodetective, and I really enjoyed reading it! I haven't read any Agatha Christie since university, and it was nice to get back to her.I absolutely ship Satterthwaite and Mr. Quin, holy shit. Their friendship with all its mysteries was my favorite part about the book. It was so enchanting to see how excited Satterthwaite got every time Mr. Quin showed up, and how he sometimes seemed able to sense him before he appeared. I loved that sometimes, Satterthwaite seemed to be the only one who saw the odd and eerie things about Mr. Quin, but other times, onlookers were catching on to the fact that there was something strange about him too. Naomi Carlton Smith was my favorite of these instances. She was such a cool minor character and I would've loved to see more of her!
My other favorite part was how Satterthwaite transformed more and more from a passive observer, to an active participant in the mysteries he was faced with. There's this one paragraph that I will quote here because it gave me all the feels:
"I think you do," said Mr. Quin quietly.
It was all the encouragement Mr. Satterthwaite needed. His general rôle in life was that of listener and looker-on. Only in the company of Mr. Quin was the position reversed. There Mr. Quin was the appreciative listener, and Mr. Satterthwaite took the centre of the stage.
I just-- *screams* aaaaahhhh. Throughout the book, Satterthwaite has a few heart-wrenching moments of believing that his life has passed him by, and that he has spent all his time just observing others, instead of really living himself (at least that's how I interpreted his introspections). I can relate to that. I've often felt like I would only ever be a "minor character" while people more interesting than me would get to be protagonists. And it was so wonderful to see how Mr. Quin became an enabler of Satterthwaite being less of an observer and more of an actor. Also, role reversals in an OTP always just get me.
Finishing this book gave me some reading momentum, so I am going to take another shot at finishing The Return of the King. I'm aiming for 1 chapter per day. So far it's going well, but this is day 1 xD.