I’m Knitting As Fast As I Can

For some reason, yesterday’s post didn’t ping Bloglines. If you want to see the finished mittens I made from the yarn I dyed with turmeric, click here (or just scroll down if you’re on the main page).

On October 10th, Donna Druchanas will bring her Blog Book Tour to chez Knitting As Fast As I Can. Donna’s new book is called, Ethnic Knitting Discovery. I’ll be posting more information about the book this weekend and opening the comments up to questions for Donna. I’ll be away from my computer next week so you’ll have that time to read up on Donna’s book and leave your questions. Donna’s answers will be posted here on October 10th.  When Donna stopped here last year on a blog book tour for her last book, Arctic Lace, you all left some excellent questions. (Click here to read last year’s interview.) So put on your thinking caps!

I’m done.

The Book was finished last Sunday, the Sitcom Chic cardi on Thursday, and the second Sockapalooza sock this Sunday. I have a few mods to share on the Cardi but first things first . . . i.e., The Book. If you haven’t finished it yet, there are spoilers in this post so don’t scroll past the photos of the yarns I picked up at Isabel’s while I was in Sun Valley.

Silk yarn and adorable buttons for another pair of these booties.

Two skeins of Koigu. I had my pick of tens of colors since Isabel’s had just received a new shipment the day I visited. Lucky.

Now my ramblings on The Book. I liked it, but I didn’t love it. In fact, the epilogue came close to ruining the preceding 750 pages for me. It was just a bit too tidy and unbelievable. I was crushed when Fred died but I felt JKR glossed over it and the passage was less than sentimental. And Neville pulling the sword out of the Sorting Hat was way too “been there, done that.”

I wracked my brain trying to figure out who was the non-magical character who performed magic late in life under dire circumstances but came up with nothing. The friend of a friend solved the mystery. It was Ted Tonks (a Muggle), who healed Harry’s ribs and arm on page 64.  ETA: I think I’m wrong on this.  See Gena’s comment in the comment section.  ETA #2:  I just read JKR’s post-book interview with the Leaky Caudron.  She was asked, “You promised that someone will do magic late in life in book 7. I’ve now read it three times but cant work out who it might have been!”  She answered, “I’m sorry about this, but I changed my mind!  My very earliest plan for the story involved somebody managing to get to Hogwarts when they had never done magic before, but I had changed my mind by the time I’d written the third book.”

I like that Snape turned out to be non-evil but not really good either. Kinda just pathetic. The best scene . . . no doubts . . . Molly killing Bellatrix. You go grrl. And Harry was a Horcrux. I came pretty damn close to guessing that with these, wouldn’t you say? Frankly, I think it would have made more sense if the scar was the Horcrux instead of Harry. Then he could have been freed from the “brand” of the scar, allowing him to have what he always wanted, which was just a normal life.

And how crazy is this. If you Google “Horcrux,” look what turns up as the sixth entry on the first page.

I’ve stopped home just long enough to unpack, do some laundry, and get ready to leave again. I’m headed to Denver where, if all goes as planned, I’ll be meeting up with Michaele and Erin at tomorrow night’s Rockies game.

I just finished packing and there’s one thing I’m not taking with me because it’s finished!

Is it the Sitcom Chic sweater?

or The Book?

Since I won’t be around to police the blog, no spoilers in the comments please!