Day: October 20, 2008

This is non-knitting related, but—

If you shop/eat/cook/try to balance a budget/worry about nutrition and health, you’ll be fascinated by Terry Gross’s interview with Michael Pollan. Pollan, who’s on the faculty at UC Berkeley, has written a number of popular books on eating and the history and politics of food, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.

This interview ranges across all kinds of territory: food prices, government subsidies of agriculture, global production and transportation of foods (including the impact of rising oil prices on food costs), the slow food movement, and more. Gross is a warm, engaging interviewer, who nonetheless asks difficult questions. Pollan loves this subject (and is one of the most knowledgeable in the world on it), and his enthusiasm keeps the exchange lively.

If you have a few minutes, give it a listen—you can knit while you do.

This week’s picture is a bit janky: we wound up trying to take it much too late on Sunday night and found ourselves having to cope with all kinds of assistance from various felines. Damian, in particular, was in the mood for a game of “Kiss the Camera.”

Just focus on the bit along the upper right-hand edge that’s in focus and be kind about the blurry bits.

Note that Chris has run a second red thread along the boundary between steps 2 and 3.

The instructions for Step 3 are here.

The large version of Chart D for the Pangea shawl is here.

To be honest, Step 3 is the most boring step. It’s a continuation of the stitch pattern established at the end of Step 2. The nice part is that you’ll be able to enjoy the undulating lines this stitch adds to the shawl and to see all the texture purls add.