Knitting with Judith Butler

Ha ha--I didn't really knit with Judith Butler. But she has been a large part of my knit-blog hiatus. My friend Melanie and I decided to team up for our presentions in my Subjectivity class, which resulted in presenting on Butler last Wednesday, with another presentation to follow next Wednesday. And if you've ever read Butler, then you know that she is not necessarily the easiest theorist to parse out. Indeed. 

But after much discussion, we came to the conclusion that our presentation, part 1, was successful, so even though I still need to read more for next week (not to mention the 15 books I checked out today for my women and jazz paper--for my Feminisms theory class, plus reading Helene Cixous for my Subjectivity paper and getting that started too), I have decided that I can finally reward myself with some much deserved blogging. 

And knitting! Because yes, the sweater is back on! In the meantime, I completed a fabulous new bag: 

That is the pre-felted pic. And after throwing it in the wash, I have my new satchel! 

And let me just say that I take this bag everywhere! It's the perfect size--I can throw a couple books in it, my wallet and keys and whatnot, and some pens and a journal. And in my world, these are all necessary items. 

Also, I knitted a fun little shrug for the cool spring weather. I haven't taken a finished pic yet, but this is what it looked like on the sticks:

Although the fabulous Noro colors came out well, I promise that the size is NOT decreasing, although it rather looks that way in the pic. It was straight knitting for 39", make another ruffle, and then sew the sides, leaving a hole in the middle. If I get ambitious, I'll get someone to take a pic so you can see what it looks like on. 

I'm absolutely dying for the spring Knitty--where is it? Must have patterns! Must have more yarn! 

Although my next project, after the sweater, will be to cut up some old clothes into strips, and then knit the strips with really big needles and make a lovely rag rug for my kitchen. Hooray!  

But it never hurts to have a back-up project. Or two. Or five.