tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20416255.post3082031164338292479..comments2023-07-29T02:27:27.016-05:00Comments on Knitting4Shirley: Monkey the First and Then Somehillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04687465201518131269noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20416255.post-1366265017526591542008-05-23T05:42:00.000-05:002008-05-23T05:42:00.000-05:00Pretty sock! Where do you find time to do all you...Pretty sock! <BR/><BR/>Where do you find time to do all you do and read too? I haven't finished a book since last summer; seems I only make the time to read while soaking up the sun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20416255.post-6759871936733581382008-05-22T19:55:00.000-05:002008-05-22T19:55:00.000-05:00I watched that Lady Jane movie too and always wond...I watched that Lady Jane movie too and always wondered how accuarate it was. I read Innocent Traitor earlier this year and was not surprised to see it wasn't as romantic of a story as the movie made it out to be! You can't knit just one pair of Monkeys. They are so fun.Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01426627474953220169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20416255.post-41073567346325316802008-05-22T10:06:00.000-05:002008-05-22T10:06:00.000-05:00There was a movie in the early 80s (early enough t...There was a movie in the early 80s (early enough that it was Helena Bonham Carter's first film) called "Lady Jane" that told a highly-romanticized version of the story and after seeing it I was obsessed by Tudor England generally and Lady Jane Gray specifically. And I mean <B>seriously obsessed</B> -- I used to go to the college library in my home town to take out books full of copies of the primary-source documents about her life. (And before you ask, yes, I was the nerdiest 13-year-old ever.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, that's my long way of saying you might want to look for the DVD on Netflix, since you both enjoyed the book. (The movie is a bit rough in places too -- anything that ends with a 16-year-old being beheaded has to be, but it is mostly a very sweet, if rather fictionalized, romance.) And I'm going to go find myself a copy of the book. I've read Alison Wier's stuff on Elizabeth I, but didn't know she had one on Lady Jane, too.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Nice monkeys! I did my first pair of those in a very similar colorway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20416255.post-80705682228809739032008-05-22T09:19:00.000-05:002008-05-22T09:19:00.000-05:00I'm so glad you guys both enjoyed the book and I t...I'm so glad you guys both enjoyed the book and I think you are absolutely correct in your review. I know parts of it were rough and I hope it wasn't inappropriate for DQ.Carole Knitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822611829419865289noreply@blogger.com