Darker than Black is a noir anime. It drops you in the middle of a world where there are "Contractors" and a "Hell's Gate" with only bits of explanation. We are almost done and I'm still not sure who the good guys are. It is slightly reminiscent of Cowboy Beebop: the noir softened with silly, the search for a missing loved one, and the “Syndicate.” It might be these are themes that run through noir anime and I’ve only just picked up on the connection between these two. Still, Darker than Black is its own show with mesmerizing characters, a twisting plot but not one that loses you. DH and I have the last four episodes to watch and I can’t wait to see how it ends.
I spun a bit while we were watching. I’ve been out of practice so I worked on some easy wool, and then plied some singles I’d made before we went to Paris.
That's the blue that wouldn't do anything right plied with a multicolored single spun from scrap left over from Spinning 101 and Spinning 201.
I also tried Navajo plying a single I’d made a while ago.
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| The rest of the scraps from Spinning 101 and 201. |
It’s ok, but the yarn starts thick and ends thin. When you Navajo ply (the link is to youtube, skip to 47 seconds in) you ply the yarn on itself in short sections. This maintains color changes, but tends to multiply any inconsistencies rather than smoothing them out as when you ply using two singles. Still, I think the yarn will be pretty if I use it as an accent in a bigger piece. I want to continue to focus on getting an ever more consistent single so I can Navajo ply more often. Unfortunately, my shoulder has been hurting a bit since I last spun. So I’m going to take a bit of a break, and focus on knitting for a while.
Erin’s birthday was great. And I could go into detail, but she's already got a great post with pictures and everything. Check it out here.
Sunday DH and I got up, did a bit of laundry, cleaned a bit of the house and then headed down to my parents' place to look at a table that had been in storage. We decided to take the table off their hands, and Dad and my sister helped us move it into our house. That evening we went to Alamo Drafthouse and saw Cowboys and Aliens with Dad. (Mom is out of town and my sister was packing to go back to school.)
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I’d heard an interview where someone discussed using the western tropes to keep the spirit true while adding in the alien element. I think it worked quite well. A stranger comes into town, causes a ruckus, and then has to save the day. I won’t say any more because you should go see it.
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Aww, thanks for posting a link to my blog!
Darker than Black sounds interesting. How did you find out about it?
P told us about it at a Friday night gathering. It's on instant watch on Netflix. We finished it the other day and it is great. I would suggest watching the episode called "Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom" before "Does the Reaper Dream of Darkness Darker Than Black?" The former is a palate cleanser the latter is the end of the story. We watched them in the order that they were on Netflix and I kind of with we had watched them in reverse.
I always like to watch things in the order that they are posted/created. I feel like there is a reason it's done that way. It always unsettles me to watch things out of order.
That being said, when I'm finished with the myriad of shows I've told myself I will watch, I will def check out Darker than Black.
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