Knitting And Books

Just like the title says: I like knitting and I like books. Click below to find me on Goodreads and Twitter

[knittingandbooks]

Book people, I need help!

I’m looking for a novel to read with my intermediate ESL students. They have requested something a little more mature than middle grade novels (they thought the last one we read was too childish), but they think young adult novels will be too difficult. Are there any books you know of that fall between middle grade and young adult???

[knittingandbooks]

Ahh, I forgot to add that since my students are 90% Chinese, I'm really hoping to find a Chinese or Chinese-American author to suppprt. A lot of what we consider classics are just really uninteresting to my students (I've taught a ton of the classics before - my students usually find them boring)...so I'm hoping that they'll be more engrossed if they can see some part of their own culture in a book.

[knittingandbooks]

Book people, I need help!

I'm looking for a novel to read with my intermediate ESL students. They have requested something a little more mature than middle grade novels (they thought the last one we read was too childish), but they think young adult novels will be too difficult. Are there any books you know of that fall between middle grade and young adult???

[knittingandbooks]

It’s been awhile since I posted any knitting stuff, so here’s some quick projects that I’ve been working on lately! (Thanks to the husband for modeling!)

(Still trying to decide if I actually want to sell these on Etsy or not 😬)

[princesconsuela]

[tastefullyoffensive]

[kaible-deactivated20181205]

This is one of my favorite posts because that cat’s fucking name is fucking meatloaf

Let us just appreciate that this person’s dad didn’t know when they would be home and so he couldn’t plan for them to be able to join the family for dinner, but he knew with no doubts that dear sweet Meatloaf staying in that exact position for hours was an absolute in this scenario. Truly, that cat was named well.

[pizzacatsandboobs]

one of my favorite posts on tumblr over the course of 5 fucking years.. clearly i need a life

[disgustinganimals]

Meatloaf is a reliable cat and did not steal the money for selfish reasons. A rare friend.

[yourshipsaregross-blog]

I love Meatloaf. :)

[whiska-aliapoh]

Bless Meatloaf

[coloradoqueen]

Reblog Money Meatloaf to get surprise $40

[knittingandbooks]

Awww, I met one of my classes of new students this morning, and they're so cute and eager ☺

[madamspeaker]

The mood of 2017, a visual representation.

[3rdheart]

[not-close-to-straight]

We didn’t deserve this man What a pure perfect soul

[just-shower-thoughts]

What if the meteor that crashed into the earth and killed the dinosaurs was really a UFO and we are the aliens?

[culturenlifestyle]

Tale of The Artist Who Photographs Beauties in Gowns Against Idyllic Backgrounds

Cappadocia, Turkey, Finolhu, Maldives, Poppies Field, Crimea, Louvre, Paris, France are few of the many scenic places where artist Kristina Makeeva has travelled to juxtapose elegant fashion against phenomenal architecture for her photographic compositions.

Keep reading

[buzzfeedlgbt]

Bookmarking now and forever (x)

[tereshkova2001]

This is a *really good* article that both handles anatomy concerns and presumes zero background makeup knowledge. Well done.

[butchfatty-deactivated20210203]

It’s amazing that the cover photo is showing both older women and people of color, something that the media consistently ignores regarding the trans community.

[pardonmewhileipanic]

for my followers

[yvii7books]

Dresden, Germany

[bela40]

my attention span is so bad i cant watch something without being on my phone at the same time i always have to have 2 layers of activity when did this happen why is capitalism stealing my soul away the spectacle has me firmly in its grip

[liddelfolk]

Psychology time!

This isn’t having a short attention span (or well maybe thats part of it), but probably something called “Optimal Arousal.”(This is psychology, not anatomy, please keep your mind out of the gutter Xp)

Optimal Arousal goes like this: When effort is low, more stimulus is better. When effort is high, less stimulus is better.

I’ll elaborate. Whenever you do something easy (like maybe some homework as an example), unless something else is happening (like music or a show) you tend to get drawn away or doze off. In this homework scenario, the effort is low, so in order to keep at it and do well on working on it, you need a higher amount of stimulus, like a movie.

If something is hard, like for instance a test, you probably will try to avoid noise, going so far as to hush others so you can concentrate. The effort is high so you want less stimulus.

Keep this in mind. It can help you focus, and make life a lot easier. Dont feel bad for doing lots of different things while you are just chillin. Enjoy the knowledge!

[digitaldiscipline]

This is also the reason that when people get lost or are trying to find an unfamiliar destination, they turn their car stereo down.

[elainapoststhings]

Whoa wait turning down the music so you can “see better” is a real thing and not just something to poke fun at?

[knittingandbooks]

I cannot believe how cute my dogs are.

[knittingandbooks]

My puppy chewed the needle tip of a sweater that I’m currently knitting, and the only similar needle I have to replace it is one size up. I hope it doesn’t change gauge too much and come out looking weird 😫

[donnajosh]

[vivienvalentino]

Power of fictional characters right here.

[out-there-on-the-maroon]

Use this gifset the next time some asshole tries to tell you that “there’s no disability in this sci-fi story because there’s no point.”