I love watching foreign films but it makes it really hard to concentrate on knitting when you are reading subtitles. Not to mention it has probably been months since I last took out my contacts and my TV isn't huge and is at some distance from my bed. Sooo-
I pretty much look like a squinty-eyed pirate knitting.
I was starting on the toddler hoodie front piece- which is very basic stockinette and a few rows of K1P1 ribbing. I managed to keep one eye on my knitting and one eye on the TV so I didn't make any mistakes. The movie "Män som hatar kvinnor" or "Men Who Hate Women" or "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (as it was listed under- very poor name for the movie) was in Swedish which has some similar sounding words to English. Excellent movie.
So my tips on knitting with subtitles:
- Pick a project that is easy and repetitive- something you can knit instinctively and not have to think too much about
-Put down the knitting for the last 40 minutes of the movie- because that is when all the exciting stuff happens!
I've been afraid to watch a foreign movie while knitting. I already spend so little time actually "watching" a movie (while knitting) that I figure I'd either miss the whole thing or spend the whole time reading the subtitles rather than knitting >_<
ReplyDeleteAnd "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"!? I recently finished reading the book! I have the movie in my Instant Queue but I don't want to watch the movie until I finish all three books in the series. (Just in case the movie gives something away :\)
I wanted to read the book first!! The movie was in my queue too and was tempting me :P
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