Yarn Along

Reading: An Uncertain Choice, by Jody Hedlund. I've read two of this author's historical fiction novels and really enjoyed them, so I had high hopes for this one. I'm not quite halfway through it yet...so far it's good but not amazing. But I won't say anymore until I've actually finished it. (I received it to review so I will be posting a full review, hopefully by the end of the week.)

I don't know...I don't want to say I'm in a reading slump but I feel like lately I've been reading too many books that a bit too similar, or ones that are just mediocre. I haven't read anything that has absolutely blown me away since last month when I read Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. I guess I just need to read something different or maybe try a reread of a favorite (I've been wanting to reread Emma for a long time so maybe I'll pick that up soon!).

Knitting: I'm knitting on my third Irish Oats sock. Yes, third. Not because I've grown an extra foot but because I had to frog my first one because it was too tight! For the second one, I added more stitches and it turned out nicely, so I ripped out the first one to start over. Thank goodness these socks knit up quickly. :)

I finished my mitts from last week (pictures coming soon) and I'm hoping to finally finish my Onward shawl by the weekend. And of course I've also been knitting on my sock yarn blanket. I still get excited over every square and it's hard not to post pictures of each one! But I know you guys would get sick of that pretty quickly. :) I think I'm going to do a monthly post showing my progress, though.

I had a wonderful mini-skein mail day on Monday. Andi was kind enough to send me some gorgeous scraps for my blanket (first picture below). Thank you, Andi! (Her own blanket was one of the biggest reasons why I started one.) And I ordered a grab bag of five mini-skeins from GnomeAcres during their recent shop update (second photo below). I've been wanting to try their yarn for a long time and this was the perfect excuse. I've convinced myself that these don't count as "real yarn." (Andi confirmed this theory.) So technically I haven't broken my yarn buying ban...right? Not buying yarn for three and a half months is hard, but I know when I'm at the fiber festival next month I'll be glad I saved up that money. :)

{Yarn Along is a weekly link up hosted by Ginny where you can share what you've been knitting and reading.}