Reading: The Year the Swallows Came Early, by Kathryn Fitzmaurice. I've just started this one so I don't know much about it yet, but it sounds like it'll be a cute middle grade read.
Knitting: A little progress on a sock is all I have to show this week. I finished a hat a couple of days ago and I'm going to cast on a Nurmilintu shawl soon. (My first project involving real lace! I'm sort of nervous about that.) Being in between projects at the moment, I've been knitting a couple of stripes on this sock (which is usually my car knitting).
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Perfect car knitting :-) I love the colors of the stripes. They work real well together.
ReplyDeleteStriped socks are so motivating to knit! :)
DeleteI thought I might be one of the few that CAR CREATE! (I don't knit anymore. I found crochet easier for me to understand...) I bring along a basket with my bible, a book...and my latest crochet project. You never know when you're out-and-about when you'll have a few minutes to read or create!
ReplyDeleteExactly! I'm never without a book, and usually I have my knitting with me, too. Those little minutes of waiting around really add up when you're doing something productive.
Deleteneat pattern colours on the sock, I haven't read that author, so might check it out. I'm visiting from Yarn Along
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DeleteI love the sock colors! Lace knitting seems very intimidating before you actually try it. Once you get into it, you'll find its not as scary as you thought! Just read the charts and count your stitches carefully.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope it won't be as intimidating once I try it (I feel the same way about colorwork). That shawl isn't all lace, but those lace sections will the most lace knitting I've ever done before. :)
DeleteGreat colours, good fun
ReplyDeleteBook looks great too
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Thanks! :) Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteYour read does look really cute! And those colors in your knitting project are gorgeous paired together. :)
ReplyDeleteThis book is cute so far. Thanks...I really like the colors in the sock, but I wish the lighter colored stripes weren't right against each other. Sometimes they blend in too much. :)
DeleteLove those stripes! Also lace is so much to knit. The nervousness is part of the thrill ;)
ReplyDeleteHa...I hope I'll feel that way when I try knitting lace!
DeleteThat's one of the new Felici colorways, isnt it?? Looks great! (A bit sad that I didn't/don't have a chance to get some)
ReplyDeleteYes, it's the Wizard colorway. Not my favorite of what I ordered (I really love Teacup), but it's still nice. :)
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