Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Yarn Along


Reading: A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman. This book was an impulse buy. I was drawn to it because 1) I love the cover, 2) It was originally published in Swedish, and 3) It's supposed to be a sweet, charming story about a grumpy, somewhat antisocial man, and that sounded appealing to me for some reason, ha. So far I'm really enjoying it.

Knitting: I finished my tweed fall socks and immediately cast on the Pixel Rise socks, which I've been very excited about knitting ever since the pattern came out last month. I don't have much experience in colorwork, but this pattern is easy enough that I'm not having any problems (the pattern is toe up, but I'm knitting these cuff down). The only thing I'm nervous about is trying an afterthought heel for the first time. This sock is so addicting! I can't stop knitting because I'm always excited about choosing the next color and seeing how it looks. :) I'm just trying not to think about weaving in all of those ends...

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

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  1. Such lovely speckles of color in your sock!

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  2. pretty pretty socks and I LOVED that book immensely, it was fantastic :)

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    1. Thanks! I'm enjoying the book a lot so far. :)

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    1. Your sock is lovely. Have you read Casting Off? It sounds like the book you described. I really enjoyed it.

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    2. Thank you! No, I haven't read Casting Off. I'll have to look into it!

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  4. I love those Pixel socks!!! Must try that technique with hats.

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    1. Thanks! Yes, there's a project on the Ravelry page for these socks where someone made a hat using the colorwork chart, and it's really cute. :)

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  5. Agh! The cuteness it too much! I really, really love this look (and the colors!). <3

    Also, I just recently bought A Man Called Ove as an audiobook. It's not the type of audiobook that I usually gravitate toward, but it was really cheap, and I'm interested to see what I think of this type of story in audio format (once I finally listen to it... I've somehow amassed quite the digital "pile" recently).

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    1. Thanks! :) I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of A Man Called Ove after you listen to it.

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