My nephew's wife has two or three more weeks to go but I'd like to get this finished and sent off to Albany. I hate to trust the post office when I send hand-knits, but I guess I'll have to. I can insure the blanket itself, but the post office can't really compensate me for my time. Maybe I'll even have time to knit some booties or baby socks. Since they live in Albany I know it will be cold enough this winter for baby Lucien to need some woolly foot warmers.
This was a stellar week in reading. I finished Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell and I'm convinced it may be the best book I read this year. My review is here if you are interested and want to decide if this might be for you. I highly, highly recommend the book.
I always seem to enter into a slight "book depression" after I finish a wonderful book, wondering if the next one can ever measure up. I looked at lots of lists and was lucky enough to be able to download two new possibilities from the library: The Boy in the Field by Margot Livesey and The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls by Ursula Hegi. The Boy in the Field is keeping me good company while I knit, knit, knit on the baby blanket
What are you making and reading this week?
Your blanket is so beautiful! And it looks so soft! Your reading constantly inspires me and your review of Hamnet makes me even more anxious for my turn to read it! (come on wait list!! lol)
ReplyDeleteI think your plan to get the blanket off to the recipient as soon as possible is a good one. I haven't had any major issues with PO, but you never know these days.
ReplyDeleteWhen you first recommended Hamnet to me, it was a 6+-month wait at the library, but they must've added some more copies since then. I got a hold on it and will have to wait a bit, but it looks like I'll at least get to read it before the end of the year and am looking forward to it!
Love the blanket Bonny! gorgeous knitting.
ReplyDeleteI have not thought that I would like Hamnet, but your review gives me pause. I may need to consider it. And Ursula Hegi is a favorite author of mine...looking forward to what you think of her latest.
The blanket is stunning, I love it! I have Hamnet on my Kindle, I will probably read it when I finish my current book (The Giver of Stars [meh]).
ReplyDeleteYour baby blanket is lovely!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read Hamnet and the bad news is that the wait for a library copy is very long. The good news is that I have a birthday in a few weeks and a brother who likes to buy books for gifts and I made it very clear that Hamnet would be a good choice!
Thank you, Debbie! I think Hamnet would be a wonderful birthday gift and I hope that whenever you get to read it you enjoy it as much as I did.
Deletegorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!! I might have to knit this for two babies to be, waiting for the gender reveals (it's a thing!).
ReplyDeleteThat baby blanket will either be so well loved that it falls apart, or it will be an heirloom. It is so lovely. I cannot think of a better gift for a new baby. I am just finishing the latest mystery in the series by Deon Meyer (South African author), and it is one of his best. I like reading a wide variety of international authors. After this, who knows?
ReplyDeleteThe blanket is just wonderful! So sweet and so precious. And Hamlet? STILL thinking about it! I agree -- in the running for best-of-the-year. XO
ReplyDeleteAt first I wasn't interested in reading Hamnet, but I'm hearing more and more good things about it.
ReplyDeleteThat baby blanket is gorgeous. I love fan and feather, but I have a hard time knitting it. I get off on my stitch counting and then I have to frog. Your blanket is sure to be treasured.
I wasn't sure I would like Hamnet as I'm not very familiar with Shakespeare and I was afraid I wouldn't know enough about his play Hamlet, but Shakespeare isn't even mentioned by name in the book. I thought it was just a really good story, very well told. I have to count my stitches after all the pattern rows to make sure I didn't forget any yarnovers. I've had to rip back far too many times!
DeleteThat blanket is gorgeous! My holds list is full right now, but Hamnet will be the next to be added. I can't wait!
ReplyDeleteAnd I know what you mean about a book depression. I had one after I finished All The Light We Cannot See. I get all wistful every time I even THINK about that book. The writing was so gorgeous, the stories were so compelling, and it was just everything I love in a book. And then... nothing compared. I was disgusted by everything I read for weeks! Luckily, the book hangover wore off and I could tolerate twaddle again :)
Thanks, Katie! I think Hamnet is worth the wait. I think I'm gradually recovering from my book depression. Time and another good book are helping!
DeleteYour blanket is so beautiful and elegant in its simplicity. Ursula Hegi's Stones From the River is still on my bookshelf (I do not keep many books) and I interested to hear what you think about her new one. Hamnet is one of three books I have loved this year. I have high hopes for another one or two to be on that list.
ReplyDeleteThat blanket is simply gorgeous! Looking forward to Hamnet ... and a few others this fall. I did completely and totally LOVE the full-cast recording of Charlotte's Web on Tuesday. Thank you so much for putting the audio idea out there!
ReplyDeleteThat blanket is so precious. It looks like you are cruising down to the end. It is hard to trust the hand knits to the post office, especially now. I have to say I have mailed quite a few packages to Connecticut and all have arrived. The last one took an extra few days though. Hamnet is on my list. I haven't encountered anyone who didn't enjoy reading it. I am not all that familiar with Shakespeare's work but it's always good to learn something new.
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