I'm joining Kat and fellow Unravelers with some progress on my Sparkly Hitch on the Move.
This is the only project I'm working on, but I've just added some more triangles and progressed to the "Body Pattern II" section of the pattern. Here I have to remember not to do kfbs with one of the yarns, so I've had to tink back quite a few times. I'll get it eventually!
Reading brought three finishes this week. The first, It. Goes. So. Fast., is authored by Mary Louise Kelly from NPR. She is a parent to two sons and in this book, she writes about balancing her family and work demands. I thought that the stories she shared about NPR were the most interesting and I would have enjoyed even more of them. She once received a call from the school nurse in Washington, D.C. saying that her son was quite sick and needed to be picked up and taken to the hospital. The only problem was that Kelly was on a Blackhawk helicopter in Baghdad. Some of the parental anecdotes begin to feel redundant, and I thought there were too many forced metaphors, but I gave the book 3.5 stars rounded up.
The second book I read was Dear Edward. It was a difficult novel for me to read and there were several times I wondered why I borrowed it from the library. Edward is the lone survivor of a plane crash and the story is told in alternating chapters of Edward's experiences living with his aunt and uncle after the crash and stories from other passengers on the plane. It was almost impossible for me to put myself in Edward's shoes and begin to imagine how he might be feeling because the book's whole premise is fraught with so much emotion. But I also couldn't feel much emotion for the rest of the passengers because they are thinly sketched and you know from the beginning that they are not going to survive. So this three-star book was a strange dichotomy of too much emotion and not enough for me, but that may be very much due to the subject matter.
The third book is Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry. I'm still mulling over lots of thoughts and opinions (some of them still unsettled in my mind and also unsettling) and I think this book might need a post of its own. I'll share my feelings about this one soon.
What are you making and reading this week?
I really, really like the way your Hitch on the Move, Bonny. The colors are awesome together! I actually dug through my stash last week and found some yarn to start my own. Soon. (I have to wrap up a few other WIPs first. Too many projects on the needles at once makes me twitchy.) XO
ReplyDeleteI am LOVING your Hitch on the Move! Those yarns work beautifully together! (and you have had an interesting reading week... I have not read Dear Edward (or anything by Ann Napolitano)
ReplyDeleteThat shawl is definitely going to be a dramatic statement piece. I love how the colors work together.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could read Edward, too sad. I'm into murder mysteries and am gobbling them up! Love your knitting progress :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Hitch on the Move Bonny! I love it. Guess what? I just bought the pattern this morning. Between you and Kat, I'm convinced - LOL. I even have a yarn in my stash for one of the colors (multi) and am contemplating what solid to use. Itmust be a week for less than stellar books - I am in the midst of a beachy read that really is just not good.
ReplyDeleteI am still really loving the moody combination of yarns in your shawl!
ReplyDeleteIt can be hard (especially when we've been reading a lot of really good books) to read some that are just okay, but sometimes I think it's necessary so that we appreciate the great ones more. I'm reading some nonfiction now (Poverty, by America) and pondering what novel to read next.
I think your Hitch on the Move is looking great - are you happy with your yarn colors now? And I had much the same feelings about Dear Edward. I liked it but felt somehow removed from it.
ReplyDeleteLove you Hitch! Looking at all of them on Ravelry has introduced a longing to knit one...someday.
ReplyDeleteHitch on the Move is looking good. I've bought 2 skeins to make one but have 2 other Martina Behm projects on the needles but this one will probably be started by Labor Day.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Suzanne! I'd love to see your Martina Behm projects!
DeleteThe Hitch on the Move is going to be so pretty. I'll be interested to read how you like it compared to the hitchhiker and how they compare size-wise. I'm working on a garter stitch shawl and Norah's sweater. I just opened the novel Love and Saffron. While the jury is still out, it doesn't seem like a very snappy story.
ReplyDeleteThe Hitch looks great ... and what an interesting design. Very cool to imagine Martina Behm's thought process! I finished Louise Penny's latest World of Curiosities this week and it's a standout. wow. (wow. wow.)
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