I'm joining Kat and the Unravelers for Unraveled Wednesday, with a few more inches done on the body of my Antler cardigan. I've got almost 12 inches knit so far, and with a bigger cardigan, I had to get some bigger antlers to take a picture.
I also started another project - Christmas socks. Eight years ago after Ryan had moved to CO and wouldn't be home for Christmas, I was feeling a bit sad. As I sometimes do when I feel like that, I decided to peruse The Loopy Ewe's website. I came upon some Fibernymph Dyeworks yarn in a colorway called Home for Christmas. If one skein would make me feel better, then four skeins might make me feel really good. That's how I came to have four skeins of this lovely yarn that has been sitting in my stash for eight years.
I read some good books last week. There was a re-read of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage (essays by Ann Patchett), Wish You Were Here (a pandemic novel authored by Jodi Picoult), and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (a YA novel that was highly recommended by Ann Patchett in her essay "Reading Kate DiCamillo"). Happy Marriage was just as good the second time, and Wish You Were Here had an interesting twist that made it different than just a rehash of what we've been going through. The real star for me was Edward Tulane. Even though it's a YA novel and a story about a china rabbit named Edward Tulane, it's not too childish or sentimental. It is a unique and interesting story that kept me reading to see what happened to Edward next in his journey, written with beautiful prose. I listened to the audio version, but will be reading the hardcover so I can appreciate the beautiful illustrations (and enjoy it for a second time).
What are you making and reading this week?
LOL - your comment about ordering multiple skeins of yarn cracked me up! Naturally four would make you feel better than one! I realized the other week that I ordered some Christmas "holiday" yarn a few years ago for socks and have yet to use it. I need to find that yarn, cake it up and get going! Looks like a good week for reading too! Your sweater is gorgeous Bonny - I just love that blue.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds to me like you are doing an excellent job of getting into the holiday spirit (with a singing plumber, no less!). The sock yarn is perfect, but I'm laughing a bit that you ordered it from TLE given that the dyer is actually closer to you -- and just so you know, she does a lot more holiday/Christmas colorways!
ReplyDeleteYour sweater is looking great and moving right along. I think you'll be to the fun part of the yoke very soon! I am very focused on my nephew's blanket right now, but I think I might cast on a small project just to have some variety. We've had a couple of days recently when it's been just a little too warm for a hat on my walk, so I was thinking of knitting a quick headband so I have something to keep my ears warm.
Well, you are a productive lady lately, Bonny, especially in the knitting and reading departments. Your sweater is really coming along! I love that sock yarn! No knitting much here. I've been raking leaves and reading mostly. I am loving Cloud Cuckoo Land. It reminds me of All the Light We Cannot See in that is a complicated plot connecting several timelines, so very imaginative, beautiful prose, and an extraordinary discourse on the human condition. I probably picked the wrong time to read it because it should be savored, and I am very busy at present. I don't read a lot of books that I think about re-reading it while I am reading it. Can you tell I really like it? YMMV Thank you for the book reviews; I am waiting on several of these to come in at the library. And I need a plumber, could you give me the number of one who sings down here?
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I love the christmas socks! I have never made a pair....I need to change that for next year!
ReplyDeleteA singing plumber! That's the best! I love the way your sweater is coming along (and how gracefully it drapes across your antlers!), and those Christmas socks are perfection. I have a lot of sock yarn (rather ironic since I don't knit socks much anymore. . . ), but I don't think I have any Christmas-y yarn. Maybe I'm going to have to do some shopping???? XO
ReplyDeleteI love your Christmas-y afternoon, thanks for sharing that with us! And those antlers! Wow, talk about non-typical!!
ReplyDeleteI love your sock therapy... more is always better (and those colors are just awesome!)
ReplyDeleteI love that Christmas yarn!!
ReplyDeleteI believe Hans Gruber in Die Hard was Alan Rickman's first major movie role! (Miss him.)
Your Christmas-y afternoon sounds delightful. That yarn will make some perfect holiday socks. I can so relate about yarn being the balm for a Christmas without kids at home.
ReplyDeleteP. S. The sweater looks great too. Needing bigger Antler's as a photo prop means good progress. That sock yarn must have been buried in the stash. Otherwise, it is so pretty it might have hopped onto your needles.
ReplyDeleteLoving that Christmas yarn!
ReplyDeleteReading: Oona Out of Order
Knitting: The never-ending Hat of Safety
I love your antlers! And a reread of Happy Marriage sounds like a great idea. I am finishing Hell of a Book. It is good but a bit baffling when trying to describe
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