Unraveled Wednesday

Joining Kat and friends for Unraveled Wednesday.

So you've seen this photo (or a very similar one) many times before. I did take my Match & Move to CO and even worked on it, just not as much in real life as I did in my imaginary mind knitting. I felt a little silly hauling yarn back to The Land of The Loopy Ewe, but I had the best intentions to knit for hours while sitting in the airport and on the plane. 

You may know what happens with good intentions, so while I did knit in the airport, I fell asleep soon after we took off and didn't accomplish any knitting in my sleep. When I woke up shortly before we landed, I realized that I really shouldn't have wasted valuable space in my carry-on luggage by packing a second knitting project. You know, just in case I finished the Match & Move and for some reason I couldn't travel the 4.5 miles from Ryan's house to The Loopy Ewe for more yarn. I'll learn some day. 

This poor Hitchhiker went to CO but never got out of the suitcase. 

I'll tell you all about my trip to The Loopy Ewe later this week, but for now, here's a little preview. This yarn is definitely outside of my comfort zone, but I have several interesting ideas for it. For now, it's sitting next to me so I can pet and admire it. 

I did finish a couple of books recently, Us Against You and The Upward Spiral, and started two new ones, Coyote America and The Unthinkable. While I was picking up The Unthinkable from the library, I noticed this book on the shelf.

I wondered if The Universe might be sending me some sort of message. If so, I'm choosing to believe that the message is to knit as slowly as you need to and enjoy the process no matter what your speed might be.

What are you making and reading this week, fast or slow?

Wingin' It

First of all, big thanks to Mary for organizing Summer Book Bingo again; you can read all about it here and generate your own card here. In past summers I've spent lots of time making reading plans, checking my to-be-read list, filling my Summer Book Bingo squares with book possibilities, checking three libraries, placing holds on books, and reading, reading, reading. That was great, and I read lots of books that I might not have read otherwise.

This summer is a little bit different. We're looking for a house (in fact, I scheduled this post ahead of time and have been in Delaware yesterday and today), gathering documents to settle on a loan and hopefully a house, working on more documents for my father's estate, visiting Ryan in CO in a week, probably moving sometime before Sept. 1st, along with the usual stuff of my usual life. My time is limited, so this year I'm approaching Book Bingo differently. I can't imagine not reading, so I'm going to keep reading (as much as I have time for anyway) and use my card as a way to record books that I've chosen because I want to read them. I'm not going to worry overly much about squares and bingoes, just pure reading enjoyment.

I think that Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series might work for at least three squares, and I'm anxious to read more of them because I enjoyed the first one. I haven't yet finished How to Change Your Mind, so that could go in "Non-fiction about science". I might give Centennial another try for "Wanted to read for more than a year"; third time's the charm! Mary has sent me a brilliant suggestion for "With a cover that matches your current WIP", and I just might buy yarn in Fort Collins that matches a book I want to read because I love the idea of matching my reading and knitting.

I'm not usually a very good wingin' it kind of person, but this new approach has been quite freeing, and I'm lovin' it!

Again and still: I'm still not receiving email notifications from blogger when people have commented. This seems to be the case for everyone on the platform, and I really hope that this is fixed soon, but it doesn't seem to be anything that I can remedy myself (except for a migration of the whole blog to wordpress which I may attempt in the near future). Please know that I do read, value, and appreciate all of your comments, and hope to be able to reply to you very soon!