Hello and Good Morning!
It's Wednesday and you know what that means: time to link up with Kat and her Merry Band of Unravelers to talk making and reading.
I am so happy to have something other than a big green blob to share with you! Look, look, look!
Yes my friends! Finally the first PairFect sock has been finished and the second started. Woo-Hoo. Let's hope that PairFect #2 does not take as long to knit as #1 did (over 3 weeks...). There has also been a small amount of knitting on the green
Moving on to the reading side of things, I did finish Hamnet. Wow! What a book. Sad but beautiful. Maggie O'Farrell has such a way with language. Sitting on my nightstand is another book by O'Farrell (Instructions for a Heat Wave) that I am looking forward to digging into. Meanwhile I tried to read the cozy mystery I had taken out, but just could not get into it. The writing was horrible (personal opinion). Instead I picked up Weyward. Almost halfway through it and I haven't figured out whether I like it or not. LOL I'll most likely finish unless it gets to be too much.
Fletch and I are continuing with H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald. Last Friday we got to the part where she tells her hawk's name: Mabel. That just about killed us as you can imagine. You all may know this but we just learned that there is a hawk (Rufus) who chases pigions away from the Wimbledon tennis lawns!
A quick wrap for me. I need to head to the office to meet up with Bruce early this morning. Going there of course also means a stop at Trader Joe's and the liquor store! Have a great Wednesday - we are now on the down slope towards the weekend!!
hurray for a sock being finished and onto the next one!! I've been reading mysteries and enjoying the whodunit plot lines.
ReplyDeleteYour socks are looking great! I bet the BGB is also, but I know what it's like to reach the "I can't wait to be done" stage of a Hitchhiker. I can't wait to finish my BBB and work mainly on my Hitch on the Move. I also got Weyward from the library but like you, I can't decide if I'm going to keep reading. I feel like I've reached the summer doldrums in reading!
ReplyDeleteI hope that second sock just zooms along! I'm in a similar place in my current pair, and I'm hoping that a board meeting I have tonight helps me make some progress.
ReplyDeleteMy other favorite Maggie O'Farrell (if you're looking for a recommendation) is The Hand That First Held Mine.
Those socks look so good! I need to get a sock going so I have a "mindless knit" to pick up when needed!
ReplyDeleteWasn't it bittersweet to finish Hamnet? How I wish that it was a forever book, one that I could read for the rest of my life. So, so beautiful in both writing and story.
ReplyDeleteI just loved Hamnet . . . and I'm so glad you did, too. XO And those are GREAT socks! (I love that your visits to see your boss also involve a trip to the liquor store!!!!)
ReplyDeleteGreat looking socks!!!
ReplyDeleteLoving the socks. I am stuck on my second sock having forgotten everything I learned in the workshop. I shall have to have recourse to YouTube.
ReplyDeleteOne down and one on the needles! That's a good place to be.
ReplyDeleteI need to start some socks!
ReplyDeleteGood looking sock! But aren't they all?
ReplyDeleteThese socks are really a superb design--nice job!
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