Good Chilly Morning!
Yup - 25 degrees here this morning. It is chilly! I turned the kitchen heat on early (5:30) when I let Mabel outside, just to get the downstairs a bit warmer. It was tough to get out from under the covers this morning...I just wanted to burrow down further. But, eventually I did decide to get up and put the coffee on. Now my first cup has been poured and I feel like I can type out a few words.
It's Wednesday which means it is time to link up with Kat and her Merry Band of Unravelers to chat about making and reading. After finishing Fletch's Tapped Maple socks I did not pick up any knitting needles for a week! I just wasn't interested or inspired or whatever. Finally though I looked through my stash and wound up a skein of handspun from Sarah. Thanks again Sarah for this beautiful yarn!
My picture did not capture the colors very well, but the yarn is gorgeous. It is 100% wool and I did start to knit a sock for Colin, but it just didn't feel right. I think I need the nylon when making socks. So...I am thinking about using this gorgeous yarn to make a Musselburgh! I have yet to knit one and I know the start can be rather fiddly, but I've done that start before (when I made my felted bag)...took me several tries, but I did get it.
Meanwhile, I did pull out a skein of Regia to make socks for Colin. I always give him socks for his birthday or Christmas, so I thought I'd best get moving on the process.
Just plain vanilla - something that will go quickly so as to be finished in time.
Onto the books! I finished Brooklyn and enjoyed it a lot. I'll definitely look for "Long Island" (the sequel) but will take a break first. I still kept thinking of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" while reading this.
Next up, I had been in the queue for quite some time for Sandwich and was excited when it became available just as I was finishing Brooklyn. Well, count me under-whelmed. I've read about half of it and I can't say that I really am liking the book. For me, the writing is too gimmicky (I can't think of another word to use) and so far I am finding the story to be tedious and not very interesting. I'll finish it (it's not a very long book), but I sure am disappointed in it.
Fletch and I are continuing to listen in bits to "The Mind of the Raven" by Bernd Heinrich. There is a lot of humor in this book even though listening to it at times feels like being in a college lecture.
So tell me, what have you been making and reading this past week?
It's chilly here, too (32ºF when I got up this morning), and my husband was stealing all the covers this morning so I woke up cold. I suppose that means I will have to get out a sweater today, which I do not mind at all.
ReplyDeleteIf you're interested, I will send you my pattern for a double-ended hat for the handspun. I have a different cast-on for it with a photo tutorial in the pattern.
I love my Musselburgh and yours will be lovely in Sarah's handspun. Colin's socks look like they are fun to knit. I read Sandwich as an ARC and remember liking it, but now I'm questioning myself. Both you and Kat were underwhelmed by it, so I'm not quite sure what I was thinking.
ReplyDeleteLots of cloud cover here so our morning temps are pretty mild. I have Long Island on my someday list too. I successfully have avoided hitting the join button on the Sock Squad emails 😂. Staying strong
ReplyDeleteI like the look of both yarns and look forward to seeing what you do with them.
ReplyDeleteWe are down to more normal temps, though it's still on the warm side for mid November. The nights are definitely chilly though.
I'm still knitting away on Baby J's cardigan. Size 2 needles go slow! I really like that handspun and it will be beautiful no matter what you make. Isn't it funny how these kids all love to get hand knit socks? Mine are all the same and now Piper's in on the action. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's a dreary morning here. We had thunderstorms, very gentle ones with the rolling thunder that I love, all night long and it's supposed to be rainy all day. How I would love to snuggle in here at home and knit, but it's my ladies Bible study this morning. I always enjoy it when I'm there, it's just leaving the house on mornings like this that are difficult. I hope you have a wonderful day Vera.
Blessings,
Betsy
The new yarn is gorgeous--tell hat will be a good way to use it. I like that you also cast on for Colin's socks; good job!
ReplyDeleteI’ve started and abandoned several books on the last week and finally realized I wasn’t in the mood to read anything. I’ve managed to catch a bug of some sort (not COVID) but very similar (headache, achy joints, hacking cough, and fatigue). I’m ready to it to run its course and move on.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got some rain. That skein of handspun looks so pretty. Vanilla socks are always a good idea.
ReplyDeleteBrrr…. That is cold. I’m in Michigan right now and it was in the high 40’s this morning.Its’s been windy but it hasn’t been that cold.
ReplyDeleteI’ve forgotten all about the Musselburgh I knit a few years ago. I need to dig it out when I get home. That double layer is really warm.
A handspun Musselburgh will be delightful! Yes, it is a fiddly beginning... but it stops being fiddly quickly! Sandwich also fell flat for me... and gimmicky is the perfect descriptor!
ReplyDeleteI am trying to finish my musselburgh and it's taking forever!! I have 1-2 inches to go. I do love the mindless knitting. love the sock beginnings!
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