Greetings My Friends,
Another damp, foggy, grey morning here. Everything feels moist and my body feels achy from all the dampness. Oh well. What are you going to do?
Once again it is Wednesday and time to link up with Kat and her Merry Band of Unravelers to chat about making and reading. Always fun and always inspiring as well as often enabling!!
Despite spending a lot of time on my stitching during the past week, I did manage to knit some on my Simple Skyp Socks and the leg is now a bit more than halfway down to the heel flap. I am so loving these colors and the pattern.
Such a fun pattern. I even was able to knit a few rounds while at Colin & Mailing's yesterday. Only because when I arrived Colin was out for a walk with Iris. When they got back home, Iris sat on the couch next to me watching me finish up a round. She was pretty interested, but did not try to pick up the yarn or interfere with the knitting. I did tell her that one day I would teach her how to knit!
As for reading, I finished One Long River of Song by Brian Doyle. I had mentioned this a week or more ago but had said I was attempting to drag it out. His essays are just so dang good! I've now started Writers and Lovers by Lily King. So far it is ok, but I am finding it easy to put down. I'm hoping it picks up some for me.
Fletch and I are still plugging away at "One Man's Meat" (E. B. White) after dinner. I think we've passed the halfway mark, but I can't remember for sure. No matter. Bottom line, it's a great book.
Time for me to pour another cup of java and attempt to wake up. These dull/grey days are hard to get going! Remember to head over to Kat's to see what everyone is doing!!
The socks are looking great! We're having that same dampness here. I thought the achiness I've been feeling was due to my infection, but it may be the weather, too. I love the mental image I have of Iris sitting next to you and watching you knit! I hope she is just as interested in several years when she's able to knit herself.
ReplyDeleteWe’re having a lot of dampness right now too. It rained all night again and the farmers are loving it. Rain at night and heat during the day is perfect for the cornfields.
ReplyDeleteI love how Iris watches you. Piper used to do that too. When she was about five, I did teach her and she knit a few rows, but she lost interest. Recently she’s been showing interest again, so hopefully I can teach her.
Blessings, Betsy
It's foggy and damp here, and I will probably really be complaining next week when the temperatures are approaching 100. I had a big smile imagining you teaching iris to knit someday! I showed both of my boys but Justin knit a swatch and Ryan knit a slightly larger swatch before they both declared that it wasn't much fun. I can't believe that none of my libraries has a copy of One Long River of Song but it sounds like it might be worth purchasing a copy.
ReplyDeleteThe sock is so great!
ReplyDeleteSweet Iris learning to knit by being with a knitter :) Love the sock and it is hot and humid here and only going to get worse.
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