Hi Everyone,
Still chilly here in Eastern PA and I guess we will remain that way for a bit. You may thank me for taking off the flannel sheets the other week. Despite below freezing temps, I refuse to bring them back out!
Meanwhile it's Wednesday and time to link up with Kat and her Merry Band of Unravelers to chat about what we are making and what we are reading. I confess to a bit more unraveling this week. Nothing major - just the yarn that I kept insisting should be a cowl when it was clearly telling me something else. After four (yes, 4) attempts, I gave up (sometimes it takes me a little time to get a message or learn a lesson).
But, all is not lost. The yarn is now happily becoming a sock.
This is the first of what will be a pair of "gold panning" socks. The yarn is mostly blues and some white with flecks of yellow (gold) throughout. So, kind of like a cool mountain stream where one might find bits of gold. I think of my Mom when I work with this yarn since she really did pan for gold when she and her friend Jennie rode their bikes from Vermont to California.
I also managed a couple of rows on Semplice, but it still looks like a lump of purple, so I'll spare you another picture of that (for now).
It was a very good week for reading. I listened to both the 6th and 7th volumes of "The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion" by Beth Brower and I've downloaded (but not yet started) Volume 8 which (sadly) is the last one (so far) available. I've read on line that the author is planning 24-25 volumes in total which seems amazing or impossible to me.
At the suggestion of my friend Leslie, I requested and got from my library Go as a River by Shelley Read. Leslie's book club was reading it and she thought I might like it. I found it good - a bit predictable and an easy read, but still good.
I also finished The Resistance Man by Martin Walker - another Bruno Chief of Police novel which I enjoyed very much. I'm disappointed that my library does not appear to have the next book in the series. It has later ones, but not the next.
Fletch and I are continuing to listen after dinner to Blaze Me a Sun by Christoffer Carlsson. It's not quite as compelling as we had hoped and we both tend to doze off while listening - lol. TBD whether we finish it or go with something else.
What are you making and reading this week?
I also took my flannel sheets of and won't put them back on, so I may have also inadvertently prompted some chilly weather. You are off to a good start with the sock, so I'm glad you listened to the yarn. It's quite pretty! I had kind of forgotten about Bruno Chief of Police so it's time I downloaded the next one. I need something to listen to!
ReplyDeleteMy flannel sheets are off as well, but I did haul out the extra blanket for last night... it was welcome in the cold weather! (however, it is supposed to be 65 here on Saturday so this cold spell will be short-lived!)
ReplyDeleteRiding bikes from Vermont to California! Now that sounds like an adventure!
ReplyDeleteThat yarn is very pretty!