Unraveled Wednesday in June

Good Morning All,


OK, It is June 7th and this morning I had to turn the heat on in the kitchen when I came down to make coffee AND I used the heat in my car driving to work.  What is wrong with this picture????  Mind you, it's not freezing (as in 32 degrees or lower), but it was in the mid-50's and damp.  Next week?  We are supposed to be in the 90's.  Our roller coaster continues.....


Joining Kat and friends for Unraveled Wednesday.  There was not a lot of progress on the shawl, and none on the socks since last Wednesday!  But, here is a picture of the shawl where it is easier to see that the gradient yarn is blending nicely.

The reason I didn't get much done on this or the socks is that I spent the weekend making a Twiddle (or Fidget) Mitt to send off to Kathy B .  This is the BULKY yarn I used

Of course I forgot to take a picture of the Mitt itself, but it turned out much larger than I thought it would - LOL.  Bulky yarn plus BIG needles = sore hands.  I want to make another, but I have to take a few days off.  The smaller yarn in the plastic bag to the right is what I used to make pom-poms (my first ever!!).  It was fun to decorate the mitt with fidgety stuff.


On the reading front, I finished a book (The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher) for my first Bingo square.  This will probably go on the square for a book over 500 pages.  If you haven't read it, it's a great story.  I had never read anything by the author, but I may look for some more.  Last night I started reading "Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles (author of "A Gentleman in Moscow").  I really enjoy his style of writing, and Rules already has me engaged just like Gentleman did.  Fletch and I have been reading "Winter's Tales" by Isak Dinesen after dinner - a collection of short stories.  We're almost finished that which will also count for a Bingo square.  There are about 4 more books from the library queued up on my Kindle (all of which are due back within a week or so - ha!).


A mid-week check in.  What are you up to knitting-wise and reading-wise?

Unraveled Wednesday

Hello All,


Once again joining Kat for Unraveled Wednesday.  Fortunately there has been no unraveling of yarny things.  The brain and body though?  Another thing.  Last night was one of those nights (again) where I was awake from 2 a.m. till after 4:30 (when I let Tyg out).  I was asleep when the alarm went off at 5:30.  So, I am more than a bit foggy this morning. 


Since these sleepless nights have been occurring more regularly (not all that frequent, but maybe once a month or so), I've learned to *almost* enjoy them when they are happening.  I take the time to really feel and listen to my breathing and practice my yoga breathing.  I think of knitting projects - some in progress and some I am thinking of for the future.  I'm beginning to think of these spells as more "found time" to just sort through things.  The downside is, of course, I'm exhausted the next day.


On a brighter note, I'm going out to lunch today to Seasons 52 which will be fun and delicious.


Progress on Match and Move continues (albeit a bit more slowly).  I've started Part II and the shape of the wrap is beginning to shift.  I'm not quite halfway through the dark grey color, so still a lot of knitting to go. 

It's hard/impossible to get it to lay correctly on the circular needle, but I think you can see in the picture that the one side (left) is still pointy and the other side is now moving across in a straight line.  The color progression will continue as it did for Part I, though I may not have sufficient pale grey.  If that turns out to be the case, I'll just finish it with some more dark grey.


Still up in the air whether or not I will take this on vacation.  I wasn't planning to as it is getting a bit bulky, but I'm enjoying the knit (pretty much mindless) so much and it would be great car knitting.  I'll figure it out.


I am still reading "The Swans of Fifth Avenue" by Melanie Benjamin.  Also still enjoying it, but I am reading at a snails pace these days.  Not sure what's up with that!  My Kindle is loaded with good stuff, so I plan to read a bunch while away.


Happy mid-week -- almost at the downside of the work week!!