Hello 2017! I’m jumping back on the blogging bandwagon –
finally. I read somewhere that blogs are dead. I don’t agree. I still enjoy
reading them. I can't handle twitter with all the hashtags. It’s disruptive in so
many ways. And Instagram – haven’t looked at that much, but I’d rather have the
words please. Love the words!!
I was really hoping to finish my Dovetail Shawl over the
Christmas holiday, but I fell short. I had been making estimates, seeing if I
could get another pattern repeat out of the Liberty yarn, and I kept doing the
math wrong, and ending up with more yarn than I’d expected. The shawl is still
getting wider, and ends with a border, so I want to be sure I don’t run out,
but I also want to make it as big as possible. With a long weekend coming up I’m
hoping to pick it up again and maybe finish it for good this time.
In addition to that I have several other routine projects on
the needles, plus a new one – a prototype for a bag – a potential gift for a
friend. I wanted to try a smaller version of the bag first to check the yarn
and needle size and how well it will full, etc. One night of knitting done, and
this project is making me so happy! More on that another time.
As far as reading goes, I’ve just started Hazel Holt’s final
book – Mrs. Malory and Death is a Word. Hazel passed away in 2015, and I have
read all 21 of her Sheila Malory mysteries. They are so peacefully intriguing.
More than solving any of the mysteries, I just wanted to live vicariously
through Sheila, with her Aga cooker and cozy house; her trips into Taunton, and
to Oxford and the Bodleian. The walks along the sea on gray days….I think I
went vicariously to England better with Hazel Holt than almost any other writer, except
Miss Read. I’m trying to savor this last book. And yes, I will read them all
over again!
See what Ginny and the other Yarn Along friends are up to!
See what Ginny and the other Yarn Along friends are up to!
