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~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs. I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you knitting or crocheting right now? What are you reading? Take a photo and share it either on your blog or on Flickr. Leave a link below to share your photo with the rest of us! ~
This week I finished Silas’ Baby Surprise Jacket. I really, really love it. Thanks to the beautiful handspun cashmere I knit it with, this is an incredibly soft sweater. I think the size turned out perfectly for Silas to wear it this winter. I may end up picking up stitches around the sleeve cuffs and adding some ribbing to extend their length.
This week I finally read Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids. Honestly, I didn’t think I needed this book, but after reading it I feel like the woman in The Last Unicorn (can’t remember her name despite watching that movie way more often than I should have as a child) who cries out, “Where have you been!” repeatedly when she sees the unicorn for the first time. Where was this book when Seth was a baby? I could just cry when I think of it. But the message that the author really hammers in is one of hope, not of guilt, and I am trying to embrace that. This book is about far more than getting rid of toys. We don’t have a television, we have very few toys, (we do have more books than the author would approve of, that’s for sure!), and I still learned so much. There is always room for positive change.
(Beatrix is reading Can You Count?, which she loves because she can “read” it. It is a very simple counting book by Gyo Fujikawa one of my favorite childhood authors.)
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