Yarn Along

September 12, 2012

~ 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! ~

The stack of five or more books that I am somehow reading now is sure evidence that the past week has been a bit intense schedule wise. My focus is all over the place. I am still reading At Knit’s End in bits and pieces, which I am sure is how it’s meant to be read. I read an unschooling book that I picked up from the library in a little over an hour one evening after putting Silas to bed. I wasn’t particularly inspired by it. I don’t think I am part of the audience that the book was targeting. I am still reading Project Based Homeschooling (that one is good.) And finally I bought a copy of How to Raise Good Catholic Children last week, and after reading the first chapter, I love it.

I am almost finished with the first sleeve of Beatrix’s orange Sunday sweater. Hopefully the sweater will be finished in a few more days. To be honest, I don’t like the color. This shade of orange isn’t my favorite, and while it doesn’t show up in the photograph there are murky brownish areas that just aren’t pretty. But, we dyed this yarn ourselves, Beatrix wanted a sweater in it, and I needed to knit my pattern one more time. Hopefully I can make the pattern available to you all very soon.

One last little thing, in case you missed the post yesterday and like to cross stitch: together with a friend I am hosting a Winterwoods ABCs cross stitch sampler stitch along. Details are in this post.

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Below is a linky list if you’d like to link up and join the Yarn Along.

(1) Make sure the link you submit is to the URL of your blog post or your specific Flickr photo and not your main blog URL or Flickr Photostream. Please be sure and link to your current Yarn Along post, and not a Yarn Along post from a previous week.

(2) Include a link back to this post in your blog post or on your flickr photo page so that others who may want to join the Yarn Along can find us!

(3) If you have any trouble linking up, just email me and I will help you!

You can also join the Flickr Yarn Along group to share your knitting and reading photos anytime!

Comments

Debby says:

September 14, 2012 at 6:55 am

For a minute I read the title of your top book as Mediations for women who knit too much! I thought wow does it get that bad!

makneta says:

September 14, 2012 at 2:13 am

I usually read few books at the same time
The sunday sweater looks nice and the color is great for fall.

Cara says:

September 13, 2012 at 5:19 pm

Oh, I love the colour. Burnt orange is JUST the colour you want to be knitting with getting into early autumn, it’s beautiful.

Kitty Rose says:

September 13, 2012 at 2:06 pm

A bit late to the party While the yarn might not be a favourite, it could look really good once it is worn. Fingers crossed that this is the case. It look lovely and cosy. Besides, if it really isn’t popular you can always have a go at dying a whole garment? I’d really like to hear an excerpt from ‘At Knit’s End’ it sounds fab but Ive never even heard of it before now.