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Yarn Along

~ 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! ~

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I’ve been feeling sort of blah about my knitting lately.  The sweater for Silas is a perfectly nice knit, but I am not in the mood for brown.  I have yarn to knit two different sweaters for myself, both in shades of brown, and keep meaning to get up the nerve to begin one.  But then, that’s more brown.  I’m in the mood for spring colors.  I went to my little local yarn store last week looking for inspiration, but also knowing that what I wanted was something peachy-pink.  I walked out empty handed though, and feeling guilty for not buying anything!  Nothing struck me, and I won’t buy something just for the sake of buying it.

I’ve known that I wanted to knit a seashore cowl ever since Lori posted photos of hers last year, but I haven’t been able to make up my mind about colors.  I’ve had a a skein of Madelinetosh merino light in antique lace sitting in my stash for some time, but I haven’t known what to put with it.  It occurred to me that the peachy pink I was looking for that day at the yarn shop would be perfect.  I ended up placing an order for one skein of merino light in the nectar colorway (It was hard to track one down.  I ended up placing an order here.)  It’s perfect.  I think this is going to be a really beautiful knit, the colors reminding me of my favorite scarf.  Subtle and pretty.

We’ve changed bedtime routines a bit around here, and now Jonny is putting Silas to bed instead of me, and I’m putting the girls to bed each night.  That means I’m in charge of bedtime reading.  Beatrix and Lark typically choose one picture book each.  One of our favorites is Owl at Home.  Readers aren’t usually my favorite, but I love this one and so do the girls.  We die with laughter every time we read it.  I also pulled Behind the Attic  Wall, one of my favorite books from childhood, off my shelf and started reading it to the girls our first night.  The boys quickly decided they wanted to listen too.  We’re more than halfway through already, because we’ve been sneaking in chapters during the day as well.  I remember exactly what it felt like to read it as a child.

 

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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!

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Ginny

I believe that when you slow down and savor the small things, you don’t have to wish for a different life; you can discover beauty in the life you already have. {Find out more here...}

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