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A couple of months ago I had this idea that Keats, Gabe, and I should read The Fellowship of the Ring together. (Seth has read the trilogy multiple times already.) I don’t typically read fantasy (ever) but this is one of those series that is so widely read and loved, that I want to read it too. I would have started with The Hobbit, but Keats and Gabe have already read that. I may read The Hobbit aloud to my younger kids this winter. Anyway, between us we have two copies of The Fellowship of the Ring, and I thought we could take turns with them. I read about a hundred pages before the sharing got too complicated, and I just left the two copies with my boys and moved on to something else. This week I picked it up again and I’m another 150 pages in now. I love this book and I’m so glad to finally be reading it. I’m not sure why, but I get this warm cozy feeling while I’m reading it. Anytime I get confused (so many names!) I can ask Seth for help understanding, though he loses patience with me pretty quickly!
After finishing Seth’s hat, I picked up my speckled Nurmilintu shawl again and I’ve been knitting a few rows every day, usually in the evening just before bed.
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Lisa G. says
Ginny, you get that warm cozy feeling because it’s an allegory of the spiritual life, and it’s full of wisdom and truth. Such a wonderful story!
You knit many things for your children, and much of it is wool, isn’t it? I suddenly wondered how and where you manage to wash all these things by hand, and find places to dry them flat. That’s always an issue in our small place.
Gracie says
I grew up reading Tolkien, and reread the Trilogy every couple of years, usually during Christmas break. I loved the coziness when I was a child, and ate quantities of cheese toast and tea while reading. As an adult, I understand new things about it: as a child, it was an adventure story; as an adult, it’s an allegory about the church. I’m pretty much convinced that there was a bit of divine inspiration given to both Tolkien and Lewis, because their fiction is so deep and true and beautiful and prophetic.
Elizabeth Adams says
I’ve never posted here before though have been following you and your lovely family for years:) My husband lost his mom this past September and one of his fondest memories was sharing the book with her while he was reading it and discussing the story as they went. My husband is #5 of 12 and any one on one memory with his mom is held very dear. Our family has enjoyed the trilogy as well – books and movies. I read the Fellowship while pregnant with my second child and have very cozy memories of that time too:)
Emily says
Oh I love the yarn you’re using! So pretty!
I just re-read the Lord of the Rings trilogy myself. Like you, I never read fantasy, but wen the movies came out–this is terrible!–I wanted to know how they ended. So I picked up my sister’s copy of Return of the King, and then, once I knew, I had to read the rest of them!
Catherine says
Over the years I have so enjoyed “read alongs” with my kids. As my boys get older, I see it as a really special way to keep the mother-son dialogue going.
That speckled yarn is gorgeous!
Nicole Spring says
K go the set for Christmas and her and C have been obsessed ever since!
Claire says
The Hobbit makes an absolutely wonderful read aloud. I listened to it on tape (like actual cassette tapes) when I was a kid. It’s also great on tape for long car journeys. Love your knitting! I’m currently working on a giant pile of child sized mittens for my church’s sock and glove tree. (I’m using the Cozy Mittens pattern from Martha Stewart Magazine from several years ago which is knit flat and then folded and crocheted together in a contrasting color.) knitting the same pattern over a dozen times can get pretty boring but I’m alternating colors to try to make it more interesting. Plus each mitten only takes a little over an hour to knit if I don’t have any distractions.
Martha says
How is it that children always seem to be able to understand the fellowship of the ring and the various names and such when it seems so complicated to us adults? 🙂 Tolkien was a master.
Cheryl | TimeToCraft says
I usually read books after my children. Used to be the other way round, as I checked that the story and language was OK for their age. Long since been overtaken by their ability to read a book faster than me. This one is on my list.
Thank you for hosting.
Madeleine says
That’s a lovely idea, sharing a book with your older children. I often read books that my children have read, but not at the same time. I will have to try that!
Your yarn is so beautiful; it will be a gorgeous shawl.