Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Knitting and Reading






bridal wreath bush :: no-knead bread :: morning tea slice :: sunset :: mrs. bluebird taking a break

The most exciting yarn-y thing I've got going on at present is my dye batch, on my previous post (check it out!) but I am happy to have a little bit of down time today to knit up the land of the land agent mittens. I say the last because I knit a pair to start with that was not to my satisfaction, but I didn't know this until after they were blocked... and felted... so there was no going back with that yarn.

So I re-knit, and here I am. They were a project for a friend and I have poked around with them because it is spring, right? No time now for wearing mittens. It was 26F this morning, 57F inside the house because we didn't bother to turn on the heat. Julian has been selected to represent the natural sciences at a campus "raft debate" in one week, so he has asked me to spend the day watching all the recorded raft debates the internet has to offer, from start to finish. I think I can handle that task, my dear!

I've been doing my house chores along with Marilynne Robinson's Lila and I like the book but it seems to have this author's characteristic way of not really telling a story with a standard plot but rather the main character's emotional arc. I'm only a little less than half way through and it seems this poor girl Lila is living life two steps forward, three steps back...

What are you knitting and reading? Show and tell with Ginny and the others through Yarn Along! If you're in the market for some beautiful hand dyed sock yarn, visit my previous post!

10 comments:

  1. Magical photos! And oh, this bread looks so delicious!

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  3. I just love the photo of the bluebird. We don't have many here anymore. And that bread - just yummy!!

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  4. Great photos! Really great - thank you so much for sharing!

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  5. Ha! Marilynne Robinson's way: you nailed it.

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  6. I've toyed with that book, so now I'm waiting to see what you think before I take the plunge. Love the bird :)

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  7. I think it's wonderful news that you are going into the dye business Amanda. I have played around with dying yarns and find the whole process a joy.

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  8. The little bit of Gilead that I've got through makes me think an audiobook of it would never work for me. Lila may be different but something about the slowness of the writing be intolerable for me in that format but is something I love about the book as I read it with a hard copy in my hands. So far it is like a quiet walk in the morning full of birdsong and dew and occasionally a scratch from a bramble. Off to see your post from yesterday!

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  9. Wonderful photos! It was very chilly this morning!

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  10. Love the photo with the sunlight behind the trees! Looking forward to that yarn!!

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