In terms of knitting, my needles need to be on fire with baby blankets - I have a friend due in May, a friend in June and two in September. I don't know whether I will manage to have blankets done for everyone but it's my goal to try. Unfortunately (at least for me), everyone seems to be opposed to finding out the gender so I'm working away using colours that I hope are sufficiently neutral and sadly, my LYS has not had much selection at the moment. I ended up buying two different lots of grey. The one above, which is for the first blanket, is a lovely dk in a grey with a blue hint and I'm being a bit lazy in the name of time and just doing a simple feather and fan. I wanted something that would look pretty and like I had done something amazing but that didn't require hours of counting. This one is fairly easy and I can take it along with me. My only worry is that the dk means it won't work up all that quickly. When I finish here, I plan to spend a good chunk of my sick day in front of the t.v. with my needles going.
In terms of reading, I am reading two TERRIFIC books at the moment. I started Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson as part of the SheLoves book club a few weeks ago. I don't know why, I fell away from it for a bit but now, I'm back and reading it with a vengence. If you are interested in the complex issues around justice in the U.S., especially the inequalities related to race and poverty (and the fact that the death penalty is just plain wrong), this is a very powerful read. On the fiction side, I'm still trying to catch up with Anne Perry, one of my favourite mystery writers who is incredibly prolific and I somehow fell behind. Blood on the Water is a Monk mystery with an interesting spin that I am really enjoying.
I can't wait to see what others are reading and knitting this week!
New puppy! Congrats! Just Mercy is on my list - I need to get to it soon.
ReplyDeleteOh gee, I hope you feel better fast. I have two nieces/nephews arriving three weeks apart in September, so I need to figure out what design I'm going with for their afghans. We still don't know their sexes. We're so excited, because they are going to make me a great-aunt for the first time. :-) On another note, I've been contemplating the death penalty issue off and on over the years, and I've come to the place where, criminal aside, I wonder what affect does this have on the executioners' and their humanity, either way. Interesting and perplexing. I read an internet site, authored by a former executioner, and it can be found here http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/21/death-penalty-former-executioner-jerry-givens Anyway, I need to get moving on the book I'm reading. I've been moving at the speed of molasses.
ReplyDeleteYou are very brave to plan four baby blankets in one year! But it is such a special gift and really gets used every single day and will be loved for years!
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely! It may be a simple pattern, but the feather and fan is so effective - it really looks beautiful across the wider expanse of a blanket! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by and commenting! It's always so exciting to get to share with other people!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the compliments on the blanket. So far, it's going well. I don't know whether I will get all four done in time or not but it's fun trying!
you can definitely knit all those blankets, I'll be cheering you on! If not, do what my mom used to do. Wrap the yarn and a note saying it will be a blanket then take the gift back to finish :) We all got a chuckle when she did that. I once received a sweater minus on sleeve with a note!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks gorgeous, sometimes simple is best and that looks so effective for a simple pattern.
ReplyDeleteOh, Karen, what a great idea! I might just have to do that with at least one :-)
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