Yarn Along

Joining in the fun of the weekly Yarn Along hosted by Ginny over at Small Things. In Ginny's words:

~ 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! ~

I'm still plugging away on Rebekah's Hetty.  Doesn't seem like I made much progress this week.  Really there has been too much pulling me outside, the chickens, the garden and such, that knitting really has taken a back burner.  But that's ok.  As I get older I realize there really is a season to everything.  And while I truly love to knit, there are so many other things I love to do as well.  Things that can only happen during this season.  So I will keep plugging away at the knitting stitch by stitch, row by row.  But I wont get perturbed with myself for not getting more done, because really a lot is getting done.


As for the reading, I did finally get a chance to start The Red Tent.  And I am enjoying it.  Hopefully as we settle into our summer rhythm I will be able to spend more time in the evening reading.  We shall see.  The little one may have different plans.  She thinks that is her time to be read to, and you now she is quite right.


And speaking of the little one.  We have been reading  Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe.  What a sweet book.  Thank you to Annie over at Bird and Little Bird for hosting the Read Aloud Book Along.  This was a new book to us and oh so much fun!  Rebekah is now planning out three day canoe trip and want to paint our canoe red!


Hope you are finding some time this summer to create and read.  Two thinks I truly believe every soul needs.  Please stop by this week's yarn along and share your projects or visit all the talented and creative ladies.

Yarn Along

Joining in the fun of the weekly Yarn Along hosted by Ginny over at Small Things. In Ginny's words:

~ 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! ~

Stitch by stitch, row by row this little Hetty is starting to get somewhere.  These days when the garden and chickens are calling us outside, finding time to knit isn't always easy.  But like the tortoise, slow and steady I will win this race eventually.  Of course it doesn't help that Rebekah has requested that this be a dress instead of a top.  Oh how many inches and increases does that add?  Not sure, but I know I'll figure it out.  And so stitch by stitch, row by row I'll keep plugging away.


Oh and just you don't love the mug?  It was my favorite mug and some how got a crack down the side.  Just enough that it wont hold liquid anymore.  I was so sad, but couldn't toss it.  And then I discover that it is just the perfect thing to hold my yarn while I knit.  No more chasing yarn that has rolled across the floor and a a new use for my favorite mug so I don't have to throw it away!


Reading is sort of in the same slump.  My morning Bible and study time are happening regularly, but reading for pure fun, well that is another story.  I pulled The Red Tent off the shelf after it being mentioned at the Herbal Conference I went to a couple of weekends ago, but haven't done anything but move it from desk to table to nightstand.  I really hope I get a chance to start it this week.


Rebekah has kept me busy reading to her.  This weeks favorite is I'll Follow the Moon by Stephanie Lisa Tara.  A cute, simple book about a baby sea turtle who hatches and needs to find his way from the sand to the sea.  Rebekah loves that each page ends with a repeat of prose.  It is a fabulous bedtime story with it's gentle rhythmic prose. 


Don't forget to hop on over to the Yarn Along and see what others are knitting and reading.  Inspiration awaits!


Don't forget my little one's giveaway!  There is still time to enter and she'd be thrilled if you'd enter.

Yarn Along

Joining in the fun of another week of Ginny's Yarn Along. A time and place to share two of my favorite things ~ Knitting and Reading.

This week on the needles is the same pair of socks. At least this is the second sock and it really is almost done! These socks have been really fun to knit. They are the first pair of toe up socks I've knit and the first time I use the magic loop technique. The next pair I am really going to try to knit two at a time. Need to do a little research first.

As for books, I just finished Made From Scratch. It was a very fast and enjoyable read. I was hoping to learn a little more, but this book really is for the beginner. Not a problem, the writer style is down home comfy. I thoroughly enjoyed her tales of success and disaster on her way to learning how to homestead. the reference section in the back looks quite good as well.

We are starting The Willoughbys as a read aloud. And the Tomten books are for Bekah!

Don't forget to hop on over to Small Things and join in this week's Yarn Along. Or at least be inspired to knit and read ~ it's so much fun!

Yarn Along

Joining Ginny for her Yarn Along. In her words:

~ 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 single photo and share it either on your blog or on Flickr. Leave a link below to share your photo with the rest of us! ~

Inspired by so many of you these last few weeks crocheting little hearts, I thought it was time to attempt crocheting myself. Thanks to a few little pointers from a friend and this wonderful tutorial, I think I crocheted a few not so bad looking hearts! I strung them a long a crochet chain and they are gracing my large kitchen window. I am pleased but I wont tell anyone I crochet yet. I'm making a few more for little Valentine's Day surprises. Hopefully practice will make them better.

On the knitting needles are the socks from last week. I had to frog and start again. I should have known better than to knit such a pattern while chatting at the ski mountain. I need to remember to bring a project that doesn't involve so much counting.

I did manage to finish Rebekah's little purse from last week. It came out wonderfully and she loves it. An added bonus. I think I will be making a few more of them changing the size and style a bit. I would love to make on with a zipper closure to keep my colored pencils in.

Also off the needles are Hannah's toastys. Then knit up so quickly and the Cascade Superwash 220 was wonderful to knit with.

Beside crocheting for the first time, I also knit me first icord! How cool and simple! As a relatively new knitter I try to learn a new technique with each pattern. Icords scared me. I had visions of knitting tiny tubes on four double pointed needles. Well boy was I wrong and I'm glad I found this little video.

As for reading I'm still enjoying Casting Off. I really haven't had much time for reading. Rebekah has been asking to read the Snow Children over and over. And I know we will be reading it a lot today. We are having a doozy of a snow storm - predictions of up to 20 inches! So hopefully there will be lots of reading and knitting and of course shoveling out and snowball fights!