Knitting and Reading

Obviously, I am a terrible blogger. However, I do love knitting and reading. So, occasionally I will be prompted to post here!

Right now, I've been knitting dish cloths for my niece's shower in December. While I can do a couple of patterns from memory, that gets boring. So the pattern books have been pulled out, and that way, knitting them doesn't get boring. I just finished reading the book, Humans of New York: Stories. This is a wonderful book - have you ever seen people on the streets of your city, and wondered about their stories? Then this book will fill that itch. It reminds you that behind every facade, there is a back story.

Yarn Along

This will be my first Yarn Along with Ginny of the blog, Small Things. I've often thought about participating, but have not blogged enough in the past to do so. The Princess thinks this would be a good idea, however, so here we go!

Currently, I'm reading the book "Threadbare" by Monica Ferris. It is a cozy mystery, which are my favorite type of fiction. Especially if they involve knitting or needlework of any type, and are a series. "Threadbare" is book 15, in a (so far) 16 book series. Since my days are busy and stressful many times, what little down time I have, I like to read and knit, and this book involves two of my favorite activities! 

My daughter loves scarves, and so I am making her a new infinity scarf. It is a simple pattern - K1, *P1, K1 each row for 24 stitches across. While I didn't remember to look at the yarn, I know that it is from Hobby Lobby, and I'm using US size 11 needles. Since she loved the first one I made her earlier this winter, and wears it all the time, she wanted another choice to wear. Maybe I'll finish it by next winter! (The first one I made was with Spud & Chloë outer yarn in Rhino.) This is what the first scarf looked like:

Hopefully, by next week I'll be on a new book. I know I'll still be knitting the same scarf!