Greetings Unravelers!
This is the week for finished objects! Yes, Eavesdrop is done! This was a great knit – a well-written pattern with video helps for those less often used knitting techniques, and the end result is a very wearable sweater with great little details. I did no modifications, outside of adding an extra inch of length to the body. I also did the suggested crochet slip stitch around the neckline to give it a cleaner edge. I loved this pattern and will be wearing this sweater lots this summer! Things I would change if I knit this again: I would not knit as many repeats of the arm increases – it is a bit low and I would be happier if it was a bit higher. However, my gauge may be at fault here – I did not get row gauge, so it is apparent that my Knitty Math figures were off a bit.
I also finished my Beekeeper Cowl, which I test knit for Marie Greene. A fun, quick, easy knit with great details and texture. The pattern is easily memorized but it has just enough going to not be at all boring to knit! Now, I just need to find some buttons that I like! The pattern is available on Ravelry now.
Finished reads:
I finished Palace of Treason, book two of the Jason Matthew’s Red Sparrow trilogy. Excellent and riveting reading – 5-stars. I highly recommend this series!
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon also filled a bingo square and I simply loved this story! It further cemented my love for Chabon’s writing. He is a masterful wordsmith and the tale is brilliantly told. I highly recommend, especially if you need something for an “alternate history” square!
Current reads:
I am struggling to finish Ohio, not because it is not good, but rather because I am not reading more than a paragraph or two before falling asleep at night. However, that means insomnia has not been a problem in the past week!
I just began listening to The Kremlin’s Candidate for my free bingo square. And, picked up The Feather Thief from the library for another square. My bingo card is filling up nicely!
But, what about you? What’s are you making or reading this week? And, if you wrote a post this week, please leave the link below!
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Eavesdrop looks amazing, Kat – great job! Sparrow is one of my favorite summer yarns. and wow for the book finishes – I have read almost nothing while I’ve been gone. I think I’ll have to regroup once I’m home.
Wow! I love your Eavesdrop and you look great in it! You may need to start a second Bingo card since it sounds like you’ll be finishing the first one very soon. I hope you love The Feather Thief as much as I did.
Gorgeous finish Kat! Love your Eavesdrop and it does look so good on you. And Yikes! Yes – I agree with Bonny – you may need to pull a second bingo card – you are speed reading!!
Your Eavesdrop is amazing!!! Love it AND you modeling it. You look fabulous. 🙂
Pretty sweater – love the color. I have been so hot that it is hard to imagine wearing wool right now but I am tempted to knit one of the lovely tee sweaters out right now.
gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!! I love the sleeve caps 🙂
Your Eavesdrop is just gorgeous! What a nice summer sweater. It seems the books I have going are long and complicated. It will be awhile before a Bingo appears!
GREAT sweater, Kat! It looks perfect for summer — and it suits you well. Just lovely! 🙂
And you GO on those bingo squares!!!
Eavesdrop looks so nice on you, I hope you enjoy wearing it this summer! I’m currently a little over halfway through The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, it took me a while to get into the book, but I am enjoying it now. Alternate history is not a genre I like very well, so that fact that I am enjoying this book says a lot about Michael Chabon’s talent as a writer!
Your Eavesdrop looks great on you! I bet you’ll get lots of wear out of it this summer.
I am also reading a Michael Chabon book, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.” It’s been on my to-read book for years and I finally decided it was time. His vocabulary just astounds me — there have been so many words I’ve had to look up!
Oh Eavesdrop is amazing ! I love the color and design
Oh, Kat, Eavesdrop is FABULOUS!! Love it!! Love the cowl, too, and think that’s on my short list already. 😉
That’s a really great summer sweater! And wow, you’ve read a ton more books this week!
I’ve got a Tana French book going; Eleanor and Hick along with the 100 year old man who disappeared out the window. Knitting no Puntilla and Michigan both are using warm weather fibers. Hoping to get more reading and knitting done since we’ve found a house-now just need to pack and work on getting to closing! Love Eavesdrop
I love the Eavesdrop. It has some interesting design details, especially the sleeves and the back yoke of lace/texture. You look great in the sweater. Thanks for modeling.
What a fantastic sweater–I love the color! So versatile!
Thanks for the heads up on the 5-star books… adding to my ever-growing list!
Beautiful sweater Kat and such a great color! Mary’s comment made me go to Quince and I now have yarn for the TTL MKAL! 🙂
What a stunning summer sweater! Congrats on having reached the “wear all the time” stage of it. 🙂
I’m finally getting my act together to share stitches & pages with y’all this week – definitely need to do this more often now.
Eavesdrop is beautiful! Well done. I’ll have to check out the Beekeeper’s Cowl, also beautiful!
Oh, that sweater is so tempting!
I have not been reading much for the past month or two — too tired at night to do anything tougher than looking at IG on my iPad before sleep. But things have slowed down a bit; last night I started Elegance of the Hedgehog for the “Book with a female protagonist over the age of 60” on my Read Harder Challenge booklist. 24 slots, 4 done, 2 almost done, 2 that I will not attempt.