Greetings Unravelers!
**Sorry for this late posting, I thought I scheduled it to post, but apparently that did not work out… sigh. Entirely operator error… not at all a WordPress issue.**
It pains me to say this but September is just racing along, isn’t it? This week the temperature switch was flipped… sigh. I was hoping the humidity would depart first. I have little to show for my making this week but I do have a healthy start on a soprano and bass gnome.
Gnola just needs her music and she will be complete. Her twin brother, Gnolan, needs a bit more knitting time. That will leave me with just an alto gnome to knit and I will have my singing quartet! I also have a vision of a tall tree that they can sing around…which should get me to the next mystery gnome! I am not on the bandwagon for all the goodies but I do love the slower pace that the December mystery knit brings!
I “reactivated” my afternoon spinning reminder as well – and those few minutes have been productive! I have one bobbin done of the contrast for the heels and toes and one bobbin of singles for the yarn done… two bobbins to go! I want to get this done to have a handspun sock to knit on vacation next month! This is a “bird” color way from a club that Fibernymph Dye Works did a couple of years ago… some Blue Jay socks will be so fun!
The reading has had a good book and a not so good book. I had two finishes, one I enjoyed: Martin Walker’s The Patriarch with Chief Bruno Courreges. A great mystery, and as always, Bruno’s delectable cooking! The one that was no so good (at least for me) was The Librarianist… a disappointing read. This is a very character driven novel… which is great unless the characters are not so likable.
I am much more enjoying the characters in My Friends… and the writing is so much better than The Librarianist… so much better. I am just over halfway through and loving every bit of it. I also dove into The Bee Sting and am roughly a third of the way in. It is long but I am loving it thus far!
What about you… what is occupying your time this week?
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I LOVE the musical gnomes, Kat! So cute! And I . . . really thought The Librarianist fell apart. Not a favorite for me.
I simply love that you will have a quartet of gnomes! How wonderful is that. My making and reading has slagged for sure, but hoping it picks up soon.! I’m in queue for the Bee Sting (only a million in front of me – LOL).
The gnomes are such a delight and a musical quartet around a Christmas tree is perfect. I was a little worried when I didn’t see your post this morning and hoped Sherman is still on the mend.
Gnola is just too cute.
I’m glad the late post is just due to user error and not because something not-so-great had come up! I so love the way you personalize your gnomes and can’t wait to see your quartet! I have The Bee Sting up next in my Booker reading.
I love your choral gnomes and spinning for Bluejay socks. I found The Librarianist meandering and disjointed while wondering what the heck a librarianist is. I’ve been #1 on the list for Bee Sting for a while now and wish the library would hurry up!
Oh, those gnomes are going to be so great when they all get together!! LOVE!
I do so enjoy seeing your gnomes coming along. They are just perfect.
delightful gnome! Reminds me that I need to start thinking about mine knitting for the holidays soon. EEK.