Greetings gentle Unravelers!
When I look at a weather map, almost the entire US looks plunged in cold… and knitters everywhere knit on with a bit of delight! Right? I know I did… Sock One is DONE! and Sock Two is moving right along. I shall have pink socks soon! Really, I don’t know who I am knitting socks this quickly!! It is the perfect “sit and knit” project for night time television viewing!
I have YET to heed my spinning “reminder”… despite pushing it forward to the next day… I have been on a bit of a “deep clean” tear. Yesterday was the kitchen’s “turn” … and the stove and the refrigerator each got a deep clean, and I scrubbed the floors and the baseboards.
I have not knit much on the Great Cabled Sweater but I am hoping that once I have this cleaning jag out of my system, I will be back to my regularly scheduled knitting!
The reading continues to breeze along… I had three finishes this week! (Audiobooks are a great deep cleaning companion!!) I listened to Richard Russo’s Somebody’s Fool and Katherine May’s Enchantment. Both of which I enjoyed so much! I also finished reading The Caretake by Ron Rash… I loved it. It was so good, it had so much food for thought, the writing was so perfect!
This week’s reading with my eyes is not quite as stellar… sigh. I am trying to settle in with The Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ní Dochartaigh. I have heard such great things about this book… and I am wondering what I am missing. I am just over 40% though… and I am not sure I will finish it.
What about you? What are you doing to stay warm on these wintry days!
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It’s hard when you don’t love a book everyone else adores. At 40 % I’d be thinking about putting it aside.
Sometimes you just gotta clean! What a lot of joy in your pink socks, I am here for it! My mysterious jumper continues slowly, yarn for finishing arriving today! Hope the dye lot isn’t outrageously different…
Sometimes a book hits you at the wrong time; doesn’t mean the book isn’t good, it’s just not the right book for right now. But what is definitely right for you right now is those socks — they are so beautiful! And that bright color is so welcome during these colorless days. I hope you are staying warm and that Sherman is able to do his business quickly when you go out!
I have been making an effort to shred the pile of papers that I’ve been meaning to shred for the past year….it’s like deep cleaning! I do love a super clean tidy house!! Love your socks immensely. Wasn’t that snow crazy yesterday? jeez!
It’s cold here too, snow is eleswhere in the UK, it’s just plain chilly here. I shall stay indoors and craft and read.
I had to leave my house early this a.m. to go to the office and geeze it’s cold! The ice on my car was quite thick. Your socks look like fruit punch to me. Such pretty yarn! My reading has been quite slow since before the beginning of the year…I’m hoping it picks up soon.
Your pink socks are the perfect January knitting – beautifully bright and they will soon be keeping your feet warm! The right mood for cleaning is never something to ignore so you will have a very clean kitchen. I’m baking to make the kitchen feel a bit warmer (but I’m a better baker than cleaner).
What GREAT socks!!! I love the pinks — they are perfect to cheer a cold winter day! (And I am so tired of sub-zero temperatures. It is miserable out there. . . ) I am totally with you on Cacophony of Bone. I think it is not the book for me . . . right now . . . either. (But that title is a winner, non?)
Those socks will brighten up any grey winter day. The yarn looks like it is fun to knit.
I’ve found myself cleaning out tubs and shelves in the last few days. Today it’s been the fridge. It’s certainly not spring in England yet, but I feel spring cleaningisn!
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Our “deep clean” was to defrost the deep freeze. We put everything in clothes baskets which we stored temporarily on our not-in-use on a -10 degree day screened porch. Perfect timing
Those socks are (almost) enough to make me feel warm because it is COLD here, too! Sometimes it’s just a good book but not a good time. Let it go if that feels right for you.
Such pretty pink bright socks would cheer me up on a January day. Around here it’s wool and shawls and soup and hot tea. I just received a copy of Enchantment so I’ll be reading it soon.