The knitting is moving along nicely, and I should have a blocked and finished object to share with you later this week. Because: High humidity + wet wool = slow drying! Yes!! I have finished Laura Aylor’s 2017 Summer’s End MKAL and I love it! Stay tuned for glamor shots coming soon!
My making this week has moved to the Alabama Chanin A-line tee shirt. I have cut out the insides of the stars creating some lovely texture. I have appliqued a few stars to the very plain back. I also stitched the seams with a modified flat-felled seam. All that is left to do is to bind the arms and neck, I did some Cretan stitch practice yesterday and after several failed tries, I think I finally have it down! With each stitch, I grow more confident in the process and this was a very good piece to practice on!
Now, how about some reading updates!
I have another bingo to share! This week’s finishes include The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Album… I absolutely loved this darling little book! I laughed, I cried, I am in awe of how masterfully Mitch told this beautiful story. This was easily a 5-star book and I highly recommend it!
I also finished Pachinko, which was the PBS Book Club choice for July. I enjoyed this book and it contained some very surprising events. This is a book that I will be thinking about for a long time to come and it got 4-stars from me.
My current read list still has The House at the Edge of Night – I am about half way through reading this on my iPad. And, in my ears is Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. It is read by Maggie Gyllenhaal and she is a wonderful reader!
What are you making and reading this week? If you wrote a post to share today, please leave your link below!
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Yay for the stitching … and practicing – I think your Cretan stitches look garment-ready! and I’ll bet Maggie is doing a great job narrating The Bell Jar; that’s a book I read, but I think listening would be even better.
One coverall and close to a second!! Your Cretan stitches look great. Can’t wait to see this garment finished as well as your shawl. You go!!
I really liked Pachinko and was surprised by all the ‘history’ I never learned. That was the best! Lovely sewing progress and I hope you have a quiet lovely Wednesday!!
That stitching is looking so lovely!
I have to thank you for your recommendation of Homegoing. I finished it yesterday and really enjoyed it!
I wonder if we will all keep up with the garment sewing when the cooler weather arrives? I have Pachinko on my fall reading list.
Making has gone along pretty well this week. Reading? Not so much.
I read The Bell Jar when I was in high school. It wasn’t assigned reading, but was very popular to read at the time…although some of my friends weren’t allowed to read it. I remember the woman at the bookshop where I bought it asked if my mother knew I was going to read it! My parents never forbid us to read a particular book, but The Bell Jar was one my mother sat and talked about with me.
Your stitching looks great!
Way to go with the stitching, making, and reading! I read The Bell Jar in high school, but I’m betting that Maggie Gyllenhaal’s narration brings a whole different dimension. Thanks for the recommendation!
Im casting off my Saturday Shawl. Im reading….blogs. And a book about the minor leagues in baseball.
The tee shirt looks like a good stitching project. What is it about hand-stitching? I too read The Bell Jar in college. I should read it again.
READ and STITCH On! Are you sure you’re not Wonder Woman?! Congrats on all your WINS and I look forward to seeing your AC dress and new sweater!
Cheers~
I’m so impressed with your sewing!!
I’m envious of the free time you have for making and reading! I’ve been managing to knit True Colors and I’m reading a bit, too, but that grandbaby is a big distraction!
I am also envious of your free time! 28 more months for me and then freedom! I may have to consider listening to The Bell Jar as I also read it in high school but I’ve got no memory of it! Your stitches look tip top.
Working thorough some WIPs and wrapping up a book club selection which is proving to be a bit “interesting”. I always like to start September with a clean slate of projects so that’s my goal for what’s left of August.