Greetings Dear Unravelers!
Sockitis has struck with a vengeance in my house! I raced through Miss Lime and will have happy, dancing, green feet on St. Paddy’s Day! I especially love the angled lace on each foot! These socks will be perfect with my Birks!
I then immediately cast on more socks! A tried and true and well fitting pattern: Sarah Jordan’s I’ve Got Sunshine socks! I am using a skein I have been hoarding in my stash… HHF Sock in Fool’s Gold. My “Walking on Sunshine” socks are moving right along as you can see!
I have also made some headway on my son’s socks… I have a new deadline now, so the knitting will ramp up a bit. We **hope** to leave for Michigan soon, that is as long as the country is not on lock down… I am not a worrier, but boy… this all has me very worried.
But at least the reading this week was so good!
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A new series is always a tentative read for me, but Ann.Cleeves. people! In this book we meet Matthew Venn – and we get a glimpse into his life and work in North Devon. Matthew is not your average detective…by a long shot! I can’t wait for this series to expand and grow!
Wideawake Field: Poems by Eliza Griswold
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I am not sure how I managed to select this poetry book, but it flowed so perfectly following my reading of Apeirogon! This work of poems was written by a journalist and it is a fascinating (but at times harsh) look at life in war zones… in refugee camps…in places of danger.
Some of the poems that spoke to me: Epithalamion, Pure, Leisurama, Occupation, and Beyond the solace of a Devastated Landscape.
By itself, I am not sure how I would feel about these poems… but coupled with the reading of Apeirogon, they are timely and so perfect.
Apeirogon by Colum McCann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you divide death by life, you will find a circle.
The story of Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan, and the deaths of their daughters: Abir Aramin and Smadar Elhanan. This book was a challenge to read, the writing style was like nothing I have ever read before and I struggled through much of it. It was hard to keep track of story lines – and there are many within this story. Yet, despite my struggles, this is a book that I won’t soon forget. It has had a powerful impact on me.
Apeirogon: a shape with a countably infinite number of sides.
Exactly what this book is!
Smadar was born in Hadassah hospital. Where Abir died. One story becoming another.
The story of Bassam and Rami moved me deeply. Their friendship is incredible, and inspiring, and hopeful, and their example should be the goal of every human on earth. I highly recommend this book, but be ready for a challenging read!
That is all I have for this week! What about you? What moved you this week?
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Those green socks are to die for! And I love all of your new sock starts 🙂
I’ve been interested in the new Ann Cleeves series but I have to read Shetland first! But I’m grateful to know that her new series will be a great follow up to Shetland!
Your sockitis is producing wonderful results! Miss Lime is a beautiful pair of spring-y socks, and I’ll be looking forward to seeing your other two pairs. I’m on hold for Apeirogon but I may just give in and buy it. I don’t want to wait two months to read this moving story.
Your Miss Lime socks are wonderful Kat!! Now I wish that I had done the lace on the foot…but my first one is finished without lace…so the second one will match. I may just need to make another pair…later…
Your other socks are coming along so nicely too! Such pretty yarn. I think you are now a confirmed sock knitting fanatic! Welcome to the club.
you are a knitting machine! love the finished green socks. I am totally absorbed with my yoke sweater and try to knit it whenever I can.
As usual you are getting. things. done! Love, love, love the green socks!
Your socks are great and what productivity! Knitting is great in times of worry.
I have never understood why socks with pattern get completed faster than vanilla socks. Fingers crossed you’ll still be able to travel to Michigan.
Your lime socks are beautiful. You and Vera tempted me to give them a try too.
Hope you get to make you travels.
The current situation is troubling, but you seem to be dealing with the stress in a productive manner! I hope we get a handle on things soon so that you’re able to make your trip. And I can’t wait to see your Walking on Sunshine socks (what a perfect name for them)!
Wow! I love those socks–I need to learn to love knitting socks.
Love , love your socks! And you have me knitting socks again and a lot faster than I have before, ( I may have a complete pair , knitted, finished and on my feet by the end of wee!)
I too am concerned about this virus and have taken steps to prepare for staying at home, at least for next several weeks. I sound like a tape recorder, ‘wash your hands, wash your hands’. I am stunned that we are not doing drive through, mega testing to see where the virus is in the country.
I love the socks – all of them. Interesting books too. I hope you get to travel as planned. My daughter was planning to visit this month with two of her children but wisely and safely decided not to fly through a major airport with children. We are all disappointed but we all want to stay safe and well.
ooohhh, SOCKS!!! I’m pretty sure that knitting and books are the best antidote we have for the general worry that seems to be settling in everywhere right now. I’m very grateful for on-line yarn shopping right now. I will be set for weeks!
well darn it. I typed a comment. it said it was a duplicate. and there are NO comments from me. oh well. LOVE the socks. and knitting/reading as an antidote to all the worrying.
🙂 NOW there are TWO comments from me!
I love the green socks, Kat! 🙂 I read The Long Call when it first came out, and think it has potential to be another solid series . . . and I’m in the midst of the magic of Apeirogon right now.
I am very into the sock knitting. I end one and begin another. Socks are my joyful knitting at the moment. Apeirogon is going to be one of my favorite books of the year. I couldn’t stop reading. Knowing about the beginnings of Israel and the tensions between the two factions may be helpful in reading this book. The style of story telling threw me at first, but after I looked up what an apeirogon was I knew what he was going for.