March 23, 2013 – mud&string

BY THE BOOK

Not reading/listening much at the moment. There are a couple of books that have piqued my interest, Mary Coin by Marisa Silver and Fever by Mary Beth Keane. As far as I can tell, neither one is in my local library’s collection yet, frustrating for me due to our (Mr. Iknead’s) austerity plan. I’ve requested them, but this takes time, which I have a lot of, but unfortunately I’m continually short on patience. Could this be a sign that I need to finish the books I’ve started to make room for those I want to start? Possibly.

JUST WHEN

I think winter is really over and begin to anticipate spring with warmer temps and greener everything, Mother Nature brings another surprise. After a couple of days of short sleeves and sunshine, the weather turned cold again with snow in the northern part of the state and rain and sleet for the rest. I’m tired of sweaters and long sleeves and am finding myself thinking more and more about swimsuits, sandals and the beach. Our August vacation seems soooo far away!

ON/OFF THE NEEDLES

I cast off Lolita last night, all she lacks is a light blocking and then sewing the shoulder seams. I’ll get a picture when she’s officially finished. Still working on the first Olivia Petit sweater. I ended up tinking back even more when I noticed a dropped stitch about ten or 12 rows back. I tried to convince myself that I could totally live with it, that with a little blocking it would be next to unnoticeable. You know how far that got me. Bit the bullet, tinked back and redid and am much happier. Two more buttonholes, then separating for the sleeves and I’ll be ready to start knitting the peplum. Suddenly, knitting two more of these doesn’t seem like such a great idea. Hmmm, wonder why? Here it is so far: