yarn along

I’m joining Ginny’s yarn along again today sharing two of my passions: knitting and reading.

I’ve been moving rather slower this past week with some extra pregnancy pains but unfortunately the extra rest has had me laying down – at not quite the right height for knitting or reading. Despite that I’ve been searching out chances to grab my knitting bag and current read for a few minutes. I’ve got quite the little station set up on the corner of the couch…knitting bags, a basket of skeins due for the yarn winder, my book, laptop and mason jar of red raspberry leaf iced tea.

I’m almost done the second arm on my elephant. He is looking quite sweet – I can’t wait to get those giant ears on! I’m hoping to get him finished off and in the mail before we leave for vacation next week. I’ve been slacking a bit and had abandoned him in favour of the current birthday sweater. The Wonder Years sweater, which thanks to Jen I’ve name Winnie Cooper, is well under way – I’m about to divide for the underarms. With the birthday only a few weeks away and a load of stockinette ahead I’m hoping I can get it finished in time. I suspect I’m going to need to spend a little time with a few teeny baby knits by way of relief from the same stitches.

Speaking of teeny baby knits, I whipped up a tiny baby hat over the weekend using some beautiful alpaca I received in a most thoughtful gift from Taryn. The alpaca was a dream to knit with and I love the delicate honeydew green. I have a teeny bit of the alpaca left which I’m hoping to pair with a creamy alpaca I have to make a pair of baby socks…I just have to get brave about converting a pattern to work for the bulky weight wool.

On the book front I’m still enjoying The Distant Hours – taking my sweet time and enjoying it rather more slowly than some of my last reads. I don’t think I enjoy it as much as I enjoyed The Forgotten Garden – it had a more magical feel than this current read – although there is plenty of book left to tweak my interest.

I’m looking to gather a few books to take along on vacation with us – anyone have any must read books to recommend? Keeping in mind that I’m a somewhat fragile pregnant lady so I need gentle reads…

I’m looking forward to seeing what else is on the go from other yarn alongers. If you’d like to take a peek, too, visit Ginny at Small Things.

Thanks for visiting!