Yarn Along with Minimal Progress?

Rectangulum is coming along slowly.  All the button hole rows are complete and now it's just rhythmic knitting.  Finding the time has been the challenge this week as we had a weekend full of golf and grand babies; always fun but not conducive to long periods of knitting. (Below is Willa with her Grampy and Anna enjoying a brownie in the corner of the kitchen on a Sunday afternoon)

But in looking at the photos I'm posting here and knowing how much time I actually spent on it, it's really more than I initially gave myself credit for and the best news is I've adjusted to working with the fingering weight yarn and I'm starting to like it.

I'm hoping for more knitting time as daylight gets shorter.  I'm ready for a slower pace.  Maybe in a few weeks?  One can hope.

Reading:

I finished Me Before You and it ended just as I thought it would.  I had avoided the movie trailer until I was done reading.  The movie looks wonderful - although I never enjoy the movie as much as the book, but may this one will be different.

Currently reading Jerusalem Maiden - A Novel  I just started it and like it so far.  My reading preference has always been historical fiction and I have always had a fascination with Orthodox Judaism, so I'm looking forward to continuing on.

Uninvited is my soul enriching read.  I'm enjoying it with my morning coffee, finding myself rising earlier than usual to have time to read a bit before heading out the door....maybe these early mornings are why I get so sleepy while knitting at night?

C'est la vie!

Still drawing much inspiration from all of you and can't wait to see what you're working on.

Happy Yarn Along Wednesday!

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Yarn Along - Absence and Rectangulum

I'm here again, joining Ginny for Yarn Along!

 I tried two years ago to blog regularly - I wanted to be like you all; knitting, reading, blogging.  I'll be honest, I even stopped clicking on Yarn Along on Wednesdays - it was my favorite day of the week for so long.  I can't believe how many Wednesdays went by without me admiring all the beautiful work out there and all the tips on good reads.  I had stopped knitting.  I was watching TV without knitting! What is that?  Silliness I'd say.

Truthfully, I think the break was good for me.  The most recent combination of becoming an emptynester, the clear signs of it changing to my favorite season here in Maine, and visiting a yarn and fabric store I hadn't been to in years, tipped the scale in favor of me picking up my favorite hobby again.  One day last week I found myself in Waterville, Maine where there is a great store for all things crafty;  Yardgoods Center.  The owner, Joyce, greeted me right away.  She is a vibrant person; the kind of person who makes you feel like you're a long lost friend even though we had never met.  I love that kind of person!  She showed me around, asked a lot of question about my skill level and encouraged me to attend knitting classes (yes please) and before I knew it an hour and a half was gone!  I left with Seven Sisters Arts  yarn from beautiful Blue Hill, Maine and a pattern for Rectangulum. It was a shop local win win!

It's going well, albeit slow,  and working with fingering weight yarn is not something I thought I would ever like to try again; it's not within my comfort zone, I'm so glad I took the chance on it.  It's been fun to work with and although it doesn't really show here, I'm finding it is going quicker than I anticipated (Joyce told me it would).  There's nothing fancy here, it's just garter stitching, but I'm good with that. Just getting back on the horse so to speak.

I hope to share my progress every week with you all and I hope you'll check in. I'm also hopeful that the accountability to my blog will help speed things along.  I want to say that all you Yarn Alongers are so talented and committed to your craft, it truly is inspirational.

Reading:

Bedtime Kindle Read:  Me Before You.  Okay so after reading the Light Between Oceans (loved) I thought I would pick up another story that was being made into a movie. It's an easy, fast read.  I haven't watched any of the movie trailers because I don't want to know any more than what I'm reading, but I'll be honest, I think I see where this is going and I'm closing in on the end, so....gulp.

Daytime/Early Evening Read:  I'm finding I like the author's voice in her writing, I've just started it and I KNOW the subject matter is something I need right now.

Can't wait to see what you all are up to.  Happy Yarn Along Wednesday!