Weekend Doings

Despite predictions for rain, we had a dry and sunny weekend. I should have been weeding and trimming hedges. Instead I went to some open studios with friends and worked on the screened porch.

I've made good progress on this sock, but I've put it into hibernation.
I can't find the second skein of yarn, which just killed my desire to even finish sock #1. It will turn up eventually. In the meantime, I've decided to finish the second sock to a different pair.

I went out on the bike -- something I have to do more. My feet problems limit my walking, but I can bike just fine.

While I was out biking, I stopped to finish this sketch, which I started last weekend.

Tomorrow my mom is having surgery to have a pacemaker inserted, so keep her in your thoughts!

It's All Good

I'm in a pretty good mood this morning. There are only 8 more days until summer break! The art show I'm in opens tomorrow night. And I'm enjoying my knitting and reading.

I had lost my place on the Winding Way socks, thanks to a Post-It Note that had lost too much of its stickiness. I figured it out over the three-day weekend, and now it's moving along smoothly.

I realized that it's a Tin Can Knits pattern -- which is the same designer as my sweater, Harvest. That's coming along smoothly, too, but I thought I'd give you a break from photos of endless pink!

And I'm loving both these books:

Speak by Louisa Hall reminds me of some of David Mitchell's books because it ties together people from across history, some real and others fictional, who are struggling to tell their stories in various ways. Unlike a Mitchell novel, though, it is fairly short. A good summer read. How About Never? Is Never Good For You? doubles as Bob Mankoff's autobiography and an inside look at the cartoons in The New Yorker. Also an entertaining read!

I'll be joining up with Ginny to Yarn Along.

Winding Way

Is already Wednesday again? The weeks are going faster as we get closer to summer break! I'll make it quick today because I need to get to work early this morning.

This weekend, I picked up a sock I started months ago: Winding Way

It's a Tin Can Knits pattern from the book Handmade in the U.K. Of course it's well-written and fun to knit, but I don't think you can appreciate how clever the pattern is until I can actually model it. It does feel good to pick up a project that's been languishing!

As for reading, I'm still enjoying Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan. This guy can really write! This could be a very dull story in another writer's hands. But Egan brings to life the early years of the 20th century when Edward Curtis was trying to photograph Native Americans before their culture was completely obliterated.

I hope your week is zipping along! Don't forget to join Ginny for Yarn Along!