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Friday, July 11, 2014

Words and Wool

Not much has been happening around here this week besides 4h projects and readying things for the fair. I am happy to see that the children are maturing and each year things are easier to get them to do! For instance, knitting and quilting. It still requires a lot of prodding and reminding but this year the knitting was done a day before check-in and the quilt will be too!

A peak at Rachel's project:


One of my projects:


Another project:


And yet another:


I'm re-blocking my pink shawl to put in the fair:


And here is my library stack this week:




Fruitful: Four Seasons of Fresh Fruit Recipes by Nicholson and Huck is a beautiful book all about using seasonal fruits. Can't wait to spend sometime perusing it more!

Forever Music: A Tribute to the Gift of Creativity by Edith Schaeffer is a Schaeffer book I've never read (thanks Brenda for mentioning it!) but how can I resist when the subject is creativity!!!

Sara Midda's South of France: A Sketchbook also caught my eye. I can't remember where I heard about I do love looking through other people's sketchbooks!

Under the Wide and Starry Sky: A Novel by Nancy Horan is nearly finished! Right now Robert Louis Stevenson is at sea on a sailboat called the Casco. I am finding this a very good way to get an idea of what Stevenson's life was like.

And now, for more ideas on knitting and reading, visit Ginny's Yarn A Long.

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7 comments:

  1. Rachel's shawl is stunning! She's becoming a very accomplished knitter. Just like her mother.

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  2. Rachel's shawl IS stunning! Wow! Well done! I'd give her ten blue ribbons!

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  3. I came to you by way of Pom Pom. I am so glad to see your list of reads. Love Robert Louis Stevenson and at one time could recite all his Child's Garden of Verse by heart (my grandmother was a teacher).

    Sara Midda, who wrote the lovely South of France Journal, has another charming, charming little journal being released soon. Her publisher is Workman (same as mine) and I got a little peek into the book. It is lovely.

    I am impressed by the knitting. They look like spiderwebs!

    Happy day,

    Sharon

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  4. Stunning scarves! So beautiful!

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  5. Beautiful shawl!

    I hope you like Forever Music. :)

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  6. Your and your daughter's shawl look so lovely! What are the patterns?

    I'm glad for the book recommendations, as well - off to see if our library has any of them.

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