yarn along

Another week come and gone?

I am thoroughly enjoying yarn along with Ginny and all the knitters who join in there but Wednesdays come as a stern reminder that I haven’t accomplished quite as much as I’d hoped in the week that’s past. We’ve been busy with Valentine’s Day projects and plans this week which has had me neglecting my novels and knitting.

I’m still reading Howards End – slowly indeed but savouring it more than dragging through it. Somehow I just haven’t found time to pick it up much this week despite toting it along with me all week. On our trip to the library this week I picked up far too many novels for my reading pleasure and I’m a little worried that Reckless or The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (anyone have anything to say about either of these titles?) will sneak onto my reading path before I’ve finished this current read. I am bad for reading too many books at once. I would rather get through one but they are far too tempting and I get pulled aside by another title.

My husband did bring home a couple of exciting books for me from the hold shelf at the library this afternoon. I’ve had my eye on these for a while. The first, Wee Wonderfuls, had a rather long hold list so I was waiting a little while to see it. It is a beautiful book of which I have heard rave reviews and although I haven’t had much more than a peek through it, it was enough for me to fall in love with Hillary Lang‘s beautiful dolls.

Along with dreaming of sometime making a doll, I spend far too much of my time dreaming about making a quilt. I am weak for patchwork but feel very inadequate to the task. Even if it doesn’t have me sitting down, rotary cutter in hand, I know that the second book that came home today, Last-Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts, will definitely inspire more dreams of quilting.

As promised, I finished the little pink mittens for my daughter and she has been wearing them on every occasion much to the warming of my heart. My hat is so close to being finished – I’m decreasing and probably only need an hour of knitting to finish it all up. Finding that hour of knitting is easier said than done, though.

New projects are more fun to consider than finishing the projects I have on the go but in the spirit of good non-procrastination I’ve decided I am going to try to clear off my needles before starting something fresh. Then I hope to start this sweet sweater I’ve been dreaming about for one of my boys with this wool.

We’ll see how that goes.

Looking forward to seeing what others are sharing this week on yarn along!

*We have more Valentine’s Day projects and treats coming up this week – if you’re interested in seeing what we’ve been up to have a peek here and here and check back for more fun tomorrow!