Wednesday, October 7, 2015

A Yarn A Long

Thanks to my friend Caroline over at Off The Grid Needlearts inspiring me with her fabulous knitting and photos, I've decided to join in the Yarn A Long hosted by Ginny at Small Things.

While I was in school full-time for the past 7 years, I rarely did any fun reading because I had so much school-related (often dry and boring) reading to do. I'm one of those readers who tends to devour books in single marathon sessions and that is not conducive to getting essays written.

Now that I'm done school, I (kind of) have the time to slow down and read. I know I'm a little behind the times in my choice of books at the moment (Game of Thrones), but seeing them wrapped in plastic on my shelf waiting for me to be done school was a pretty good motivator. Over the summer I had a lot of free time while waiting for my PhD defense, so I read a lot (though I managed to avoid too many marathon sessions ... I'm getting too old for that!) and got through the first 4 books in less than 2 months.

I started working again at the end of August, and my reading time has dwindled considerably, but I'm still plugging along with Dance with Dragons!


I've just recently picked up this project again. It's the Vortex shawl knit in Knitpicks Stroll Tonal in Summer Blooms. This was my first in-the-round project and I'm not even halfway done, but loving every stitch. It's a wonderfully relaxing knit.

7 comments:

  1. Woot - Yarn party! As you already know but I'll say it again, love the shawl. Also - hurry up and finish those books!!

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  2. What a beautiful yarn and pattern. Enjoy the knitting and the reading. I am late to the Game of Thrones party also. I have yet to pick them up even though I really want to.

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    1. I've really enjoyed reading this series so far ... definitely worth the read!

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  3. I love your yarn color! Kudos for getting through the GoT books so fast! I can't believe you read the first four in two months -- they're huge! I'm caught up on the show and keep saying I'm going to start the books, but it hasn't happened yet. I think I keep shying away from them because it's such a commitment to start a big series like that and I have SO many other things to read!

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    1. I've purposely avoided the TV series (despite my deep desire to watch it) only because I really wanted to read the books first. I'm hoping I can start the TV show at Christmas-time.

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  4. Gorgeous shawl, and excellent book choice! I wish I could go back to having not read these so I can discover them again, which sounds kinda crazy haha!

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    1. Not crazy at all! I think this is a series I'll reread every few years b/c they are that good!

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