The new spinning wheel and latest socks
bought at Birkeland Wool, an Ashford Kiwi – Single Drive – Natural. Progress is slow. the latest pair of socks. That same wonderful wool/alpaca/nylon from KnitPicks
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Murder In Amsterdam by Ian Buruma, 2007 is an excellent book, very well written. He takes a comprehensive look at what was going on around Theo van Gogh in 2004 (shot and stabbed on an Amsterdam street by a young … Continue reading →
Books
Somewhere Towards The End by Diana Athill, 2009 Memoir of an old woman, 89. Interesting, she was an editor until she was 75. She likes dogs too. Skim Mariko Tamaki, 2009, novel, Canadian, graphic novel, about a 16 year old … Continue reading →
Sweater finished
odd sweater, but maybe odd enough to be o.k.
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Really enjoyed Stasiland: True Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder, an Australian journalist. in the middle of A Thousand years of good prayers : stories by Yiyun Li and am liking it. also in the middle of … Continue reading →
summer 09 knitting
I finished my first pair of toe up socks. Loved the wool, bought at KnitPicks I am running out of wool for my hand dyed sweater 🙁
Continue reading →sweater, a sock and some mitts
Back of hand-dyed wool sweater mitts for Robin first toe up sock, for practice
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What’s on the needles now: Vest using KnitPicks pattern my mitts made of purple wool. Robin’s mitts made from recycled wool from her sweater
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Four or five books at a time, as usual; Archimedes Codex by Reviel Netz and William Noel. Wikipedia entry on the Archimedes Palimpsest The Dead Hour by Denise Mina Shakespeare wrote for money by Nick Hornby Murder in Amsterdam: The … Continue reading →