I am almost done with Rhys' sweater. Like always, I am antsy to move on to something else. I usually find my next project well before I am finished with the current. It helps keep me motivated. I won't let myself start the new one until the old is finished, so it gives me that final push to keep going. I have to finish one sleeve and put everything together and sew on the buttons. Today Rhys asked if he could wear it, so that is another motivating factor.
Last Friday, my new knitting group met for the first time. I think we had a pretty good turn out. Some people were working on the squares for charity, some on their own projects and a couple were just learning. I finished my first square. They go pretty fast and are very portable, so they are good little busy work projects or mindless knitting when I want to work on something but don't have the focus to follow a pattern. A couple other plan to come in the next few meetings to contribute. I wonder how many squares we will really will get done.
I ordered yarn for my next project, a large felted handbag. A friend has asked me to make one for her. She says she will pay me but I don't think I want to take any money for it. Who knows if I will mess it up or not. I have made a smaller version of this pattern before so I am pretty confident that it will turn out well. I am finally getting to Noro yarn. It is a handpainted wool from Japan. It just looks really cool and I have been wanting to use it for a while.
I haven't been keeping up with posting what I have been reading. I have been on a reading spree lately.
I have recently finished:
Her Daughter's Dream by Francine Rivers. This was a second book of a two part series. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it.
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larrson. Loved it. It is actually the first of three books that were unpublished at the time of the author's death. It was pretty dark, but I am definitely going to be moving on to book #2 shortly.
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. It was ok. I have really loved some of Nicholas Sparks books, but this wasn't one of them. It was just so so.
Currently reading: The Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Nothing like a funny British-pop fiction to make me happy.
