Break from Reality

My break from reality and the election.  Soon it will be over, lets hope whoever wins chooses wise advisors.

1. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes  tear jerker have not seen the movie
2. A Single Thread by  Marie Bostwick quilt shop story
3. The Guest Book by Marybeth Whalen  light romance
4. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Ann Bronte a classic which I read when I was in my 20's  didn't love the book as much this time
5. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier loosely about Johnny Appleseed and the giant redwoods and sequoias of California
6. Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787 (The Poldark Saga) by Winston Graham
7. A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman for book club everyone loved this book!
8. Between Heaven and Texas by Marie Bostwick quilt shop story
9. Demelza by Winston Graham  continuation of the Poldark Saga
10. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon  book 4  of Outlander series
11. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown about 1936 Olympic rowing team really good!!
12. After You by Jojo Moyes continuation of above book
13. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrick Backman
14. The Last Woman Standing by Thelma Adams about Wyatt Earps woman 
15. When I'm Gone  by Emily Bleeker tear jerker
16. In Praise of Bees  by Kristin Gleeson  takes place in Ireland in 6th or 7th century love story and early Christianity 

I'm looking for a new book to start tonight.  Happy Reading!! --Ann--

On the needles

A new jacket is always a good excuse to buy yarn because every jacket should have a pair of gloves or reading mitts in the pocket. And maybe there will be enough yarn for a narrow scarf.
The yarn feels wonderful but then Malabrigo always does!



I also bought yarn, Cascade super wash aran weight, for stocking caps and thought it was time to learn something new like knitting with more than one color, real fair isle rather than self striping yarn that sometimes looks like fair isle in spots.  I cast on while watching movies with DD last weekend and it was not difficult at all....... the pattern is Baa-ble on Ravelry.

 

 Progress on the sweater, the world series was great for knitting and what a game!  overtime and by one run! Isn't that really the way a world series should be won?!?

Little by little the socks are being knit.  The sweater just keeps calling to me and another 3 or 4 inches before the ribbing and I'll be wearing it while I finish these socks.  --Ann--  Linking to Judy's OTN

Design wall

Not much progress on the design wall except that the 4 patches and half square triangle units have been sewn into blocks.  Maybe when the weather really changes to how it is supposed to be in November I'll finish this quilt top.  Monday afternoon the sun came out and the wind went down the little ones got to show off their Halloween costumes and the sunny warm days have just continued.  It makes it hard to spend the day downstairs in the sewing room instead of outside on a long walk.  --Ann--

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!! the trick or treaters are going to get chilly here tonight.
It was a busy week last week but not much that was blog worthy, I had son's dog for a few days we had lovely weather for long walks I got my 10,000 steps in those days.  She forgot that at my house she has to stay in the kitchen or dining room I ran downstairs for something when I came up she was sitting on the carpet waiting for me so I sat in my spot in the sun room and read and knit for the duration for her visit. My sweater is the same color as her fur. In natural light they match, the flash really washed out the sweater.  Then son came and took her home so I had to vacuum and scrub the drool spots from the floor.

Darling daughter came for a long weekend since the guys went hunting again.  We spent a day shopping we bought apples from the orchard, I bought yarn and we had a delicious lunch.  The rest of the weekend we watched movies and I knit some more and she went home.  Then I did necessary things like rearranging my closet so I could get at my cozy warm sweaters without using a stool and put the short pants out of reach until next spring.  The trees are almost bare,  the wind is cold and the sky is grey tomorrow must be November.  --Ann--

Design Wall

 Sometimes it is just too hard to decide on the fabric for a completely new project so then I dig into the strips that are cut or the bags of leftovers.  Does anyone else have that problem??? What do I start on next???  I pulled out the neutrals from last winter,  In a Fog,  Crop Circles  I always learn something when I work in a series either using the same group of fabrics or the same pattern with different color palettes.  There will be sashing of a very light value and the cornerstones will be much darker.   There is an elegance with a neutral palette, I like more contrast in values with definite lights, mediums and darks.  I did this pattern years ago in earthy colors Hopscotch and Butterscotch and wondered how it would be in neutrals.  --Ann-- linking to Judy's DWM

On the needles

The autumn blaze maples to the east of our house turn more red every day, one of these next days they are all going to fall into a glorious fun filled heap unless the wind scatters them in all directions.  Growing up we had to go to a state park to play in the leaves because our trees just weren't big enough to produce a fun filled heap.  The giggles as we threw the leaves into the air and flopped unto the piles.  The sound of crouching leaves always takes me back to my childhood.

I have made progress on my sweater but since I am working on a short cable it just looks like a dishrag, a very soft expensive dishrag maybe next week there will be a photo.  Just plain knitting on the socks, the dark is a Regia 4 ply yarn by Schachenmayr and the red, black and yellow is Schoeller and Stahl yarn both are super wash.  The color changes are too long to really show off the slip stitch pattern of the Geek socks thanks to Judy for the link a couple weeks ago.  Shorter color changes would echo the zigzag of the slipped stitches better.  I'm going to keep going on these and see what happens when I start increasing for the gusset and the heel. Happily knitting as I watch the leaves fall.  --Ann-- linking to Judy's OTN

Red

--Ann--