Reading and Knitting
This week feels like it has just flown by. Somehow in the kerfuffle both knitting and reading felt like they fell by the wayside. But in fact, when I think about it quite a bit actually got done. 
I’m nearly finished with the second sleeve of Arya’s Needlework, which means that I am nearly done with it all together. Yay! I can move on to something new. I’m thinking some Wollmeise needs to come up next in the queue. Although I’m thinking I really should knit up a sample sweater in addition to the vest for Sansa’s Summer and that calls for a thicker yarn. I also want to knit a hat. Really I think I just want to knit anything except this sweater.
The knitting details:
Pattern: Arya’s Needlework by yours truly – soon to be released so watch this space.
Yarn: Opal Handgefarbt (75% Superwash Wool/25% Polyamid; 420m/100g) in the Rosenbeet colourway
Needles: 3mm KnitPros
Reading has been a little less prolific this week. I’ve been doing a lot of work on the computer which makes my eyes hurt. And I don’t want to strain my eyes too much (we only get one set!) so I’ve been leaving off reading in the evenings in favour of listening to podcasts.
Nevertheless I have been doing a little reading. I finished The Sea by John Banville and I really enjoyed it. The ending was a bit of a surprise, though in retrospect there was quite a bit of foreshadowing in the book. I still heartily recommend it.
I started reading, or rather re-reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. Murakami is definitely one of my very favourite authors and while The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle isn’t my very favourite of his books, it’s the one I first read and one that I love to go back to every few years. It’s such a compelling read. The plot is amazing, the characters are well developed. It’s complex and surreal and every time I read it I find something new that I just love about it. Everyone should read this book.
Lovely colour yarn, really reminds me of Autumn (as does our UK weather at the moment lol)
I love the yarn! I’m just a little sick of it. Here in France it’s been a little automny the past couple of weeks – wet and foggy.
The sleeves look great so far. Thanks for the recommendation – The Sea just got added to my reading list.
Yay for Wollmeise! Do you know what color you’re going to use?
I’m torn between Fritzi Fizzante in 100% and a purple Versuchskaninchen. I love her stuff.
Yup, I did frog it. I’d only started Friday and then did some ktninitg yesterday and today, so it didn’t seem like I’d invested a huge amount of time in it, which made it easier to decide to just start over again. And it was quite fun. I’m going to look at my Lucy Neatby DVD on colourwork before I start again though, and see what tips I can pick up.
Looks gorgeous! I can see why it’s demanding your undivided attention! And what gorgeous colours in that yarn too!
Thanks! Opal Handpainted is definately one of my favourite yarns to work with. There is a lot of subtle variegation which really does it for me with a highly patterned piece like this one.
Thank you for the demo. It looks much faster than the English thniworg method. I tried to learn the English method, but didn’t like letting go of the needle to throw/wrap the yarn. Since I was a crocheter for so many years, I just started holding the yarn on the other side and was very rebellious (my poor teacher), I didn’t know till years later that I wasn’t alone in this. I now know that I do Continental Picking not English Throwing . I have heard people refer to American. What is it?
Not sure what American knitting is. I assume that it is like English knitting based on experience.