This is my first ever yarn along, or link to another blogger. Not sure why I am compelled to do this now, when I've been knitting and reading for years. Maybe its the quarantine. Maybe its I am finally challenging myself to do things that I've always said I would do, and of course somehow never do them.
I am knitting the Lovely Leaf Shawl, in a deep navy and cream, with the border in green. All yarn is from Knit Picks. I wish I had resources locally for handspun yarn. I might have to drive into Wisconsin or Michigan one of these days.
I have started reading A Man Called Ove. I have no recommendations on it because I literally just opened the book last night. My sister-in-law gave it to me when cleaning out her recently read books, said it was really good.
I am starting to appreciate this time at home. I know its not without stress, I can attest to that, but we had such a full schedule before the pandemic. We are all adjusting. And my knitting is helping quite nicely.
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Nothing wrong with KnitPicks! I source a lot of my yarn from them, and have been generally happy with it. I like yarn.com as well, for a few particular lines of yarn like Malabrigo, or some of their in-house yarns. Quince and Co is also gorgeous and lovely, as is o-wool (probably you know of these already, but it took me a while to discover all these other sources, so over-sharing now!)
ReplyDeleteShawl looks lovely! Haven't read that book, but heard good things. Hope you like it!
I have just started Beartown by the same author. I hope you enjoy your book!
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