YARN ALONG

~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs. I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you knitting or crocheting right now? What are you reading? Joining with Ginny

I finished the Shawl

I had been working

on and once it's done

blocking I will post

pictures. I had several

skeins of yarn left over
after completing the shawl

so I am using the same

yarn and cast on my very

first chart pattern. I am

knitting Elizabeth's Cowl

from Wendy Knits Lace.
It is a beginner's pattern
and after practicing a
few times, I think I've got it!

I have plans to knit

every project in this

book since they are

all amazing. I am

very pleased with myself

for finally knitting something

using a chart and a
little shocked at how
easy it is to read.
I had made chart reading
into something much harder
than it is.
I have started reading
The Catcher in the Rye
along with the fourteen
year old. It is a book
I read many years ago,
but reading it  now as an
adult I have a different
perspective. I am actually
enjoying the conversational
tone of the book quite
a bit, if not the foul
mouth of the narrator,
and I look forward
each day to picking the
book up.  Oh, and the
discussions I am having
with my son are great.
What have you been
up to this week?