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- Today I'm sharing the progress on my main squeeze knitting project, giving a mini tour of our new Little Free Library DIY, and sharing some of the books I've been and am reading!
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I am (at age 76) so excited that you have discovered Daphne du Marier! I binged on her books decades ago. They never grow old.
Excited to catch up with y'all today! Enjoy. ❤
PS: apparently I felt the need for color while editing this one. The overall saturation is quite intense. 😅😬
I'm not skilled enough to read and knit, but I listen to Audible a lot. Right now, I'm designing a capelet/hoodie and listening to the Skyward series by Brandon Sanderson. It's kinda like Harry Potter in space with psychic powers/multiple dimensions instead of magic.😁
Regarding the little library, bravo! Especially during the pandemic, I was so grateful for all the little libraries in my neighborhood and on the way to work, I can't even find enough words. Apparently the appreciation goes both ways, because one time when I was dropping off a few mystery novels on my way to work, the owner of the house appeared in her doorway, still wearing her towel from getting out of the shower (!!), just to say "thank you." I don't know who it was who first thought of these things, but I like to think of it as a Great Moment in History. 🤩💯
Your book seat might be just the answer to my desire to “do all the things.” I have so many things I want to do that I feel frustrated just doing one “thing” at a time. Seasons of creativity. I have about 20. Can I fit them all in one year? 😂
Totally know the feeling! And yes. This book seat has made it possible for me to make progress on both my knitting and my reading and I love it!
Girl you could describe paint drying and draw us in…. We would all have to try it. Watching paint dry that is. Please keep sharing your joy! It’s contagious❤
That is such a generous compliment. Thank you so much. ❤❤❤
I love that you’re so excited about reading. Unfortunately I cannot read and knit at the same time, so my go to is audiobooks. I listened to Rebecca a few years ago and loved it - a 5 star book for me. I’ve also read My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier which is also excellent. I loved your free little library. That’s so great for you and your family!!💕
I started following this channel when I decided I needed to be a knitter again. {I had put it aside because of aged parent drama) I loved this episode of you talking mostly about books! Please start that podcast with Husband. I would watch the hell out of it. And I love your little free library. So cute! Funny thing about top-down-raglans; I was over them before I ever even knitted one. lol I've only ever knit top-down round necks and a couple of pieced cardis. I refuse to ever knit a pattern that has to be seamed again.
Love your podcasts! I’ve been a voracious reader for as long as I can remember. However I’m not so talented in being able to “yarn” (knit/crochet) and read so I’m a big fan of audible, which IMO counts as reading 😃 so I can listen to a book while continuing to do whatever fiber craft I’m doing. But I also always have a physical book to read at night in bed. I liked The Maid as well. The Lost Apothecary was an interesting read too, totally different from that one but seems like it would be in the same vein of some of your recent reads. Loving the reading topics, keep ‘em coming!
I agree that Lost Apothecary was great also. I always have 2-4 books going at a time. I just finished an audiobook from the library, am reading The Demon of Unrest in new hardback from the library, a political book on kindle, and a new audiobook ready to start from my library. I could not survive without reading!😂.
So glad she is being rediscovered. Dauphne writes stories that are timeless.
Try The Children’s Book by AS Byatt. You’ll love it!!❤
I just retired, so I finally have time to read (and knit) to my heart's delight! So I am rereading all of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables books, on my fifth. So love the series, even if I'm in my 60s now. Love your content and the podcast, keep up the good work! ❤
Rebecca is one of my all-time favorites! Enjoy!!
Thank You very much. That sounds great regarding your husband and your book broadcast.
Q: do you knit with the project on the mannequin (Gladys) or how would that a mannequin benefit me (New knitter) in the ways of shaping projects for a female, as I am male (A younger Old Navy Vet) OKAY it probably sounded dumb, hopefully someone will get the jest of what I'm asking, lol. THANQ you All and Tayler.
Hi! Thank you so much for watching! So I use Gladys primarily to show something on the channel or to sort of keep a project I'm working on. She really is more for looks than anything. If you were looking to use a mannequin for actual shaping purposes, you would probably want to purchase a form that is more your shape and size. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. It's not necessary in my opinion. But don't tell Gladys that. 😉
Love everything in this episode and I look forward to your book tube which is clearly happening 😂❤❤❤
Love Daphne du Maurer, try Jamaica Inn ( I first read it while staying in the real Jamaica Inn)… a really dark story , and please ,please try Frenchman’s Creek xx
So this may come off cheesy, but I swear I got chills when I read that you read Jamaica Inn while staying at the real Jamaica Inn. How incredible! Ok, I need to read it. My husband said he wants to read Rebecca and I told him that I would love to read another du Muarier while he reads that. It has to be Jamaica Inn and then that way I can watch both the movies (Rebecca) and the series (Jamaica Inn).
And then I clearly need to add Frenchman's Creek to my TBR list ASAP. ❤️
As a long time, avid reader I am just in love with your Little Library!!!! What a lovely, generous gift to you neighbours ❤
We read to our kids from the get (hello Peter Rabbit, Franklin the Turtle….) and I am thrilled that as adults they are still readers.
Ditto on Hitchcock; my favs are Dial M For Murder, North by Northwest and Rear Window.
Currently reading Remarkably Bright Creatures, which is also sort of mystery, and features an octopus as one of the main characters. I would highly recommend, it’s one of my top three of the year so far.
Oh my gosh. Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders... "Rebecca" is such a great movie. I love old movies.
REBECCA yeessss Have read and re-read many times over the years. Get the movies!
I love Daphne De Maurier. She is one of my MOST favourite authors.
Hi Taylor. I’m a beginner knitter looking for a tee to knit for Summer. I’m interested in this one. When using the Joann’s cotton yarn, do you need to block the swatch when it’s cotton as opposed to wool?
oh Rebecca!! what a book!! Try the Ruth Galloway series by Ellie Griffiths!
Apologies, Taylor. I sent you a comment naming C.J. Sansom as the authorof the Viking series. He is not. It is Bernard Cornwell.
Hey Taylor,
Book recommendations, you say?? One of my favourites is Daylight, by Elizabeth Knox. And just purchased for my daughter's birthday the latest book in the Lightfall series written and beautifully drawn by Tim Probert.
Thanks for a great podcast! ❤
I recommend the other c.s. sansom novels about the Vikings conquering England. Very detailed and sometimes difficult to read. Fantastic!
I added the tee to my Ravelry- thanks! I love the Veronica Speedwell series❤🕵🏻I also like The Anatomist’s Wife series by Anna Lee Huber.
I’m currently reading Traitors Gate by Jeffery Archer. I’m invested in the story 👏
My last book was Cuckoo Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) the first in a series of 6. Well written and keeps you interested 😊
I learned how to knit and read only a few years ago! After 30 years of knitting and expanding my repertoire of stitches and techniques, and knitting a whole lot of garter-stitch based patterns, I came to the point of not only being able to watch TV while I knit but soon discovered I could read as well. Family and friends seeing me do this thought I was playing a hoax on them to show off. That was until I started to read out loud(!) what was printed on the page. Even went so far as to let them choose what page to read, in case they thought I had memorized the text. I felt ACCOMPLISHED by this milestone and like you have not only been enriched by combining two loves, have been able to finish many more projects that I might have otherwise abandoned due to boredom! Thanks for your entertaining and informative videos!
I'm currently working on the Sailor Swift Tank. Trying to finish by my anniversary, June 7 because I want to wear it. I'm finishing Tolkien's The Two Towers and I recently started Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah.
Read T.J.Klune. Love his books and so enjoy your podcast especially now since you include books.
Love these recommendations! I'm reading the Silo series by Hugh Howey. I'm about to start the heel on my granddaughter's Christmas stocking! Excited to be almost done with that. Then I need to knit my daughter-in-law's stocking. Thanks for sharing!
Currently reading The Devil and Mrs. Davenport. Just finished How to Be Eaten, a modern, feminist retelling of some classic fairytales. Would recommend both if you're into that slightly off/slightly creepy but not too creepy sorta thing.
oh, such a lovely library! Did you make an ex-libris and stamp it into your books? I always wanted to make ex-libris for our family :) I am reading Sally Rooney “Beautiful world, where are you”. When I knit I listen to the audiobooks and the series from Richard Osman “Thursday murder club” is great, highly recommend:)
So sad that C.J.Sansom passed away at the end of April 😢. As i work in a bookshop and i share the same surname (probably related somewhere back up the family tree...) I really should give his books a try. My favourite authors are Tracey Chevalier and Sarah Waters. If you like Edgar Allen Poe, I'd definitely recommend Affinity and also The Little Stranger, both by Sarah Waters.
DuMaurier is too big a subject for a TH-cam comment, but let me see whether I can tell you a one or two sentence story about when I read Rebecca for the first time: I was 14, it was hot and humid in the MidAtlantic, and I was sitting outside reading it when I got to what must have been your page 300.
I went cold. It was bright sunshine, hot as hell and I went freezing cold.
Do you think that was your page 300? The next chapter begins with “Time and Tide Waits for No Man” running through her head in an idiotic loop.
Is that the way your page 301 begins? Then you know where I was.
I jumped up out of my chair, ran inside, and screamed - well, if I told you what I screamed, it would be a spoiler. My mother had a friend over, all very civilized in the living room, and I went in barefoot, with the book in my hand yelling what I had just discovered.
That was quite a few decades ago, but I cannot emphasize enough the power of the written word. Reading is everything. Movies are limiting: they give you a camera frame and tell you what they want you to see. When you’re reading you’re progressing slower, you’re not given everything, and your imagination can see it all. It’s a little like knitting: you go a stitch at a time. Yeah, you can buy a sweater and never realize the craftsmanship that each stitch (each word ) is building with all the other stitches slowly, so you understand it.
I’ve seen those Hitchcock movies and I’ve watched the Jamaica Inn production. They have value , but they just can’t compare to the books.
I wish I could really convey this thought better.
PS I did see you on the other channel discussing Rebecca. PLEASE read Jamaica Inn before you watch it. So fun to see your excitement about this extraordinary book. Xx
Hi Taylor! If you enjoy science fiction, I cannot recommend enough the author Andy Weir. He's a software engineer turned writer and his books, Artemis, The Martian, and Project Hail Mary are my all time favorites.
Any Weir has a deep understanding of Physics, Math, Biology, Technology, and it shows. In his books, everything makes sense, the math checks out. I can't help but think "this could actually happen". The only fictional part of his books are the scenarios and characters. I'm in awe at his writing skills and scientific knowledge.
Please check him out, especially if you're a massive nerd such as myself.
Great job on the Little Library! Love seeing those pop up in neighborhoods. I know you live in the West and so do I so I recommend anything by Mark Spragg or Kent Haruf. Just finished Fruit of Stone by Mark Spragg and I still have the warm glowing feeling. My local libraries all do several big book sales every year. I usually spend around $20 and come home with over 70 books, if not more. I am out of space so I had to hold back a bit this past Spring Sale. After reading I return them to the Friends of the Library to sell again. Highly recommend it if your library does it. Knitting like crazy on Emotional Support Chickens, thanks to you! So fun and a great way to use up all the bits.
I cheat and do Amazon Audible. I'm currently in Drew Hayes' 'Sword, Sorcery & Stealth' series. It's a must if you are or were into RPG games.
I was so excited when I found this channel but, good God, if I have to hear you say "cozy" 500 times an episode, I will lose my flipping mind! It's a shame too because you have good content. But not everything of flipping cozy!
My sister told me about the Veronica Speedwell books and I have been binging on listening to them while I do housework, gardening, quilting, and knitting (socks just now). My sister, my son, and I have a phone book club and we just read Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz. Not his best in my opinion.
I was a librarian for 35 years and only read for fun while I knit (ribbing & stockinette). Once my desire for more complicated knits grew, my reading dropped off like yarnovers. I've changed careers and I'm now trying to find a balance...
I recently read The Maid as well and have the sequel out from the library. Currently reading the new Emily Henry and really enjoying it. The movie of Rebecca is SO good!
Love, love, love Rebecca! One of my favorites. Also have watched the movie countless times.
Have you read Madam Bovary by Flaubert? I think you may like that one as well.
I wish I could knit and read at the same time. Not quite there yet but I do listen to books when knitting. It’s a good alternative.
Love your lending library! What a great gift to your neighborhood.
Thanks for all you do!
I look forward to your videos. Another great episode. Thank you. I have decided to take the plunge and make my first knit garment-Soho Top by Ciadree (?) my goal is your little black t.
I am still on the KTKAL, and I *need* to focus, bc. my sons birthday/high school graduation is in a month and it needs to be done (I originally thought I'd be done by May 1st...), but summer is pretty much here now and I feel like making smaller things and I am completely in to tiny (not micro - yet) crochet, and making granny squares in mercirised cotton in these amazing bright colors.. It needs to stop and I need to get on with the sweater - but once it is done, I will do small things until september or until I am in Denmark and temperaturs are lower - because Spainis summer is just too hot to sit with a whole sweater in your lap. Reading: I am trying to learn to read while knitting, and currently reading Liza Marklund, swedish crime novelist: The title translates to Countdown, I don't know if I like it yet - but usually I like her stuff. Daphne du Maurier - I *loved* her when I had my Hitchcoc craze in my teens. (btw. something has gone wrong with my paypal, so my subscription to patreon isn't working - I didn't leave).
I‘m reading „Tress of the emerald sea“ by Brandon Sanderson. Loving it, it’s such a charming story.
Congrats on your Little Free Library. Those are such great additions to a neighborhood. Rebecca is such an awesome book! Now that you read Rebecca, you should read the sequel, Mrs. de Winter by Susan Hill. It is very delectable and delicious.
I’m making my 8th emotional support chicken. I finish one just for someone else to request one. I’m over the chicken. 😂
If you haven't read The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert, then you must. It's about a woman who is an amateur/citizen scientist who studies mosses, and during the era in which Darwin was developing the theory of evolution, she develops her own very similar theory. She's a strong woman character, living in a time when women were not valued for their minds, but her father supports her intellectual pursuits. It's just a captivating story...
Fun Fact: Hitchcock won his only Oscar for best picture for Rebecca
This may already be in the comments but Daphne du Marier wrote chapter 1 of Rebecca as the last chapter of the book. The publisher/editors had her put it as the first chapter. When I recommend the book, I always suggest starting with Chapter 2. Reading and knitting! What could be better?
Tell me you're a yarn dyer without telling me you're a yarn dyer: "light cerulean cobalt"
Was given a Book Seat for my birthday! (might have dropped a hint based on your suggestion :) ) Books - have you read the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series?
Just finished a crochet project in the KxC yarn and was so impressed! Have been toying with the idea of pick some up for a summer knit, may need to take a page from your book (pun intended 🤭) and knit a tee! Are you making the Plain Yoke Tee 20 or 22?
Help!! I just started knitting this pattern the other day and am knitting the size small. I have reknit up to the first round of increases and have gotten a total of 117 stitches instead of 121 both times. Any insights you could give me would be greatly appreciated. I have messaged the author of the pattern but haven’t heard back.
I am reading a Sydney Sheldon book and knitting a Berroco, Kelona cardigan. I also sew and I am going through my stash. Trying to use up my knits.
I’m reading The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett.
I know I sent a bunch previously that are at my top reads but can I add a suggestion to your list - The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox. I found this at a book sale while on vacation and couldn’t put it down.
Reading The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Anything by Neil Gaiman is amazing. :)
The second book in the sworn soldier series ( what feast at night ) is as good as the first one ( what moves the dead)
If you like gothic horror retelling. T kingfisher also wrote the hollow places
It's a retelling of the willows from algernon blackwood. And as you described you just get more from the retelling ❤😊
Have you read any of Christopher Paolini? I read, and loved, the first three of his Eragon books, then stopped reading before the last one came out. I just picked it up and am going to start reading it. I can’t wait to read the other things he’s written. Thanks for the inspiration.😊
I love reading and knitting together. I listen to my books thought. I can't read a physical book and knit at the same time, unfortunately. I tried using the clicker and a holder of my tablet but it didn't work. I love the book holder and wish I could use it!
I find that I can read and watch tennis (I even averaged out the number of stockinet stiches I could knit while Djokovic bounced the ball between serves one year), baseball, football, or basketball. I had not even considered actually trying to read with my eyes instead of my ears and knit.
You may enjoy Mary Stewart. She wrote Moonspinners.
OMG! the librarian in me is fainting with joy!! I wish I could bring books to you!! Great job!! ❤️📚
Thank you Brenda! ❤️
I can’t tell, but from what it looks like for the little free library I suggest putting those doors on hinges that help them stay open. They could fall on little fingers otherwise. It’s beautiful though, and 🎉to you for promoting reading!
We have those little library vook boxes outside a lot of homes here in Qualicum Beach
How did you like working with the K &C cotton yarn? Dk or fingering?
What an awesome episode. I love to read and knit, so I was eagerly looking up each recommendation!
Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed this Emily! ❤️
Rebecca is also a musical. I cant vouch for its quality as I have never seen it but there is more Rebeca media out there to be discovered!
For book recs, I also love most podcasts by Book Riot!
Congratulations on the little free library!
Read the affair of the necklace
Ug I am not reading or knitting for the moment we are in full swing of a full house renovation. It started 10 years ago and we are finally to the fun finishing things, installing bathrooms, woodwork, shelving doors etc. So for now it's podcasts and paintbrushes.
You know what, that's a big undertaking and sometimes you just need to spend the down time with the things that feel good. And if that's podcasts, that's perfect. Happy end-of-renovation! Such a good feeling, I imagine. ❤️
I enjoyed the cut to the previous danger tea leaning towards the edge of the cup 😂
It was a hot topic in the comments of that video so I figured I'd call back to it. 🤣
Hello from getting colder Victoria Australia! I’m currently knitting a cardigan for my mother, as well as using up some yarn to crochet a blanket for no one in particular. I read many genres, and my current books are a Tom Clancy’s Code of Conduct (26th in the Jack Ryan series), as well as Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, and about to start The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin. I have seen that someone else suggested it, but you have to read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It is such an unbelievably great book and so different from anything else I’ve read - I really think you’d enjoy it 😊. Love your channel and catching up with you with a cup of tea and whatever current project I’m working on 😄
Hello! How lovely that your moving into cooler temps. I like summer, but I LOVE those liminal weeks when summer begins to recede and the cooler days of autumn come. I'm slightly jealous. 😊 So my husband just picked up Thursday Murder Club and he's getting into it now. I definitely want to read it! And yes! Night Circus is coming soon. I have it sitting on my shelf now and can't wait to read it. I'm thinking it will be my airplane read on our trip to Michigan in a couple weeks. Can't wait! Thank you for the additional encouragement to read it. I keep hearing/reading great things! ❤️
You ask "what have you been reading?", well, I have been reading Stephen King, last one I read was"Salems Lot". Really early King book, and really cool. Knitting on shawls, Stephen West, and Curious handmade mkal, and jumped on the purl soho bandwagon, needed a quiet garter thingy, Half and half wrap. So looks like a busy summer for me. Thanks for your videos!!
I love all of this Julia! Super cozy. And I'm telling you, sometimes you just need a cozy garter project and Purl Soho is the best for those sorts of projects.
So I've only ever read two S. King books: Fairy Tale (which was AMAZING) and On Writing (so good...even for those not necessarily interested in writing). My husband is on a SK kick right now and just finished Mr. Mercedes and before that he read Billy Summer. He's fallen pretty hard down that rabbit hole so I expect to see lots more SK on rotation. Enjoy your knits and your reading! ❤️
Reading isnt a hobby for me. I've always read. Today i usually use Audible and knit. Highly recommend The Murmur of Bees by Mexican author Sofia Segovia.
I LOVE your outlook on this. "Reading isn't a hobby for me." That's a great mindset and one I think I'd love to adopt. Especially as it relates to my children. I would love for them to consider reading a natural part of the day. Something you just do. And I think that the way we've been engaging with it these last several weeks is doing that for them (and us as well) and that's wonderful.
I just added Murmur of Bees to my TBR. Sounds beautiful. Thank you!
I am trying to read The Gunslinger by stephen king, recommend by a booktuber lol.
That's a favorite of mine! I've been a fan of King since before I was appropriately aged for them... I love how so many of his books relate to the Dark Tower series, and while I don't think every one in that series is top King writing, it is worth reading the whole thing as a fan of his. So much classic King dialogue & his signature creepiness.
You absolutely had me at K+C cotton! I looooove that cotton and it's on sale right now! I just picked up 2 skeins literally today. I just wish there was more colors since there's only like maybe 12 solids. Nonetheless, it's just a great cotton yard, affordable, and very accessible.
Right!? I LOVE it too Jade. It's soft and scrummy while also being sturdy. And the colors (that they do have) are pretty. I would love more though, like you said. But, yes. Such a great yarn.
Wonderful episode - love the library, we have heaps of those in our neighbourhood and they are so endearing. As for books have a look at 'The Bee Sting' by Paul Murray...pretty intense based in Ireland and focusing on some very complicated relationships....
Thank you Jen! And I hope that our little library inspires others. I'd love to see more pop up. And thank you for the book recommendation! I'll add it to my TBR list!
I'm knitting Kaci Apple's Party Lines. Didnt know how to do lace or KFBF and this is a wonderful way to learn and the pattern is wonderful.
Oooo I love Kaci's little scarf! She created something really special there. Enjoy! And cheers to learning something new!
I have been crocheting a Texas Tech graphgan for a kid about to graduate high school and will possibly be going there in the Fall and some dish towels and things for the kitchen knitting. . I love reading the Robert Gabraith (aka J.K. Rawling) books. Great mysteries.
Oooo this Texas Tech graphgan sounds amazing! And such a cool gift. And I will say, if you're headed to Texas, better do it in the fall when it's not 90+ degrees and 90% humidity. 😂😂 My brother currently lives in Dallas and I love him dearly, but visiting in the summer is just not happening. 🤣 Desert rats, such as myself, don't take too kindly to hot+humid climes.
And I'm a lifelong JK Rowling fan, obvs, and I NEED to read some of her Galbraith books. My husband just picked up The Cuckoos Calling and I'm super excited to read it as well!
Now I need to read Rebecca & The Birds! I never knew they were books.. I'm needing to find out what other Hitchcock movies are just fun books?
Yes! If you're a Hitchcock fan, you really will love Rebecca. Definitely give it a read!
I've been watching booktubers and other crafters before I learned to knit and started to watch knitters. Ahh... So many rabbit holes...
I know the algorithms like video makers to stick to one subject to do well but I kind of like it when there's a side interest added to expand the burrow.
I agree with you . A little side action never hurt and I figure my podcast is a good place for that. Most of my videos are pretty narrowly focused on one topic/concept so these less focused episodes, that serve more as a catch up, are a natural place to share these things. Thank you for saying so. ❤️
Have you read Erik Larson’s Devil in The White City? It’s the best!!
I haven't! But Branden has and he loved it. We have it on our shelf now. I'm fascinated by that whole story and the HH Holmes mystery. Gruesome and intriguing! Plus the added layer of the World's Fair is really compelling.
The Maid made me think so much of myself and how to improve outlook. I just finished her second book so fun. The sweater is look great
I really enjoyed The Maid. And I actually picked up the second book and look forward to reading it. I’m glad to know you enjoyed it Alexandra. ❤❤
I got back into reading by watching the Unresolved Textual Tension book podcast which doesn't just talk about books, it's more like a book club for writers, teachers, etc because they dig down into story structure and prose. It also got me back into writing 10/10 would recommend.
I just finished James, by Percival Everett. It's a retelling of the Huck Finn story from Jim's point of view. It was amazing.
I just finished The Familiar. Loved it, so thanks for the recommendation. I'm waiting for What Angels Fear from the library. I'm listening to the forth book by Renee Ahdien. It starts with The Beautiful. It's about fae, vampire, and werewolves in old New Orleans. I have really enjoyed all four books. I'm reading the second Sydney Rye mystery series, Death in the Dark. So far I'm loving these.
Rebecca is one of my favorite books! My Cousin Rachel by DuMaurier is fabulous also, almost a prequel of Rebecca. I wasn't fond of the 2020 film but I might have to revisit the Hitchcock version.
I am knitting the Roman Villa Shawl, which was intimidating when I got the pattern, but has been great fun to knit.
Ooh! If you like a good historical detective series, the Maisie Dobbs series is awesome. It’s about a woman “psychologist and investigator” set between the two world wars.
I have a standing tradition of going through the whole series again before each new one comes out. Jacqueline Winspear is releasing the 18th and final book shortly.
Her stand-alone books “The Care and Management of Lies,” “The White Lady,” and memoir “This Time Next Year We’ll be Laughing” are also excellent.
Glad you are enjoying Rebecca. Check out the 1997 PBS version with Diana Rigg, Charles Dance, and Emilia Fox. I liked it better than the latest 2020 version.
I just finished the audio book “The Berry Pickers” it was good! And I picked up “Nettle & Bone” again. I’m knitting a Maille cardigan for my wedding in June!
My husband and I are curious. What is that red thing on the desk next to your books?
Hi Lorraine! That’s a pencil sharpener! I use it specifically for my art pencils. 😊
The little library is so cute, great job!!!!! I am knitting my first sock ever! and, reading Agatha christie's, 'and, then there were none'. LOVE this book.
Like the blue - both on my screen and your description.
My current project is a pair of colourwork mittens so no dabbling at reading at same time. Straight stockinette or crochet is easier to read at the same time.
Current book is Surrender by Bono of U2. Big fan and it's taking time because i wonder what I was doing as he describes his life story. I too found the Shardlake series (Disney+). The 4th Shardlake is on standby.
Contemplating reading Dune after watching the movie, as well as trying to find Planet of the Apes. Finished the 70's films now into the modern, 2000 versions. Not usually into sci fi but I guess I'm branching out.
Thanks from Canada 🇨🇦
Knitting: applied I cord on a crocheted hair bandana. Reading: working through the Black Eyed Susan middle grades list (Dogtown by Katherine Applegate is the current eye read, The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G. Z. Schmidt is the current audio) and my nonfiction is First-Time Manager by Loren Belker and Gary Topchik. Sewing a Lyric shirt dress in a madras cotton (?) that I found in a Jo Ann Fabrics clearance.
And oh my lanta Rebecca! It’s been more than 20 years since the last time I read it and it needs to go back on my TBR. It’s one of my all time favorites. When I finish reading for work (children’s librarian, thus the Black Eyed Susan books) I want to dig into something dark and gothic.
Hi Taylor...right now I've jumped into the rabbit hole of Preston and child's Pendergast series and knitting a bunny for a friend who is becoming a grandmother this July...