Wednesday 12 July 2017

Yarning Along: Sick bay

Today I'm stuck at home with a poorly toddler. She's been a little lethargic all week, and spent most of yesterday evening and last night being sick. Having abandoned all plans of soft play and playgroups, we're having a quiet day at home.


I've finished the gingerbread man jumper I was knitting last week, and the pattern is now with my tech editor, so should be out by the end of the summer. This week's project is much more summery - it's a second sample of my From Breton with Love pattern after the first got scorched by the sun earlier this summer. I have a beach photo shoot planned for this one when it's done, so I have my fingers tightly crossed for at least one dry, non-scorching day before the start of the summer holidays next week!



Since I wrote about it last week, I have finished reading The Lake House. I finally decided to sit down on Saturday evening, switch off the tv and read while knitting instead. It was definitely worth it, the book was very enjoyable. The mystery in the book was tied up nicely in the final few chapters, and I didn't totally see the ending coming (I did guess a few threads, but not the whole thing). Highly recommended.



This week's book is some young adult fiction, written by the former children's laureate Julia Donaldson - Running on the Cracks. I've enjoyed the vast majority of her books for younger children [her collaborations with Axel Scheffler are my favourites (you're probably familiar with The Gruffalo even if you don't have children)], so when I saw this in a local bookshop I thought it was worth a go. I'm about fifty pages in and have so far been introduced to Leo, a girl whose parents have died and she has run away from her unhappy life with her aunt and cousins, and Finlay a teenager who has problems of his own. I can tell that this is going to be a quick read, and I'm looking forward to finding out what happens.

Linking up with Rachel for Yarning Along. What are you knitting and reading this week?

4 comments:

  1. Mmmm Bakewell tart!
    The GM jumper looks so cute, looking forward to seeing the whole thing.

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    1. I am a little obsessed with Bakewell Tart. Unfortunately they are my daughter's favourite too, so I often have to share...

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  2. Fingers crossed that this jumper survives the blocking process! The sun has a lot to answer for.

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    1. It survived! I now need to wait for a good day to take photos. That day was not today!

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