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<\/a>I admit my socks<\/a> look much like they did a fortnight ago (I’ve added one icord of 14), but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been knitting.<\/p>\n

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The square is for a quilt being made in remembrance of an acquaintance of ours. He was hit by a car last fall, suffered serious traumatic brain damage, and died last month as a result of complications from the surgery to close his scalp after the swelling had finally gone down. Rudi learned the quilt was being made and asked if I’d be willing to knit the square from us. He picked out and bought the yarn at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (Marigoldjen Yarns worsted in Paradise Islands), and I did the knitting. The heart, which I decided to add at the last minute and which is hard to see in this photo, isn’t centered vertically, but I think it’s okay the way it turned out. I’ll block it tomorrow and Rudi will be able to send it off to the knitter who’s collecting the squares and putting them together as soon as it’s dry.<\/p>\n

The other knitting is a gift, so I won’t talk about it much, but knitters will recognize it as a Color Affection shawl, which I made for myself several years back and which I wear all the time. I’ll share more information about it once it’s done and with its recipient, but I’ll say that’s nice, mindless knitting, good for multi-tasking.<\/p>\n

On the reading front, I’ve got three things going on: My book books are Arabel’s Raven<\/em>, about a young British girl and her troublemaking pet bird, Mortimer, and A Snicker of Magic<\/em>, about a young American girl whose mother has brought her and her little sister back to the small town where she grew up — a town once renowned for its now-defunct magic. <\/p>\n

My audiobook of the moment is The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society<\/em>, which was one of my favorite books<\/a> of 2009. It’s performed by a cast of voice actors and I’m enjoying hearing the letters read aloud as much as I’d enjoyed reading them myself five years ago. I’d been thinking it might be time to revisit the book, and when I saw it was available in audio format, I recalled co-author Annie Barrows saying that they’d done a particularly good job with it. It’s perfect for keeping my attention while knitting.<\/p>\n

How about you? Are you reading or knitting anything particularly enjoyable?<\/p>\n

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(Yarning along with Ginny<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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