I just got this lovely yarn in the mail a last week, "Archangel" on Malabrigo sock. I am knitting a Multnomah for a friend. So far, the pattern is easy but has enough of a pattern not to be completely boring, and I am almost to the lace patterning. I'm actually enjoying it quite a bit. The yarn is so lightweight that it isn't too hot to hold onto, even though it is July!
The book I am reading I actually just finished. I picked it up,along with several other books, at a yard sale a few weeks back. It was the last book I had to read. I started it once and set it aside because I thought the first few chapters were horrifically badly written. I really try to give positive reviews, but I am simply unable to when it comes to this book. It was really that bad. Out of the desire to see if it ever got any better, I picked it up again and the story actually got a bit more interesting. I think wanting to like it really helped.
The book is called "Casting Off" and is about a woman who moves to a small Irish island to learn about the legends surrounding fisherman's sweaters, the patterns and their meanings, etc. Once the stories of the islanders came into play, the book picked up dramatically. I still wouldn't say it was particularly well written by any stretch, but as mindless summer reading goes, it ended up being pretty enjoyable. I just hope, with any future ventures, the author has a better editor. That would help a lot.
Does anyone have any good book recommendations for me? Let's hear them!
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