I haven't been knitting much this summer. Although I took a long car trip and all, I've just been having a season of ambivalence toward the whole thing. Hands preoccupied by babies and mind elsewhere, even my started projects have hit a stand-still. Until recently, that is.
Those colder temperatures at night have had me thinking about Rosemary's wool stash for the fall - and realizing the time is now to do something about it. Due to our many unforeseen mini disasters this summer, funds for yarn are down. So I did what any good Mama would. I frogged.
A sweet little dress and longies set, made for Rosemary that she, in all of her big beautiful babyness, never did get a chance to wear. A dress and longies that, together, should just make the 9 month size longies I'm hoping for. Recycled knitting. Oh sure, it's not as fun - especially when there are little pieces here and there to use up, and therefore a hundred ends to eventually weave in, but they are coming right along.
My cousin recently gave me a bit of a refresher course on crotchet, so I've been making these little flowers to attach to headbands. A baby girl just can't have too many headbands!
As for reading, I'm doing a lot of that - reading to my kids, that is, and listening to them read to me. Not so much of my own reading (though I am taking recommendations!). My friend Bethany found this sweet vintage reader and sent it to us a while back. I think I love it more than the kids do, and that's quite a lot!
Linking up with Ginny today. What are you working on?
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The color combinations and stripes really caught my eye- beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of your hat. Adorable.
ReplyDeleteI have a weakness for old readers. I am lucky my kids like them too. I always sit with them and knit while they read to me. So many of my favorite memories are sitting there knitting away while they read to me from their 1st and 2nd grade Seton readers!
ReplyDeletethose are going to be fabulous longies!
ReplyDeletedon't you love old early readers, the pictures are very sweet.
Funny, i go through knitting phases, too. im in an off phase currently, something to do with having my hands tied up with a baby til 9pm every day...
ReplyDeleteI think I've said this before but if you haven't read HANNAH COULTER by Wendell Berry yet, please do. It is so wonderful (and gets better with every read).
How clever of you to frog and reknit. :) Love the colorway!
ReplyDeleteLove the combination of colours.
ReplyDeleteThanks! At first I thought they were a little bright for me....but I think Rosemary can pull them off :-).
ReplyDeleteWell, the other set was just sitting there, unused! A sad state for a handknit!
ReplyDeleteOoh thanks! I am adding it to my amazon wishlist (which acts as a book list) right now!
ReplyDeleteMy Mom says they are just the readers she learned on in school...and that life really did look like that back then. I love them too!
ReplyDeleteThe colors started to pool a little, so I'm alternating skeins. An upside to having lots of little pieces to work with, I suppose!
ReplyDeleteVintage readers? Wonderful stories, illustrations and typeface! Favorite, favorite of mine! And I'm loving that you're industrious enough to unravel and re-knit. That's a mama's love.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colours, hope the ends don't take too long to weave in.
ReplyDeleteLydia. I literally have baskets of yarn going unused. Would love to share some with you. Just let me know what you need. My daughter has a large family, too (8 little ones) but she doesn't enjoy knitting.
ReplyDeleteif you need a great red, I suggest "My life in France," which is the Julia Child story. I just finished it and it was a beautiful story, she had so much love and admiration for her husband. It was very refreshing and captivating. http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-France-Julia-Child/dp/0307277690
ReplyDeleteHmm, any wool? Worsted, dk or bulky? Shoot me and email, we'll talk! lydiajwill at gmail dot com :-). Thanks for thinking of me!
ReplyDeleteMe too! whew!
ReplyDeleteIt's sort of hard to watch your hard work literally unravel in front of your eyes. But then again, repurposing something un-useful for something to be worn again and again? Worth it (I hope!)!
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