What I made, by Sharon

I noticed one of my bathmats was looking quite sad.  It looks better in the photo than in real life. It's more grey and has got a kind of crunchy texture. Also, there is an actual hole in it. We've been using it regularly since 2016, so that's a more than decent run. I had left over cotton yarn. Cotton is the most appropriate yarn for bathmats, but I've always made mine out of leftovers, and rarely knit with cotton. I decided to make an oval bathmat, using Shelly Husband's advice as to how to crotchet an oval .  It mainly worked, but there is a bit of ruffling in the middle. Also, I used Double Crotchet stitch, and I think Single Crotchet might have been better, since this is quite airy and not dense.  After I made this, I put it on the floor and put the other bathmat in the wash. When I got it out I noticed that, it too has a hole worn through it, so I guess I will be buying some cotton to make a replacement for that sometime soonish.

Happy sOctober to those who celebrate. This week's reading was a bit of a mixed bag.  I read a review copy of  The Day He Disappeared   by Catherine Miller , although I ended up skim reading it because it was a very tedious book. Poorly written, repetitious, predictable and boring. Now I'm reading  The End of the Playboy by Harlin Hailey  which is a sort of midlife crisis Hollywood satire. Or a reflection on aging and society, I'm not sure which. I am enjoying it though.  Then I've got two more review books, the Amazon Original short story  When We Were Friends by Jane Green    And  Bad Reputation by Emma Barry A romance that I requested purely on the basis of that cover! In audio I decided to finally try  Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke  because it's 34 hours long and I felt like I was getting through my credits too fast. I'm enjoying it - it feel like the sort of book that is better on audio. After I started reading this I was approved