What's new this week? Well, the scaffolding is up on one side of the building, and they appear to be starting on the side bit now. They still have to wrap it, but apparently I will still have access to the balcony for the Easter long weekend. Then, no more balcony until they finish, which I think is another 4 to six weeks. It's getting colder here anyway, and we go out to the park once a day to work out, so it will be fine.
This week I'm knitting baby clothes for my friend Tara. Her baby shower was meant to be next week, and the baby is due in June. Her husband does FIFO, so she is pretty isolated, but she seems to be doing ok. I made Elizabeth Zimmerman's February Baby Leggings, which was part of the Stranded in Oz club, and now I'm using the left over yarn from that and Japan sleeves to make a wee Envelope - my second favourite baby jumper. I'll mail it all to her when I'm done, since I don't think we'll be seeing each other for a while.
I'm reading A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil by Christopher Brookmyre. i wanted some of his signature crazy, clever madcap plots. So far I've got a lot of kids, growing up in an unfair world. Leon says to stick with it, so I will.
In better news, in audio books I decided to listen to The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk. My father has been going on about it, and it's 27 hours long, so perfect for a pandemic. It's also an engaging story, with a perfect narrator (Kevin Pariseau, who also narrated Wouk's the Winds of War, which I spent months listening to in 2014).
And that's my week - indoors more than usual, but forever grateful that I love knitting and reading. I am linking us with Kat and the Unravellers. I hope you are well and healthy, and enjoying your enforced indoor time too.
This week I'm knitting baby clothes for my friend Tara. Her baby shower was meant to be next week, and the baby is due in June. Her husband does FIFO, so she is pretty isolated, but she seems to be doing ok. I made Elizabeth Zimmerman's February Baby Leggings, which was part of the Stranded in Oz club, and now I'm using the left over yarn from that and Japan sleeves to make a wee Envelope - my second favourite baby jumper. I'll mail it all to her when I'm done, since I don't think we'll be seeing each other for a while.
I'm reading A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil by Christopher Brookmyre. i wanted some of his signature crazy, clever madcap plots. So far I've got a lot of kids, growing up in an unfair world. Leon says to stick with it, so I will.
In better news, in audio books I decided to listen to The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk. My father has been going on about it, and it's 27 hours long, so perfect for a pandemic. It's also an engaging story, with a perfect narrator (Kevin Pariseau, who also narrated Wouk's the Winds of War, which I spent months listening to in 2014).
And that's my week - indoors more than usual, but forever grateful that I love knitting and reading. I am linking us with Kat and the Unravellers. I hope you are well and healthy, and enjoying your enforced indoor time too.
I've always wanted to knit a Wee Envelope. I hope we get to see yours before you send it off. It looks like you have a good start.
ReplyDeleteI'll blog about it on Friday!
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