~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs. I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you knitting or crocheting right now? What are you reading? Take a photo and share it either on your blog or on Flickr. Leave a link below to share your photo with the rest of us! ~
I love both my knitting and my book this week. I am working on a shawl for a friend and the pattern is simple enough that I can work on it throughout the day. I won’t have enough yarn to make it as big as the pattern calls for, but there is a recipe for making either a smaller or larger shawl, so I can just downsize a bit. I love the color and wish this photo did a better job portraying it.
I first saw A Girl of the Limberlost at a gift shop in Shenandoah National Forest, and recently bought a copy of it. Have any of you read anything by Gene Stratton Porter? I love the way she combines fiction with nature in this book and will certainly be seeking out more of her work. The heroine of the story is a young lady named Elnora who pays her way through school by gathering and selling moths in the forest and swamp near her home. It’s a bit of a Cinderella story and who doesn’t love those? I have hardly been able to put the book down since I started reading it last week. It’s considered a classic, but is definitely an easy read.
Ginny, Your book sounds right up my alley. I will add it to my 10 mile long books-to-read list. I try to read and knit constantly but it is challenging with the tot. How do you do it with all of those little ones underfoot? I bet at some point the more children in the house the more hands to help with the household duties.
The Song of the Cardinal is amazing, my four year old daughter was awestruck as I read parts to her. She even laughed when the swamp was described as a dining room for birds.
Love the shawl. As usual, looking at what you knit inspires me to drop what I’m doing and pick up my needles.
Your shawl is so gorgeous. It’s almost time for me to do another garter-stitch shawl 🙂
Ginny-I read that book a year ago or so and LOVED it! I went on to buy Freckles and a few other titles. I’ve not read them though-I started Freckles but it just didn’t grab me like Girl of the Limberlost did. Oh, it is sooooo good. Made me want to go the Limberlost and hunt moths!
i grew up on gene stratton porter… i used to pretend i was elnora comstock. wonderful books.
Lovely color on the shawl! And I’ve never even heard of that author. I’ll have to check her out. 🙂
Happy to link up again this week. That yarn you’re using looks lovely, Ginny!
I’m from Indiana, but have never read her before. This one and Freckles is on my list for my daughter and I to read together this summer.
Delighted to find that your book is free on Kindle! With one click I get to read it too!
Sounds like a really wonderful book!
I love the colours of your yarn also 🙂
The yarn is beautiful!
Beautiful yarn your using for the shawl!
I’ve read the book ~ one of my favorites. 🙂
Have a nice week!
I’ve recently heard about that book and will definitely go find it. Love photos of yarn and projects always!
Limberlost has been on my “To Read” list for years… I think it’s time to pick it up at last!
We live near Gene Stratton Porter’s home, and you’ve inspired me to learn more about her. Your blog is so inspirational on so many levels!
Yes, lovely colors. It’s always nice to work with yarn that is pleasing to the eye as well as the hand! Thanks for hosting,
~Lisa
Gene Stratton-Porter makes me proud to be a Hoosier! I just started reading A Daughter of the Land yesterday.
The yarn in your shawl is just GORGEOUS.
beautiful! how you manage to keep so many wips progressing at once is a mystery to me. i’m in awe 🙂
I read Girl of the Limberlost and saw the movie and loved them both. I have also read Freckles which is another sweet story. That’s a gorgeous shawl on your needles!
Thanks for hosting this!!! I must read Girl of the Limberlost one of these days.
Love the colours in your shawl, beautiful!
I love the colors you are using for your shawl … very pretty. I too adore Jean Stratton Porter and she has been one of my all time favorite authors and you will truly enjoy this book, as well as her others.
The shawl is looking good! And the color is perfect for that pattern. Have a great day!
I love the colors in your shawl – it’s coming along so nicely! xo
The shawl’s colors are beautiful and i am glad for that book recommendation.
The yarn is beautiful!
I’ll have to see if that book is translated and what’s the french title of it.
Both the shawl you’re working on (and in that fab MadTosh, no less) and the book you’re reading sound like a perfect way to spend a day!
Your shawl is coming along beautifully! And the book sounds very intriguing!
I have a first edition copy of A Girl of the Limberlost that I got in high school. Sadly, it’s crumbling, but I have a new edition, and Freckles, too, which I also adore. I’m so surprised that you’re just now discovering it because it’s so right up your alley! I simply adore Jean Stratton Porter, and I’m not even that outdoorsy. Enjoy!
I love simple shawl patterns. They are great to show off hand spun yarn.
Running to my kindle! Sounds like my kind of book!!! Thanks for the recommendation! (and free???!!!) WOW.
I just started reading A Girl of the Limberlost yesterday! I am really enjoying it.
Do you remember the t.v. movie that aired on PBS in the 90s?
I remember watching that when it came out and always wanting to read it.
The book is just lovely. It choked me up more than once in the first couple of chapters.
Bonus about the book, it is FREE as a download to your Kindle. Who doesn’t love Free!
I do love it when knitting works out. The shawl is lovely!
I’m looking forward to reading The Girl of the Limberlost. I’ve just ordered it for my Kindle. Thanks for the recommendation.
I love Girl of the Limberlost! I am so glad you mentioned it, because I want to read Freckles. . . and this post reminded my scattered brain to see if my library has it 🙂
The shawl is lovely! I knit my mother a shawl earlier this year in the filigree colorway and it is just such special yarn.
Your book sounds quite interesting! I’m going to have to look for it up here.
You always knit with such lovely yarns. I haven’t yet figured out how to choose yarn that I’m going to love once it’s knit up. Ah well, I’ll sort it out yet – one skein at a time.
Blessings…
The yarn is lovely, and I think I already said it reminds me of jasper or agate.
The story is a good one, and the movie is quite good, too…but I seem to have a love of stories that place the protagonists in wonderful, natural surroundings.
No Yarn Along for me this week–I missed a stitch somewhere in the first lace row, tried to make it up and the pattern ended up out of line in the first repeat. That and my sloppy button holes made me decide to unravel about 230 yards and start over.
Thank you, Lord, for teaching me humility…
The shawl is beautiful. The book is bringing back a distant memory. Maybe I read it as a child. You’ve certainly piqued my curiousity.
I haven’t read the book but did see the movie (it was wholesome, family-oriented, not the best acted but very nice) one night as I was knitting (watched it free on youtube) and liked the story a lot! That yarn color is wonderful – your last yarn-along post – I’m not surprised that many people asked you what yarn that is/was. Gorgeous.
The colors in that yarn are beautiful. The book sounds interesting, too.
I love the sound of the book. The shawl is coming along beautifully. Jacinta
That shawl is looking beautiful! this is my first yarn along wednesday, I love the idea of it……. unfortunately I do not get much time to read these days, what with the homeschooling and the knitting, but I am a great fan of poetry and I dip in and out of my collection of poetry books all the time, they give me just the right injection of inspiration when things get tough – like the beginning of the hat I am trying to knit at the moment – shown in a tangled mess in my photo! The book is Alice Oswald’s ‘Dart’- a beautiful long poem about a river that runs through the county of Devon in England to the sea.
thank you,
Louisa
The book sounds intriguing! I will have to keep my eye out for it. Love the colors of the shawl so beautiful!!
Love the colour of your yarn. The shawl is looking beautiful Like the sound of your book and will keep a look out for her books.
Porter is an amazing writer … any of her books would make great family read-alouds! After you finish Limberlost, you might want to read Freckles!
I have never heard of Gene Straton Porter, but after reading your post I will be looking for her books, sounds like a great read. I am glad you are enjoying your book and knitting, it makes for a great day!
The shawl colors are truly beautiful. I find I like so many of her color ways. They are hard for me to resist. Your book sounds quite good. I will end it to my never ending list!