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I started working on my seashore cowl again this week. I am on my second lace section now. I can’t keep up with even this simple lace very well, so I add stitch markers for the lace rounds, remove them during the stockinette portion, and then add them back when it’s time for lace again. That sounds sort of tedious, but it isn’t, and it keeps me from having to think too hard.
My new book arrived in the mail last week: The Devil’s Advocate. It is part of the Loyola Classics series. I have read a couple of Rumer Godden books from the same series and really enjoyed them. Beyond the subject matter, I also really like the size of the books, the font, and the page layout. They are easy to hold, and easy on the eyes, making them highly readable for me. I am only about sixty pages into The Devil’s Advocate, so not totally engrossed in the story just yet, but enjoying it just the same.
p.s. The Yarn Along project bag was a gift from Lori!
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I completely understand about the ‘readability’ of a book – the paper, type, feel, and yes, even the cover! I know, as bad as it sounds, I often pre-judge a book by its cover! 🙂
Oooo…your book sounds really interesting! I may want to read it as well 🙂
A project bag! What a neat idea! I would have to use stitch markers too :o).
Blessings!
Deborah
happy to joining in my first yarn along- adore that bag too!
I love that bag….looks pretty with the yarn and book!
I love your Yarn Along bag, Lori is a clever lady 🙂 Your cowl is looking lovely too, the colours are nice and light, perfect for Spring!
I love your project bag, how much fun is that?! 🙂
I love your yarn along bag!!!
Perfect project bag, we should all have one! 😉
it’s just sad to me that you are not reading the great gatsby. why ginny?!? WHY?!?!?
Cowls are so handy and fun to make!
Why even remove the markers at all? I use hash marks on paper, stitch markers, and a row counter and sometimes still have issues, lol. Sometimes if someone talks I forget if I’ve clicked the counter. Pathetic.
I love the colours of grey and pink together … and that little bag is perfect! Wendy
(ps I accidentally entered my name twice #96 & #97, but couldn’t find a way to delete #96 which is to my blog rather than my yarn along post … feel free to delete it for me, thanks!)
I’m knitting on a cowl of my own design, and I’m reading the Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson!
Beautiful color combination! I’m hoping to advance to lace someday.
I went back to crocheting this week and made some flower hairpins.
What a cute project bag! Love the photo. It’s just right, somehow.
That Yarn Along bag is adorable! What a fun gift!
I’m doing the same approach, putting the markers for the lace portions. I just get interrupted and distracted and lose track. I thought I was the only one who did this!
love the progress on this beautiful knit! 🙂 I am still newish to knitting so I love seeing how you do it and show that it can be done 🙂
Love, love, LOVE that Yarn Along bag!
Gorgeous yarn and color… that is bag is perfect. Thank you for hosting this Ginny- I have really missed being part of this knitting community.
i am thinking i may have to copy you, the colors for your cowl are beyond pretty! i am so happy the bag is loved! i am working on adding them to my etsy shop very soon! i hope that is okay to say here 🙂
of course!!
I’m loving that project bag!
I really like the bag!
What a great idea for lace patterns. Perhaps I’ll pick up that blue shawl I started last year! Cute yarn along bag too.
I’ve really been enjoying participating in the yarn along. It keeps me motivated to knit. Thanks!
The seashore cowl is beautiful as is your choice of yarn! You always choose such pretty yarns!
Love the colors you choose.
Cute project bag! Love the cowl! Do what you need to keep track!
“The Shoes of the Fisherman” and “Clowns of God” by the same author are great reads. Just don’t treat any of them as theology books and you will be fine. When I moved overseas after college, I brought along every book of his I could find. Most were not as great as these two but kept me happy with a good read.
Another two favorites are “The Robe” and “The Magnificent Obsession” by Lloyd C. Douglas . These were life inspiring books for me coming out of high school and into college.
Enjoy!
Gasp! I love that bag so much!!!
Lovely knitting – and yours has a purpose. Simple lace or complicated – markers can make life easier.
I agree with you about the book thing – the one I have at the moment is way too heavy for my normal night time reading! Though the content is entertaining.
Thanks for letting us gather here.
I don’t know how you manage those lace sections in a house full of little ones!! Love the color combinations. It will be glorious when done!!
Thanks for hosting!
I’m liking the texture of the cowl a lot. nice yarn/pattern pairing.
I love the gray and coral pink of the cowl! Very nice!
And the Yarn Along bag…can you make the embroidery pattern available to us? I could manage it myself, I’m sure, but I’ll bet I’m not the only one who’d like to embellish a knitting bag with it (maybe with a side pocket for a book!)
I just updated the post–because I forgot to mention that the project bag was a gift from Lori (lori times five)! She talked about how she made it on her blog, a few posts back.
LOVED Devil’s Advocate — read it in high school and then again when Loyola Classics first came out. It is great … as is The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West (I read that in high school just before JP2 was elected pope!)
I cannot do any sort of lace without markers. And I have to be in a quiet place where I can concentrate. Lace is hard!
The yarn for the shawl looks so pretty! I wanted to try to make that cowl for my mom, but I just don’t know how to do the lace without help. Maybe I can get a friend to help me.
Lovely bag!!
Oooh, I love that cowl. Perfect for these chilly days when the beach is calling my name.
Maybe I am some sort of snob or something, but good book design is so important to me!
That and being able to hold in one hand (nursing purposes!).
Super cute yarn along bag:)
It was a gift! I love it!
As much as I would love to say that my yarn is always adorably and safely packed away in a cute basket, that is…just.so.not.the.case at my house. Here is how I store my knitting: http://wegotourhandsfull.blogspot.com/2013/04/yarn-along-confession.html
Though that Yarn Along bag makes me want to do better. It is just too cute. Happy Knitting everyone!
Oops- I think I linked up twice. My bad!
I love the Yarn Along Bag!!! I think I’ve seen that before 🙂 I love the colors of your shawl. Stitch markers are girls best friend.
Adding stitch markers sounds like a great idea, I do that if it helps remember where I am. I also use locking stitch markers to remember where the repeats of a pattern are. Love the colors of the yarn you chose.
The cowl looks lovely. So warm and inviting. I really love that cute little Yarn Along bag. So sweet!