I’m joining with Kat and friends this week to talk about what I’m knitting and what I’m reading.

As I mentioned yesterday, I am knitting the hat that goes with the Hungry Caterpillar set. On Sunday when I finished the cocoon and showed it to Dale he referred to it as the baby’s first sleeping bag! Sounds about right and coming into this family of campers, I predict it won’t be his last sleeping bag either.

I haven’t touched the socks or the shawl or the Christmas stocking I am finishing for a friend who’s mom passed away while it was in progress. But I will be getting to all of those projects soon. Just as soon as I can back away from the baby knits, anyway.

I am reading Glass Houses by Louise Penny, the newest in the Gamache series. While I love the story and I’m eager to read it, I find myself not actually reading it much because I don’t want to be finished and then have to wait another year for a new book set in Three Pines. Those of you who love Louise Penny know just what I mean, I bet.

And that’s all for me. Want to see what everyone else is knitting and reading? Head on over to Kat’s!

One would think, what with all of the hospital time over the last week plus, that I would have gotten a lot of knitting done. And one would be right. However, one must also realize that said knitting is for a certain upcoming grandbaby and therefore cannot be shared.

One would also think that, what with all of the hospital time over the last week plus, that I would have gotten a lot of reading done. And one would be right again. While I couldn’t read at all at the beginning of last week (I literally read for 30 minutes and then had no idea what I had been reading) as things settled down I was able to concentrate and I finished two books: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore and Anything Is Possible.

One would think . . . okay, enough of that, it’s dumb . . .You might expect an updated Bingo card at this point but neither of those books can help me out with that. My one last square is “Originally Published in the 19th Century” and for that I am (still slogging) my way through Anna Karenina. Don’t get me wrong, I am enjoying it immensely but dude. This book is loooooooong. I originally thought I could just listen to it driving back and forth to work but that isn’t going to cut it so now I am alternately reading it on my Kindle and listening in my car. I will not let this one 900 some-odd page book derail my plans for a coverall.

So there.

What are you reading and knitting right now?

Joining with Kat and friends today, I am sharing my reading and knitting. Sort of.

I am reading Confederates in the Attic. It’s for the bingo square “recommended by a family member” and I’m sure it’s no surprise that Dale has been encouraging me to read this for a long time. I’m almost done and it’s good and I’ve mostly been enjoying it but I do find parts of it a bit tedious. I hope to be finished by the end of the day.

I am knitting something super secret and can’t tell you more than this: it’s going well and I’m about half done.

What are you knitting and reading right now? Visit Kat’s blog to see what our little circle of knitters and readers are doing this week.

I’m joining in with Kat today to share what I’ve been knitting and reading.

As I’m sure you can see by my Bingo card, my reading has been more productive than my knitting. 9 books total since Memorial Day weekend. I know that sounds like a lot but a couple were audiobooks and one was a book of poetry. I’ve (mostly) got the rest of my squares planned out and I feel like I’m (fingers crossed) on track for a cover-all.

I’m knitting socks. I haven’t made a ton of progress since I last showed them to you but I expect that to change by the end of the week because road trip.

I’m also knitting this beautiful Islington Shawl. I started it ages ago but got sidetracked by Peace Cowls and baby sweater knitting. Now that I’m really working on it I’m remembering just how much I love knitting lace.

That’s it for me. To see what everyone else is knitting and reading head on over to Kat’s.