Comments on: lost and found

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:31:22 +0000

Great sock finish and love the sock start–the colors are gorgeous!

By: Miss Scarlett

Miss Scarlett — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:56:26 +0000

A sock in a day! Wow that is great. I am so impressed. I love the stripes.
At first when you mentioned the song in your head I thought it was Clocks by Cold Play – I guess that was just in my head. ;-)
I can’t stop with Ravelry! It is eating into my knitting and my (brand new) spinning time.
See you over there.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:07:14 +0000

I’m glad you found your knitting mojo again. Mine strays from time to time, too, but it eventually returns. I think having so many different hobbies, it gets a bit difficult to stay focused.

I second Emily’s White Teeth book suggestion. I read that last year and loved it. One I just finished the other day is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (also, if you haven’t read it yet, The Kite Runner by the same author is also fabulous). It may not be completely appropriate for beach reading, since there were parts of the book that had me in tears (actually, not just in tears but completely bawling), but I was so engrossed in the book that I stayed up until 2:30 a.m. to finish it, because I could not put it down. Another good one is The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

By: Crazy For Yarn In Alabama: Darlene

Crazy For Yarn In Alabama: Darlene — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:18:40 +0000

WOW….you certainly DID get your knitting MoJo back!!! Socks look Great!!!

I think the weather, the lack of rain seems to have most everyone I know having a hard time getting enthused about knitting!!!

By: jenifleur

jenifleur — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:41:41 +0000

You didn’t tell us what kind of pulp you like to read at the beach. Want some guilty pleasure or something you can brag about? And spinning mojo and knitting mojo cannot peacefully co-exist in the same brain/hands at the same time.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:57:13 +0000

Here’s kind of a fun summer reading list:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10804366

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:17:31 +0000

Gorgeous socks! And that purple yarn is especially delicious.

You should definitely read “White Teeth” by Zadie Smith. Her books are perfect intelligent summer reading.

By: grace

grace — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:54:09 +0000

Yay mojo! I think it’s easier to knit or spin instead of trying to do both in the same day if you’re trying to make leaps in progress. At least, it seems that way for me!

As for beach reads, I just got done listening to Trickster’s Choice and Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce. They’re very entertaining reads.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:52:13 +0000

Wow! I love that pattern and you are right – that is totally peanut butter and jelly. I’m going to have to try and get some of that yarn. It looks so nice!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:44:43 +0000

I think knitting and spinning are exclusive. You can’t do them both at the same time, so nature makes it so that you want to spin up enough yarn that you can knit for a while, and then you get over the spinning and get excited about knitting again. It’s a balance thing.
And THANKSAHELLUVALOT for the dumb song, because it IS stuck in my head now.
For that, I will send you here: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Re%20Your%20Brains
Enjoy.