Wednesday 16 September 2015

Answering a distress call: yarn along

Hello!

Thank you for all your comments to my "yarn along" post last week. 

Some of you asked what I thought to the book I was reading 
'The Mitfords: Letters between Six Sisters' and I have to admit that I have 
abandoned it, at least for now but maybe forever. 

I found it quite hard going reading the letters, keeping track of who was writing 
to who, and as it was a huge book I realised it would take me some time 
to finish it. From reading a portion of the letters you can glean an idea of 
their style of writing and their personalities and I think that is sufficient for me. 

by Mary S. Lovell and I think if you are interested in learning about the Mitford sisters this would be my first recommendation. 


So I have moved onto Ian McEwan's The Child in Time. I have found this quite challenging to read in parts with detailed descriptions of issues I have not considered before, but I have also found it amusing, insightful and sad. 

And as to my "answering a distress call" - a few years ago, on a whim, I knitted 
my work colleague a phone sock, and I have to admit it always surprised me quite 
how much she loved it, so when she changed her phone she asked me to 
knit her a new, slightly larger sock, which I was more than happy to do. 

However, a couple of weeks ago I received a 'distress' text from my colleague saying 
she had lost her sock and would I knit her a new one. Of course, once again I was 
more than happy to oblige and so here I am knitting a new one! 

Joining in with Ginny's yarn along on a much-drier-than-forecast Wednesday. 

xXx


11 comments:

  1. Love the phone sock! And the new book looks good x

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  2. A phone sock, how lovely. And what pretty yarn. Lucky friend, I know she will love it. CJ xx

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  3. It's so nice to make something and someone love it so much. Book looks interesting, may be one to try xx

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  4. Well you can't ignore a distress call like that can you. I don;t do well with biographies these days I much prefer a storyline, I have however just finished the third offering by Stephen Fry. It was good but I thought the first two were better.

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  5. I think you are right to abandon a book you are not enjoying. Quite right to answer the distress call for a new phone sock, and shows how much she loved the first one to want another! X

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  6. That yarn is going to make a splendid phone sock - gorgeous.

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  7. I used to find it quite difficult to leave a book half-way read. Plodding along took all the fun out of reading. These days, if I can't get into it, it's gone. There are so many good books out there.
    Amalia
    xo

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  8. I just love it when someone asks me to make something for them.

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  9. I hope you're enjoying your new book as well as this new phone sock you're making for your friend. Would love to see your tea cosy when it's finished. Have a great week! X

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  10. What a great friend - I bet the phone sock will be much loved! Thanks for the Mitford Sisters update, I'll have to check it out :) I can't believe we work/study in the same place, it's a small world! A beautiful campus, it's what hooked me 10 years ago :) x

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  11. Love the color yarn, hope this book is better for you too.

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