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For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb
Psalm 139:13

Wednesday 23 November 2016

yarn along: The Night Circus, Elegance and a baby hat



It feels like it's been a while since we caught up, so what better way to check in than with a natter about reading and knitting? Ginny's yarn along is always a joy, but especially now it's so dark and cold that all I want to do is curl up indoors and ward off the encroaching winter with yarn and books. 

What are you making at the moment? This tiny stripy baby hat is fairly fresh off my needles. It's a Simply Knitting pattern from their Hand Knits for Baby booklet. The pattern is called Hats Off and I made it for a special little lady who hasn't been born yet! It's a pretty straightforward, knitted flat pattern and I figured out my own sassy stripe sequence. The yarn is Bessie May Smile – a squishy merino DK that is SO soft. You can see more on Ravelry here




I've finally finished The Night Circus (sooo good - message me if you've not read it and fancy my copy. I like to pass on good books). The colours black and red have an important presence in the story and there's an amazing bit near the end where a knitter gives one of the characters a beautiful red scarf. Check it out:
"She hands him a red wool scarf, the one she has been knitting on and off. It is longer than Bailey expected from watching her knit, with intricate patterns of knotted cables at each end.
"I can't accept this," he says, part of him deeply honored and the other part wishing people would stop giving him things. 
"Nonsense," Elizabeth says. "I make them all the time, I am at no loss for yarn. I started this one with no particular reveur in mind to wear it, so clearly it is meant for you."
"Thank you," Bailey says, wrapping the scarf around his neck despite the warmth of the train."

It's just brilliant when knitting crops up in a book you've fallen in love with. So what's next? I'm about to start on Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro. I've not read anything else by her, but I friend passed it on to me so I'm giving it a go. I'll keep you posted. 

I'd also like to share something exciting that happened earlier this month - the lovely Sarah of Crafts from the Cwtch featured me in her 'In Conversation With…' series. We had a good old chinwag about Knit Happens and my Simply Crochet day job. You can read it here

What are you knitting and reading at the moment? 
  

4 comments:

  1. I LOVE the book cover! It definitely reflects the name of the book. Your hat is colorful and fun! So lovely!

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  2. Love the hat! It's gorgeous.

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  3. that hat is so pretty, I love the colours you chose! And Can you believe I still haven't read The Night Circus? But postage from the US to Canada is dreadful, I will simply have to get a copy from the library. Thanks for the recommend!

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  4. That book was a good one. Unique and magical. How interesting...a knitted flat baby hat which I don't hear about too often; its construction probably makes striping like that easier. I'm reading the last of The Lunar Chronicles and the first of a YA witch series. I have a soft spot for witches.

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