Yarn Along: November

 It's Yarn Along time again.  I am joining with Ginny this afternoon to show off what I've been knitting and reading lately.

First, a big finish to this year's big project: my Hue Shift afghan!  It is totally and completely done.  I am loving it.

A second finish is the pair of short socks I cast on while on vacation in early October.  I really liked the colors in this yarn, but I'm not sure if I can handle the mismatched-ness.  I might be a little too Type A for that.

Once those two projects were finished, I began working on my Knitting For Christmas list.  First, a balaclava for K3 that she requested (reminding me of the one I'd made Toad in 2018, she told me she needed a 'warm hat' in blues).  And then I made one for Rascal, because K3 had told me that he could use one too.  

That brought me to the next item on the Christmas knits list: a baby sweater for the new grandbaby (who is due any day now).  I am making that in a nice pale yellow, as DD1 requested gender neutral colors for as much newborn to 9 months stuff as possible so that it's reusable for any future babies regardless of gender.  The pattern I'm using is called Viola and Sebastian (any She's the Man fans here? Both of my daughters love that movie.) and I am doing 'Sebastian'--the cabled pattern--in size 3-6 months.

In the photo, you can see my current read, another Ellie Alexander mystery titled A Crime of Passion Fruit.  I've only just started it, but expect to like it just as much as her other mysteries I've read.

Other books I read recently are Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids by Tobin Buhk, which was interesting but not very captivating; and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson, which I absolutely loved and highly recommend.