Well, last month I set myself a goal to finish sock #2 of my Textured Lace Socks. Did I do it?
Yes, yes I did!
And then I promptly cast on for another pair of socks, also for me, but this pair will be ankle height. I am attempting to adapt a crew sized, toe-up sock pattern to a cuff-down anklet knit. So far, so good.
The pattern I'm adapting (ie, using the chart, backwards since I'm doing cuff-down not toe-up) is Love Needs A Heart from the book Operation Sock Drawer. I did my own cuff, a simple K2 P2 for twelve rows, then started the Toe and Instep Chart (from the book) at row 51 and am working backwards. In the above picture I have completed just three rows of the chart. My plan is to do about 20 rows then begin the heel. I'm sure I'll be able to be that far and take photos for next month's knitting update.
In the past month, I read three books:
The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan, which was a light read with some deeper tones. It is sort of a sequel to The Bookshop on the Corner, but the characters in the first one have much smaller parts in this second book. (note: link is to audiobook, but I read the hardcover from the library. Amazon's pic of hardcover did not match the edition the library had but the audiobook pic did, so that's the link I used so you could 'see' the book.)
Ape House by Sara Gruen. Interesting on many levels, I liked this book. I found this author years ago, when she had just one (horse-related) novel, and have read and thoroughly enjoyed all but her third book (she has written five). I tried reading the third many years ago, but set it aside after just a few chapters. Perhaps it was just the wrong time for me for that particular book; I may have to borrow it from the library and try again.
It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach is a children's book, and I got it from the library to read to the grandkids. It's a really cute read, and they loved it when I read it to them with inflection and different voices for the different characters.
Currently I am reading Beer and Loathing by Ellie Alexander. It is the latest (print) novel of the Sloan Krause series. I'm not a e-reader type, so I'm a little frustrated that there seem to be some in-between novellas that are only available on Kindle. Anyway, I just finally got my hands on a print copy of this one (via inter-library loan after waiting about six months for one to be available--my local library system only 'owns' e-versions) and I'm only through chapter two, so will have to wait until next month to give an opinion on it.
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