Yarn along

~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs.  I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well.

Welcome to another installment of Yarn Along with Ginny at Small Things.

I completed the Babar Blanket!  The picot edge was just what it needed.

There is another blanket in the works in turquoise which is the 3rd color of the nursery.  I have just cast on this afternoon for Cabled Blanket by Debbie Bliss.  I am using Knit Picks Comfy Sport which is my all time favorite baby blanket yarn.

But currently I am working on the Aranami Shawl, also in Knit Picks Cotton.  It is a first time prototype as I know I will have many requests for this shawl and I had colors to use in the cotton without purchasing any yarn at the moment. I am loving these little wedges and how it fits together like a puzzle!

The colors graduate as you move further up the wedges.  The white connects to a sage ( which is not clear in this pic), then to a yellow, then a platinum and finally a darker gray.
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The reading list is long at the moment and I am a little frustrated with all the books I want to inhale and the time just doesn't seem to match up.  Another blogger had suggested The Summer of the Great Grandmother and the title intrigued me.  I wish I had read this book when I was caring for my own mother.  I think it would have helped me process what was happening.

Also just beginning this lovely read of connecting gardening with spirituality.  Calming for sure.

The spring blooms are winding down.  In a couple of weeks the early summer flowers will begin to appear.  But I will leave you with the last of the peonies.

What are you knitting and reading?  Please share with us all!