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yarn-along with Ginnie, July 2019

I usually miss it, but not this time!  Ginnie Sheller's yarn-along is one of the ways I've discovered new knitting blogs to read in recent years.



The two books I'm primarily reading these days are:
~ The Ministry of Ordinary Places, by Shannan Martin - which is lovely prose about hard things like connecting to people where they are, ministering to people in the everyday.  I am enjoying the read, and it's hitting me where I'm at this year.  (It's no longer on pre-order, my sister got it for me in December.) 

~The River, by Peter Heller.  I have been enjoying Anne Bogel's podcast, What Should I Read Next?  When I heard her describing this book, I thought it sounded like the perfect summer read for my husband.  He enjoyed it a lot, and I had also thought of reading it, so when he was done he handed it off to me.  The "voice" took me a few pages to get into, but now I'm really enjoying it.

As for the knitting, I'm calling it my Reclamation Blanket, pictured above.  It's made up of dozens of color samples from the local yarn store where I taught until its demise, paired with black sock yarn (it's all fingering weight.)  It's a modular knit of mitered squares, there are a LOT of ends to weave in!  When I get a little more width on it, I'll post more about it. 

What are you reading or making this summer?  Check in to Ginnie's Yarn Along for more inspiration!


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  1. ThimbleannaJuly 20, 2019 at 1:01 PM

    Oooh, I can't wait to see more of your little knitting sneak peek! Your books sound interesting too. Reading time is sparse around here, but I've been knitting a little. Trying to get my current project done so I can start some sweaters for my little granddaughters. I want to make them twin sweaters for the fall -- hopefully I'll get them done before they grow out of them LOL.

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