Currently on the Needles


Good morning!

I have made some steady progress on the fair isle hat, and I am loving the pattern as it slowly emerges row by row. It's also nice to not be making mistakes.  I've hit my colorwork groove! Oh and I posted yesterday about my yellow shawl.

I continue to read my book from last week, The Daughter and I'm enjoying it overall.  The plot at times is quite far fetched but I'm going with it.  The writing is good and solid, the mystery over her daughter's disappearance affects many people and reading the family dynamics is fascinating.

I picked up this book, The Power of Habit after hearing it on some podcasts.  Since I'm a fond lover of positive habit creating and tracking progress, I thought this would be an interesting read.  Lots of the writing reminds me of some of my university psych classes way back when.  Good stuff!

What are you knitting and reading this week?

Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams


Comments

  1. AsKatKnitsOctober 19, 2016 at 8:13 AM

    I love those colors in the hat! What yarn are you using? I am sailing to the Honey Cowl finish line and I need to get going on The Year of Living Danishly!

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  2. BonnyOctober 19, 2016 at 8:16 AM

    I LOVE the colors you chose for your hat! I bet everyone on your gift list is hoping it's for them!

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  3. Nancy McCarrollOctober 19, 2016 at 8:16 AM

    Great looking fair isle start. Just to brag a little, I met Hazel and knit with her in Lerwick in 2012; she is lovely.

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  4. mamasmercantileOctober 19, 2016 at 8:18 AM

    The hat is a work of art, stunning.

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  5. AlinaOctober 19, 2016 at 8:22 AM

    Oh, your hat is flying off the needles! Looks like you'll be done by next week!

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  6. Juliann in WAOctober 19, 2016 at 8:35 AM

    Love I love your Colorwork! And that book is a good one. Happy Wednesday

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  7. AndeeOctober 19, 2016 at 8:39 AM

    Your hat looks so pretty!

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  8. elizabethOctober 19, 2016 at 8:41 AM

    that is so nice, that hat! very pretty!!! have a great day!!!

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  9. RosAOctober 19, 2016 at 8:56 AM

    Love your fair isle hat! (Fair Isle is my favourite type of knitting.) A long time ago, in a land far away, I worked with a lady whose surname was Duhigg! (How strange is that?!)

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  10. stephOctober 19, 2016 at 8:59 AM

    what great colours....and how well they are playing with each other!! (I more often than not miss with the 'playing well' part of fair isle colour choice!) GUess I need to put that one on 'the list'!!!

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  11. stephOctober 19, 2016 at 9:00 AM

    hee hee....silly me! That's swook!!! I've made that one, gifted it to a grand.....and mine looked TOTALLY different! The joys of fair isle!!!

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    1. karenOctober 20, 2016 at 8:05 AM

      ha ha! I think I remember you making this hat! I love how colors can change the whole pattern :)

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  12. flyingjenOctober 19, 2016 at 9:13 AM

    I am reading a book by Rachel Cruz (Dave Ramsey's daughter) called love your life not theirs. It's also a habit book and about not comparing your life with that of your friends.

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  13. EileenOctober 19, 2016 at 10:23 AM

    Beautiful color work knitting. i too am loving color work.

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  14. BridgetOctober 19, 2016 at 11:49 AM

    I think the hat looks fabulous!

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  15. kjramstackOctober 19, 2016 at 12:01 PM

    The hat is looking GREAT! And I love your cute little stitch markers on there, too.

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  16. EmilyOctober 19, 2016 at 12:02 PM

    I love that habit book! It really makes you think about your daily life. Fair isle is looking amazing!

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  17. AnonymousOctober 19, 2016 at 12:31 PM

    Fair Isle with no mistakes? That is pretty amazing. I love colorwork, but I end up doing some frogging.

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  18. AnonymousOctober 19, 2016 at 1:42 PM

    Your colorwork makes me smile. I can't wait to start knitting my sweater top. I'm puttin' that off for a bit for a particular reason.

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  19. GraceOctober 19, 2016 at 3:48 PM

    Oh, I really like that touch of light blue that is entering the pattern. So pretty! I'll be curious to hear what you think of The Power of Habit. I'm currently reading The Trespasser by Tana French and can't put it down!

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  20. life in this 1880 farmhouseOctober 19, 2016 at 6:57 PM

    Beautiful. Love the colours.

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  21. JaneOctober 19, 2016 at 7:51 PM

    The colors in the hat look great together (and separately for that matter ;-) Isn't it interesting how some books take us back to another place and time?

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  22. Kim October 19, 2016 at 8:09 PM

    Loving that hat!

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  23. SarahOctober 20, 2016 at 2:08 AM

    Adorable hat! I have become so convinced how much of our lives are determined simply by what habits we have cultivated (or not cultivated!). I would probably enjoy that book!

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  24. kOctober 20, 2016 at 4:17 AM

    I'm not yet brave enough to attempt fair isle. It looks complicated, but you are doing a marvellous job.

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  25. Judy S.October 20, 2016 at 6:46 PM

    Amazing fair isle! I love it and its colors. I am rereading Cheaper by the Dozen for book club and just finished Medicus and The Secret Chord. Enjoyed hearing the latter's author on Monday evening; she's a good speaker.

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  26. kathy bOctober 20, 2016 at 7:33 PM

    Im stunned by your fair isle! it is awesome!! im reading blogs and knitting hats

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  27. HanniOctober 21, 2016 at 7:36 AM

    Your hat is going to be lovely! I love classy fair isle patterns like this one :)

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