Yarn Along

I feel so guilty showing you a picture of things that you have seen before.  It’s a new picture, and progress has been made on both accounts.  Speed is not the name of the game these days.  I’ve been complaining a bit that I can’t seem to get 30 minutes of knitting between 2 days lately.  I can’t help but hold Ingrid, though, if she wants to be held.  My oldest is 8 now, and I see more with each day of being a mother how fleeting it all is.  I may mumble about how I wish I could knit more, I’m not willing to part with the baby holding stage.  I could part with things like laundry, but it seems no one else in the house agrees with me.

So, I’m still working on the button band for the pink cardi.  I did it once already but was not satisfied with it, so this is my second go around.  I haven’t decided if it will be the final one yet.

I’m trying to finish up Family Friendly Farming so that we can pass it on, but I’m finding that hard to do these days as well.  It’s a very fast paced non-fiction, so I think I’ll have the last few chapters done pretty quickly.  I love reading about Joel Salatin’s homesteading practices, and this one goes beyond farming and talks about more philosophical aspects of farming.  He talks a bit about children on the farm, homeschooling, child rearing, family relationships, succession planning, retirement planning, giving to charity, etc.  He’s written several books on farming practices, and this one pretty much envelopes how all of those practices fit together with his overall philosophy, and it’s just fascinating.  It’s like having a man over for a cup of coffee who has such a free mind and unapologetic opinions.  I find myself laughing quite a lot reading this, because it’s almost like he has met our family before when he describes farmers.  Sometimes it’s downright eerie how well he knows us.

I was pleased to find out his farm keeps a blog.  It’s called the Polyface Hen House and some of the lady workers or apprentices on his farm work on it, each assigned a day of the week.  It’s really pretty fun.

Also, it wouldn’t be a complete Yarn Along unless I told you that you can find all the other Yarn Along posts written across the internet all listed over at Ginny’s blog.  It’s a great group of women that gather there on Wednesdays to share their stories of knitting and reading.