Yarn Along

So I’m still working on my Tsu Sweater.  I need to finish the bottom, and then I need to do the sleeves.  The lace repeat is so programed in my brain now that this is my “mindless” work that gets done when I just need to get my hands busy.  (There’s definitely other knitting going on during more focused times!) It needs to be blocked, but it’s not time yet.  So I thought I’d put in on my dummy friend here to give a rough idea.  I’m really liking how it’s turning out.

I’ll wear it, at least.  One of my favorite shirts I wore when I used to work at a jewelry store was this lacy blouse with a matching tank top underneath it.  I felt so sharp and put together for a girl whose normal wardrobe consisted of a plain shirt and a cardigan.  I’d normally forget to wear jewelry too, so a lacy little sweater like this will be my “wow factor” in my wardrobe next winter or so.  We’ll see.

I feel as though I have nothing interesting or profound to report for reading.  It hasn’t changed much, accept we have a lot more books in our house now that the school curriculum for next year is sitting on my dining room table.  One can waste plenty of times just reading the backs of all of them.

When ordering some of the curriculum books, this year I got a few off of ebay.  One of the sellers was also selling a lot of “Jan Brett” books, and Silje and David love Jan Brett books, so I got the lot of 5 books for $12 or so, and we’ve been looking at those a lot.  They’re not in our curriculum for next year, so fair game to read now.  I’m thinking I’m going to set one or 2 of them aside for Christmas next year. 

I’ve read about 3 small chapters of The Hundred Dresses, which is a book I’ve found on dozens of chidlren’s reading lists, and is even on the Sonlight’s curriculum, but for kindergarten read aloud, and we’ve never ordered a full kindergarten program like that.  I added it to our curriculum package for next year because from what I’ve read it’s not one to miss.  I’ve just so barely started, though, so I don’t have much feedback yet.  So far I think it would be a really enjoyable reader for either Silje or David next year, but I’ll most likely read it aloud to Silje, David, and probably Elias.  He sits through books really well.