2014 Off My Bookshelf #4

Divergent

By Veronica Roth

"Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us." -page 440

(and thus the need to turn to God over and over and over again.)

2014 Off My Bookshelf #3

Age of Innocence

By Edith Warton

Rereading a beloved book is like snuggling down under a favorite blanket.

Ah, Countess Olenska...
"The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!"

Oh, Archer...
"The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive under his future."

Poor May...
"Once more it was borne in on him that marriage was not the safe anchorage he had been taught to think, but a voyage on uncharted seas."

"We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?"

2014 Off My Needles #3

Jaena's Adagio Sweater

Project #3

Pattern: Adagio Men's Pullover by Lisa Kereliuk

Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Tweed in the Farmhouse Heather colorway

I just mailed this out to Jaena at college for Valentine's Day. I can't wait to hear that she received it. It turned out beautifully! Of all the sweaters I've knit, I'm proudest of this one.

2014 Off My Needles #2

Christmas 2013 Socks

Knitting Project #2

I finally finished my socks that I bought to be my Christmas 2013 socks. I love the bold colors!

Yarn: Socks that Rock, Holly Days colorway

2014 Off My Bookshelf #2

The First Phone Call From Heaven

By Mitch Albom

Finished January 16

(Audiobook)

Am I on an audiobook roll or what?  I listened to this book while on a plane to and from San Antonio, Texas. It was perfect timing - leaving the snowing white, -14F for sunny, 77F. I always love Mitch Albom's books and his imagination. This story gave me just what I craved... a quirky, somewhat "feel good" read. Is it heaven calling?...or is it a cruel prank? and Do supernatural events occur?

Here are a few photos of beautiful San Antonio, Texas.

2014 Off My Bookshelf #1

A Girl names Zippy

First book of 2014

A Girl Named Zippy 

By Haven Kimmel

(Audiobook)

This is a delightful memoir of childhood memories while growing up in small town Indiana. Haven has a hilarious writing style, perfectly dropping into her little girl mind and perspective. I laughed constantly while listening to Haven herself read the book.

Check it out at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15171

2014 Off My Needles #1

Winter Vortex Mittens - X-Country Mitten

My first project of 2014

Started January 5 - Finished January 7

This was the perfect project for the 2014 Winter Vortex - gorgeous, soft, warm mittens. They were such fun! I want to buy matching yarn and make a cowl now.

Top-side of the mitten

They are made from a Blue Mountain Colors Kit titled X-Country Mittens

The kit came with Mountain Colors Just One Ounce Yarn in Mountain Goat in four colorways.

-Thunderstorm

-Hollyhocks

-Lilac

-Cream

Size 6 double point needles

View of the design on the palm of the mitten.