Has it really been almost a month since I posted here? That is hard to believe. Hello and how are you?? I felt it was time to share a little update on what I’m reading and knitting lately as I dip my toes back into this space. Over the last few weeks we have been busy working toward the end of our school year. Our homeschool co-op has finished up, and there are lots of celebrations going on like recitals, end of year programs, mother’s day, etc. We also were all sick a few weeks ago and during that time I knitted pretty monogamously on these gorgeous colorwork socks. It was my first time knitting colorwork socks and I have typically stayed away from it thinking it would be fiddly and slow. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed it. I used this project to teach myself how to knit holding colors in both hands instead of dropping one color and picking up the next (which is how I have always knitted color work thus far and it is a lot slower). I got very comfortable knitting with a strand in each hand and it has such a satisfying rhythm, I’m excited to apply it to a larger color work project in the future like a sweater yoke.
These beautiful socks are called the Beatrix socks and they are a test knit for Sabrina Justine. I’m knitting them with Garthenor’s Snowdonia sock yarn. Absolutely stunning rustic sock yarn for a gal who loves to work with wild and woolly wool. I have blocked the first sock and it fits beautifully and is very soft. I’m curious how the yarn will hold up!
I’m still reading Delighting in the Law of the Lord, only a few pages from finishing it. I would highly, highly recommend it. Even though it isn’t necessarily speaking to our times directly or intentionally since it was written some years ago, it is terribly relevant and oftentimes I felt so encouraged reading it and applying the truths and meditations therein to a lot of social and cultural issues of our day. It is one I will probably reread and definitely will refer back to often.
everything He gives 