fun stuff: not playing favourites

one blanket is definitely growing faster than the other

but no...i'm not playing favourites !!

since the colours of the blankets are from the opposite ends of the spectrum

a couple of readers/commenters have asked

 if i work on either one depending on my mood.

my answer to this is...

i don't tend to knit by mood but by light.

my knitting baskets are in two of the best knitting spots in our home:

one by a north facing window and a cd player,

and another by a south/west facing window and a radio.

both locations get wonderful light and beautiful music...but

 one is more socially centred than the other.

lately, i've been busy visiting with friends and neighbours dropping by, talking on the phone, chatting with my kids and their friends about their classes...can you guess which blanket basket sits by the couch in the living room and which one sits in my own little hideaway corner (a.k.a. my side of the bedroom)?

after writing this post...i am going to switch the baskets around.

i am still reading lori lansens' the mountain story.

although i'm only a third into the book...i'm not as captivated by the story line as i was with her earlier titles (however...i'm going to keep going to see if it gets better?!?)

i've also picked up another book by cecile andrews:  slow is beautiful 

 i'm so glad to have found more of her work because

 i couldn't get enough of her writing from the circle of simplicity

my book club is meeting this friday night and we are discussing ru by kim thuy.

i read this book earlier this year and am just rereading

 some of the passages to refresh my memory.

ru won canada reads for 2015...if you like powerful poetic writing,

 i think you might want to check it out!!!

what are you knitting? reading?

care to share?

erica

xoxo

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