As you can see, I haven’t really made much progress on my baby kicking bag since the last time i hopped on for Ginny’s Yarn Along. But, I have been snatching up smallish bits of time here and there to knit a few rows at a time. Honestly, this is the perfect knitting project for me right now. Now that i have made it past that mini cable waist band, I don’t need to keep track of any rows, or stitches, and can just leave off wherever and whenever I need to. Although, I do have to say that it’s precisely that mini cable waist band that makes me LOVE and enjoy this knit so much! BUT, since life is so busy with many many other things right now, I am happy to be in the “mindless” portion of it…for now.
As for reading…still kinda lagging in that department too, however, am completely THRILLED that Jason found The Garden Primer
The Garden Primer was actually one of the very first gardening books I bought. It is packed full of so much wonderful and helpful knowledge including everything from planting and choosing perennial garden flowers and arrangements to each and every fruit and vegetable you could even want to grow. However, as cheesy as it might sound, I think when I found out that Barbara Damrosch was married to Elliot Coleman, as in the author of Four-Season Harvest
I love how cheerful your yarn is! There is nothing like knitting with bright yarn during spring, especially when it’s raining like here!!
Wow that’s so pretty, I just love the colour of the yarn!
lovely stripes ! mindless knitting is the key to making it thru many things. x
Love, love, love the kicking bag, the colours are wonderful!
There is definitely a time and a place for mindless knitting, isn’t there? Such a pretty little kicking bag…
Oh what sweet colors for a kicking bag!!
The colors are so sweet! I’m mostly working on a pair of socks for the very same reason. I can pick it up and put it down anytime without paying much attention.
What a fun kicking bag with those colors! Thanks for the book recommendation too. How is your move working out?
I love the Garden Primer. I used to love watching Gardening Naturally with Barbara and Eliot. I think I still have copies on VHS somewhere…
Congrats on getting to the mindless portion. We all need those from time to time. It looks beautiful.
Glad you found your books. Things hide all the time don’t they.
OMG…I did NOT know that Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman were married. Two of my favorite gardening authors. I share your love of The Garden Primer. It is by far my most reached for resource when planning and planting the garden. My copy has dog earred, and has wrinkled pages from muddy hands perusing. Not to mention several pages scribbled with an ink pen, from a toddler getting a hold of my pen “making his own notes in my book”.
I pulled my copies of Eliot Coleman’s books Four Season Harvest and The New Organic Grower off the shelf and sure enough, Barbara Damrosch is noted as his wife. She even wrote a foreword in Four Season Harvest and there is a picture of them together on the back cover. Obviously I am oblivious to forewords and book covers or I would have known.
I love that book…It’s one of my bedside staples. Mine was a gift and it just keeps on giving all sorts of little gifts of info and wisdom.
I do love knits that can be put down and picked up with ease.
I have a stack of gardening books to go through here, it’s that time of year!
Oh, I wanted to tell you how much I loved your post yesterday, the babies are adorable!
Happy yarn along day.
I LOVEEEE the colours of your yarn, so summery! I do a lot of slow knitting at the moment too – it’s nice not being in a rush
Love Kimmy