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09 March 2006

Spring Break, BABY!!!

ah, what does spring break mean to me? reading books that have absolutely nothing to do with school, that's what! i'm a voracious reader but i don't get to read for pleasure as often as i would like to, so this week i did a bit of catch up in that department. today i finished Empire Falls by Richard Russo. it has been in the cue for a while and i've owned it since january. it turned out to be really good. i also read the cleaverly named Knit One, Kill Two and Needled to Death both by Maggie Sefton.  these are very cute books, high on novelty and sorta low on things like plot.  oh, well.  just goes to show what a sucker i am for anything knitting related!
i did get some more dyeing done.  i've come to the conclusion that i either have to attempt to start selling the dyed yarns or lay off it for a while--my stash is getting sorta biggish!  this first one i'm not too sure about.  i like it better now than i did before i re-skiened it.  it's just such an odd combonation of masculine colors and then pink....it's not awful, and i'd probably buy it, but it's just kind of underwhelming, i guess.
now this one, this one is a different story entirely...this turned out exactly how i envisioned it!  i wanted something really reptilian.  i did have gift plans for this yarn, well, gift socks, but it's really going to depend on how selfish i'm feeling that day!

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You may want to read Russo's short story collection, 'A Whore's Child.' 'Risk Pool' may be his best work. I can't decide between it and 'Empire Falls.'

John McNally's 'The Book of Ralph' is great and you may want to queue it up on your reading list.

Enjoy your break.

Scott

Posted by: Scott Smith | 10 March 2006

Very Cool Colorways! You did a GREAT job!

Posted by: Michelle | 10 March 2006

OMG! I love that crazy combo one you made. Just quirky enough for a realy fun pair of socks...
Great job.. so are you selling yet?

Posted by: NessieNoodle | 11 March 2006