A Bluestocking Knits

“Update on the 10th,” more explicitly, in a nod to the folks on the Petipointers list, with its monthly progress report. This is my Fereghan carpet, now most definitely past the halfway point, which is the line of small flowers to which the needle is pointing.

The first “Gilded Cage” mitt finished except for weaving in the ends! I’ve got the second one up to the point where I pick up stitches to work the thumb.

The first block in my “Lucy Diamonds” quilt-to-be. The funky daisies fabric is the almost-last pieces left over from one of the last projects I did with my Daisy Girl Scout troop quite some years ago now — Julia was in kindergarten! — and it makes me smile whenever I see it. I’ve sewn this up since the photo, along with four or five more blocks — I’m using the freezer-paper method for the first time, which seems to be working quite well, I’m happy to say, as getting all of these diamonds to line up neatly can be a bit of a challenge!

And some reading that I’m particularly enjoying — Ex Libris is an old favorite, and makes perfect bedtime reading. I read in a recent Slightly Foxed newsletter of their new reprint of Robert Westall’s memoir, and since he has long been a favorite writer of mine, I jumped at the chance, and ordered John Moore’s Portrait of Elmbury as well. I just finished the Westall, and enjoyed it very much, so full marks to both Westall and Slightly Foxed — have just started the Elmbury one …