I'm coming along quite well with knitting my cotton summer top, although to be honest I don't find cotton very nice to work with. But that's what I'm using in this project so of course I will persevere. The back is completed, and I've started on the front, which I will take away on holiday with me. It's always good to have knitting at the ready, just in case I feel like doing a few rows now and again.
The back is now finished
I couldn't help myself and have cast on two little toddlers hats, to use up some part balls I had hanging about. They are easy small knits so I decided to do two together. One in burgundy, and the other in navy with stripes.
Oh dear, you can't see them, Gemma is checking them out
Two little hats
Of course, I need to take a book on my holiday as well, but didn't want to take a library book. So I'm packing my copy of Wuthering Heights, to read again. There is a film out at the moment which I plan to see on my return, so I thought I would refresh my memory of the story. I do wonder how a clergyman's daughter living with her sisters and dissolute brother in the wilds of Haworth could write such a book of love, lust, revenge and cruelty. But the girls were very well read, I believe, and had been writing stories since childhood. Maybe Emily was full of imagination and longing for love herself.
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
I'll be away for two weeks traveling around the South Island, so will tell you all about it when I return. I'm flying down to Christchurch tomorrow, haven't flown for several years so I'm just a little nervous. It certainly doesn't help that I have just enjoyed watching a series of air crash disasters on TV! Gemma is having her own holiday in the cattery, she wasn't at all pleased when I picked her up while she was sleeping, bundled her into the carry cage, then took her for a drive this afternoon. She usually takes a day or two to settle down, and I know she will be looked after very well by Carol.
22 comments:
Hope the wind settles by tomorrow, we are in a " State of Emergency" issued by our mayor later today.Wind has started and rain continuing. Enjoy that book, I have not read it yet so will wait on your review. Happy holiday.XXXX
Good progress on the cotton vest.
Can see in the second photo ( after Gemma moved )both beanies will be lovely.
Enjoy re reading your book and have a great holiday.
Hope you enjoy your trip
Ahh... Heathcliff and Cathy...loved both the book and movie starring Laurence. The new film looks a goody. Enjoy your holiday, dear Jenny.
Have a wonderful time on your holiday. I’m sure Gemma will be fine….and then try to have you play the guilt trip when you return. That’s what Joey did.
Have a wonderful holiday! Looks like you have projects ready for any downtime you may have. Love the hats in progress.
I sure understand the challenges of knitting with cotton. The yarn, which I use to knit dishcloths, isn't quite as flexible and forgiving as a blend. Knitting two caps simultaneously, on the same needles, is a new concept to me. But how clever to make two at a time! "Wuthering Heights." I'm glad you mentioned it because it's been decades since I read that book. It would be a good one to revisit. I hope you have a great time on the South Island. That's the only place I visited in NZ, and thoroughly enjoyed it for its beauty. Doubtful Sound, Queenstown, the Franz Josef Glacier, and the TransAlpine train ride were memorable moments for me.
I hope you have some time for reading and knitting. But most of all, I hope you enjoy your holiday. Have you visited that area in the past?
Oh, I cannot watch those air crash shows, they give me nightmares!! I hate to fly now.
you are becoming quite the traveler! enjoy that and have fun - I look forward to your photos of where you have been when you get back.
I never liked working with cotton much either, Jenny; it just didn't "feel" like wool or slip on my needles as well, I thought. But, your piece is coming along very nicely;)))
I haven't read Wuthering Heights in a long time either--I also wonder at the stories that they came up with living like they did...imagination is a wonderful and sometimes, terrible thing isn't it?
Enjoy your trip...hugs, Julierose
The summer top you are making is so pretty. Those little hats are pretty. I hope you enjoy your trip.
Hope you have a wonderful and scenic trip, Jenny! Knitting sounds like just the thing to take along. The summer top looks so pretty!
Love the progress on your sweater, cotton can be a bit stubborn to crochet with so I imagine it's the same with knitting. I bet those beanies are going to be adorable. Safe travels and enjoy your holiday.
Have a wonderful holiday. We enjoyed the South Island when we came to New Zealand. I always like to take something with me on holiday to do in the quiet times. Judith nb Serena.
While I do work with cotton, it is mostly on smaller projects. I just don't like the feel of it after awhile. Those little hats are so cute.
Have fun on your holiday.
God bless.
Have a great holiday. My daughters and I are seeing Wuthering Heights tomorrow night.
The cotton may be difficult to work with, but it is perfect for a summer top, and the colors are so pretty! You will enjoy your trip to the South Island; it is so beautiful there!
Cotton may be difficult to work with, but it is perfect for a summer top, and the colors are so pretty! You will enjoy the South Island; it is so beautiful there!
You look well organised for your holidays. Definitely need a book and a projects.
Great idea doing two little hats at a time on the needles.
Have a great time.
Exciting. Shame the weather is so awful. I hope it improves.
I hope you enjoy your holiday. I hope you get a little relaxing time to knit or read!
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