Week 62 Challenge

#23 Slant Stitch

63 Easy to Crochet Pattern Stitches Combine to Make an Heirloom Afghan

Leisure Arts

This is an easy stitch to crochet and I think really unusual. I like it! One more block and then the edging. WooHoo!!!

Projects in Progress

I have nineteen days until the Art Fair and need to get crackin' on getting some things done. This is a hooded scarf (scood) knitted in moss stitch. I even had enough left over to make two pairs on knitted fingerless mittens, each in a different size.

This is a swatch for a crochet hat and scarf in Crossed Double Crochet Stitch. I get most of my stitch ideas from Reader's Digest's, The Ultimate Sourcebook of Knitting and Crochet Stitches. The swatch worked up quickly, so the hat and scarf should work up quickly, too.

What I Am Reading

Girl With a Pearl Earring is finished. This was a pretty quick read and I guess it could be called a page-turner. For some reason, I wasn't happy with the ending. I'm not sure why, except that it just ended. If you want something low key and fun to read, I would recommend this book; but if you are looking for a message, I don't think it's there.

Now I am reading Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan. Tan is probably one of my favorite contemporary authors. I had a chance to see her at a lecture sponsored by a local university. She was both insightful and entertaining--just like her novels. I've just started, so there isn't much yet to report except for this: "...and I learned to hide from pain. I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I had placed them". There are times when I wished I could feel like that and other times I'm glad I don't. Without feelings, what are we?

Other Stuff

The weather has turned so stinkin' hot, that I can't stand it. Summers in the American Midwest does sometimes get hot, but I can't remember heat indexes over 110 degrees. My office is air conditioned, but the gyms are not. I found myself putting off taking a restroom break just so I wouldn't have to go out of the office. Then the power went off this afternoon, so I went home.

Have a good week!