Book Nook

I'm going to be a little different today and talk about my own reading habits.  I love to read, and have done so for as long as I can remember.  When I'm at home and don't have to do other things (or even if I do), you can often find me with a book.

Since Mother's Day, though, you might equally find me with my Kindle.  I'm finding that it's much more portable than a book, so I tend to take it outside with me if the kids want to play, or walk around with it, or just sit and read on it.  While it won't replace books for me, it does make it easy to catch up on some classics or whatever else I want to read.  Lately that's been classics such as Victor Hugo's Les Miserables (I love the music and wanted to read the book) and Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale (I love Shakespeare, and hadn't read that play before).

I love the huge selection for the Kindle, too.  It's fun to browse through the titles, finding things that pique my interest.  I love that I can download a free excerpt so I can see if the book is one I want, too.  And of course it's also nice that the classics are free, as are some other books at times.  Pixel of Ink tends to keep track of the free or reduced price Kindle books.

So all that to say that I highly recommend the Kindle.  It makes it easy to get lost in a book whilst also watching the kids.

Knitting Thursday

I'm still working on Charlotte's dress.  Here's how it looks thus far.  I just need to do one more set of increases on the skirt, and then I can start on the sleeves.

I also finished the case for my Kindle.  I'm probably going to make a strap for it at some point.

I think I've figured out what I'm going to do for my sweater.  I'm going to start out doing a top-down V-neck raglan using these instructions.  For the skirt part I'm still debating, but I think I might go with some marriage lines and/or diamonds.  I don't really want it to be a lace, because I don't want to get cold.

Knitting Thursday

I've made quite a bit of headway on this kimono-style dress for Charlotte.  I'm pleased with how it's looking thus far.

I've not been working on it as much over the past few days, though, because I've had another project.  See, Sunday was Mother's Day here in England, and my wonderful husband completely surprised me by getting me a Kindle!  I'm an avid reader and am always heading to the library for books, so this was the perfect gift.  I'd actually planned on asking for one for my birthday.  The Kindle doesn't come with a case, so I decided I'd make one.  I have one skein of the green Bertagna Filati denim print in green, and I'd wondered what I would do with it.  So I started making the striped mitred cover you see, but I didn't like the way it looked, so I took it out.  Now I'm just using the green yarn and doing a plain cover.  This yarn doesn't need anything fancy anyway.