Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Merino I think, very soft
Orange Merino, from ?
BFL and silk, from 
lovely stuff
Merino handspun
all from handspun
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
books
Listening to Ese Edugyan's Half Blood Blues, 2011, and it's o.k. but I cannot follow it - it seems plotless. I'll finish it but don't understand why it won so many awards.
But, I am really liking Mother's Milk, the 4th Patrick Melrose book by Edward St Aubyn. He is such a good writer and the characters are not quite so hateful as the previous three books.
Listened to the latest book by Louise Penny,The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, 2012. It was good, a bit long, but still good. Interesting setting and the same trusty characters.
Standing in another man's grave by Ian Rankin, 2012, was good too. Rebus was back! Fox was not really there, not sure why he was in the book at all unless he's setting him up for the next book. Anyway, Ian Rankin is writing well and it was a good read.
But, I am really liking Mother's Milk, the 4th Patrick Melrose book by Edward St Aubyn. He is such a good writer and the characters are not quite so hateful as the previous three books.
Listened to the latest book by Louise Penny,The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, 2012. It was good, a bit long, but still good. Interesting setting and the same trusty characters.
Standing in another man's grave by Ian Rankin, 2012, was good too. Rebus was back! Fox was not really there, not sure why he was in the book at all unless he's setting him up for the next book. Anyway, Ian Rankin is writing well and it was a good read.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
books
The House of God by Samuel Shem, written originally in the early 1970s. Entertaining enough, well enough written, and it read like an honest account of the hell of being an intern, but it's not a great book. Good, but not great.
Some Hope by Edward St, Aubyn, 1994. He's written a trilogy or a tertology or a bunch of books with connected characters and he writes very, very well. But his characters are hateful. I keep wanted to chuck the book but he's got me hooked. Really good writing about aristocratic, dreadful people that I'd like to kill off.
Some Hope by Edward St, Aubyn, 1994. He's written a trilogy or a tertology or a bunch of books with connected characters and he writes very, very well. But his characters are hateful. I keep wanted to chuck the book but he's got me hooked. Really good writing about aristocratic, dreadful people that I'd like to kill off.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Singles
Tanis Fibers Superwash merino, pretty pinksWednesday, October 31, 2012
books
Alan Hollinghursts's A Stranger's Child, 2012 listened to the whole thing and am not sure why. It was not a particularly interesting story, nor did it have any interesting characters. The writing is pretty good, but it did not improve as it went on as I was so hoping it would.
I am really enjoying Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson, 2011. He writes really well, it's easy to read and he goes all over the place. Feathers on dancers, how to dye feathers, fly fishing feathers, fossils of feathers and where they came from. A very interesting book.
I am really enjoying Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson, 2011. He writes really well, it's easy to read and he goes all over the place. Feathers on dancers, how to dye feathers, fly fishing feathers, fossils of feathers and where they came from. A very interesting book.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
good audiobooks
Just listened to Jason Isaacs read the first three Jackson Brodie books by Kate Atkinson. I've read them all before, and have seen the TV procuctions as well, but enjoyed hearing them again read by him. Case Histories, When Will There Be Good News, and One Good Turn. It was hard to find a copy of this, but Amazon UK came through for me.
Finished reading The Measure of a Man by JJ Lee, 2011. Very good book, interesting to read about tayloring, suits, design and his life.
Just started Feathers, The Evolution of a Natural Miracle, very interesting book, 2011 by Thor Hanson. Amazing things, feathers.
Finished reading The Measure of a Man by JJ Lee, 2011. Very good book, interesting to read about tayloring, suits, design and his life.
Just started Feathers, The Evolution of a Natural Miracle, very interesting book, 2011 by Thor Hanson. Amazing things, feathers.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
books, not so good
Read half of Alif the Unseen, Willow Wilson, 2012. It was a good enough story but not good enough to finish.
Read half of, and listened to more than half of The Free World by David Bezmozgis, 2011. Could not finish it in either form, it just wasnt' that interesting and there were no characters I cared about.
But, am in the middle of two good books, The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit by JJ Lee, 2011. Very interesting, reading about the art and history of suits, plus his story.
Benjamin Black's latest book, Vengeance, 2012 is also good. Like those dark characters.
Read half of, and listened to more than half of The Free World by David Bezmozgis, 2011. Could not finish it in either form, it just wasnt' that interesting and there were no characters I cared about.
But, am in the middle of two good books, The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit by JJ Lee, 2011. Very interesting, reading about the art and history of suits, plus his story.
Benjamin Black's latest book, Vengeance, 2012 is also good. Like those dark characters.
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