Yarn Along - Spring Notebook

Here we are, another week, another Yarn Along. Joining Ginny from Small Things.

Well, I finished the sock!!! Yay - finally!

At the time of working that wretched second sock, I vowed to never again make another pair of socks! Until..... I spotted some more sock yarn in my small stash! I know - what a sucker! The truth about hand knit socks is that nothing, absolutely NOTHING compares! I think that I will make a bit of a challenge of the next pair and find another more exciting pattern.

On Sunday I dragged out my last teeny tiny little scraps of 100% cotton and crochet another cloth to wash the dishes. This is another little 'nothing compares to..'  item that I have come to cherish in my life. My husband thinks I'm quite batty, but I just love how durable and soft these cloths are. The just last forever!

While I wait for some yarn to arrive for my next project - which I will share next week, I decided to try my hand at learning a new crochet technique. Since coming across Lucy's blog - Attic24 - I have fallen in love with her 'Ripple' afghan and am determined to crochet one. So after an unsuccessful attempt at understanding the nitty gritty from a crochet 'how to' book, I popped up onto YouTube and found an excellent tutorial from The Crochet Crowd and have been happily rippling along with some scrap yarn.

The book is 'Dying in the Wool' by Frances Brody. It's set in a quiet Yorkshire village with a dash of mystery and scandal thrown in for good measure. It's up to 'amateur sleuth extraordinaire - Kate Shackleton- to solve the mystery. This book is set in post WW1 era - a time that I am intrigued by. It seemed to have all the elements that I like in a book - I'm not sure that I can say I am 100% hooked yet, but I'll be sure to let you know ;o