I do love me a good KAL! As soon as I heard about the Stash Sweater KAL in the Stash & Burn group on Ravelry, I was in. The idea is to knit a sweater in the next two months from stash yarn, which is always an idea I can get behind. It's inspired me to get Liam's sweater out of the basket and back to the top of the priority list - I'm sure you can imagine his reaction. He's thrilled to see me knitting His Blue Sweater again.
I did manage to finish Lonesome Dove in time last week. Once I got into the story, it was actually pretty good (probably why it won a Pulitzer Prize...), although I think it's better suited as lazy day reading than get-through-it-quickly-so-I-can-write-about-it reading, if you know what I mean. Now that that project is done, I've turned my reading attention to Making It. I love this book! It's full of great suggestions for things you can make and do at home. I particularly appreciate the way it's organized - the book is broken down into daily, weekly, monthly and every so often projects, which I think is really useful. I was a fan of their previous book, The Urban Homestead, but this one is even better. If you are at all interested in doing things yourself, I highly recommend you check this one out. And as much as I love and support my library, this is one I'm going to have to own for myself.
The sweater looks great. I'll have to check out that book!
Posted by: Angela | June 22, 2011 at 03:56 PM
I've been doing some stash busting myself and then a couple of weeks ago I go out and buy more yarn! Sounds like I need to join this Ravelry group you mentioned. :)
I definitely think I need to check out the book your are reading. It sounds right up my alley (and similar to the one I happen to be reading right now!)
Posted by: Cynthia | June 22, 2011 at 09:04 PM
I thought Lonesome Dove was pretty much a snoozefest but not so bad that I didn't finish it. I did read it back when it came out though.
Making It looks cool!
Posted by: Carrie#K | June 28, 2011 at 04:23 PM