November almost here

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well this month has just sped by.I have not gotten many of my knitting projects finished.  I ended up ripping out the whole "Trail Jacket" by Hannah Fetig.The buttonholes just looked terrible.  I need some help with them .  I have been knitting long enough that I should have these techniques down so I am going to try again.  The vest by Hannah Fetig in Quince &Co. Sparrow linen yarn has been coming along since it is the only thing I have been working on.  I will show a picture of all the scarves I made this summer using String Theory sock yarn or Madeline Tosh sock yarn.  I wanted simple knitting this summer and fall when I was "back east"as they say in Arizona .

I have also been doing some reading .I thought "The Burgess Boys" by Elizabeth Strout was wonderful.  One of the best books I have read in a long time.I have read 4or 5 other books but I am only going to mention 2 here.  First is'& Sons " by David Young.  It has gotten a lot of good reviews.  But I will tell you it is TERRIBLE. I got about 200 hundred pages in out of a 400 or so page book and the author revealed something about the youngest son that is just so ridiculous I closed the book and took it back to the library.  The next book is "Enon" by Paul Harding again awful.  I have found I like woman authors so much better than men.  I go to male authors with hope but except for a few they always disappoint me. I am looking forward to reading Wally Lamb and I usually like Stewart O'nan and a few others but otherwise I just don't like the way they write fiction.All books available at Amazon.com..



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messed up last blog

Last blog did not come out that neat but I can't figure out how undue the mistakes so i started a new one since I wanted to mention several books I read. First up is "The Violet Hour" by Katherine Hill.  This book started out pretty good.  It is about 2 people their life, marriage,families,over about a 30 year period but it got bogged down,none of the characters were very interesting and I got bored with the whole thing.  "The affairs of Others" by Amy Grace Loyd this book went down hill quick.A young widow has a house in Brooklyn-a large house broken into 4 or 5 other apartments and she is the landlord.  Again I liked none of the characters and it became "50 Shades of Grayish" terrible.
I have several other books I read but none of them were that good so I am not going to even talk about them.  When this happens I think about reading some classics I never had time to read.

driveway of house in Maine

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east coast trip

I recently returned to Arizona after spending several weeks on the East Coast.  I had a great time.Visited with my sisters,parents and my daughter in Boston.  This post will be about my trip with little about my knitting. While on my trip I worked on 2 shawls.  I needed small projects that I could travel with on plane,train,and bus so I don't have much to show. On a sad note I found out one of my favorite yarn stores Purl Diva in Brunswick Maine is closing.  It was a great yarn store with the nicest staff. Fortunately there are plenty of other yarn stores in Maine.
 I went to the Common Ground Fair in Unity Maine.  This fair is unique to Maine- It is a celebration of the rural life and all products must be made in Maine.  Food is all local and must be organic.  It is quite a sight and a lot of fun.  There are all kinds of farming classes.

buying of fleece at common ground fair you can buy and sell sheep ,alpacas etc at the fair

you can buy sheep, and alpacas at the fair

fiber related classes at the Common Ground Fair

plenty of yarn at the fair

Food Booths

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Common Ground Fair