Unraveled Wednesday
Joining Kat & the Unravelers for Unraveled Wednesday...
CROCHET:
I crocheted the last charted circle motif the other day for Hexie Love (Rav link)!
My box of colors has changed a lot since February 1st.
I started with 35 and not only have I run out of some colors, but I've also dumped the box too many times to count... so lately the chart is just a suggestion, and I work with whatever feels right.
Now I have two stitch holders full of circles to join/make into hexies, and a pile of extras -- because every other row is a short one (not reflected in my chart of squares). So there will be one non-charted row, and at least a few more after that. At least.
READING:
I guess it's been a while since I wrote an Unraveled post! I have finished An American Quilt: Unfolding A Story of Family & Slavery (pages) and Sinéad O'Connor's memoir, Rememberings (audio). The quilt story was... missing something; it wasn't quite as dynamic and engaging as I'd hoped. I really enjoyed listening to Sinéad read her book, but I'm sure it's not for everyone. I was eye witness to the event that changed her life and it was interesting to hear the back story...
I just finished listening to Unsettled Ground this morning! It's a full month until the book club discussion (unheard of!), and I'm looking forward to that. On my nightstand is The Lager Queen of Minnesota: A Novel, which I am enjoying.
I love those circles, turned into hexies, which in turn turn into a blanket! I'm looking forward to seeing how beautifully they all work together. This is an epic project!
Posted by: Bonny | 11 August 2021 at 01:16 PM
I think you mean "Unsettled Ground" right? What a weird (but well written) book. And bleak. I do love your hexie project!!
Posted by: Vera | 11 August 2021 at 02:21 PM
I'm all the hearts for your hexie project :-) and J. Ryan Stradel - did you read Kitchens of the Great Midwest? It was a Modern Mrs Darcy bookclub selection sometime in the last year or two and he was there for the booktalk. What a delightful human! I subsequently bought Lager Queens, but still haven't read it.
Posted by: Mary | 11 August 2021 at 05:38 PM
I am just so enamored by your hexie blanket! It has been the most wonderful journey!
Posted by: kat | 12 August 2021 at 06:49 AM
I love the before-and-after yarn shot! Your blanket is going to be EPIC, and I can't wait to see it in its finished form. I loved Kitchens of the Great Midwest, but . . . not so much with Lager Queens. I'll be eager to hear what you think of it. :-)
Posted by: Kym | 12 August 2021 at 08:15 AM
As big as the hexie blanket has gotten, you really get a sense of the scale when you look at the box of yarn before and after!
Posted by: Sarah | 12 August 2021 at 08:39 AM
Your photos of the hexie journey are wonderful. I'm looking forward to the finished blanket.
the Lagar Queen was a fun read. I just finished Life Support, a medical mystery by Tess Gerritsen. I also read Beth and Amy, and now I'm reading Meg and Jo. I love the modern day setting of this new "Little Women".
Posted by: Robin | 13 August 2021 at 11:17 PM