Here I am posting just under the wire for the Wednesday Yarn Along!
This week I’m knitting the Tea with Jam and Bread sweater for Paul and reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Both are substantial and important in a million million ways.
Be sure to stop by Ginny Sheller’s Small Things blog for links to what lots of other people are knitting and reading this week.
I love everything about this! That is one of my favourite recent reads, and the WIP looks cozy – so much goodness to savor here. Happy knitting, Melinda. 🙂
Thank you, Shirley! And thanks so much for commenting. 🙂
I’ve had the Tea with Jam and Bread pattern in my Ravelry library for a year or so now. Such a pretty pattern. Yours is looking beautiful!
I’m really enjoying knitting this sweater. I was inspired by Dana’s fabulous version over at Yards of Happiness: https://yardsofhappiness.com/2017/01/23/fo-ny-giants-sweater/ The pattern uses short rows to shape the back of the neck, and it’s going to make for a great fit, I think. Thank you so much for commenting! 🙂
I haven’t read Coates’ book, but I’ve heard on my favorite Sirius XM show quite often. it sounds great.
If you’d like to borrow my copy, I’ll bring it next time I see you!
Between the World and Me and that beautiful brown yarn got my attention! I saw Ta-Nehisi Coates speak last week. He was confident and brilliant and so eloquently connected the African American experience as a people viewed as ‘others’ as what could easily happen with Muslim Americans. It is a powerful read. Enjoy! And enjoy that great yarn and pattern.
How wonderful to have heard Ta-Nehisi Coates speak! I can imagine that would be electrifying. Reading this book has made me want to follow his writing elsewhere more closely. He definitely doesn’t take the easy or expected way when it comes to thinking things through, and I love how that pushes me to think. I guess that’s what I meant when I said the book is substantial–it adds something to the conversation that wasn’t there before. It seems like most people won’t or can’t do that hard work, so to find someone who who is doing it so ardently is exciting. Thank you so much for commenting! 🙂
I definitely have to get this book so thank you for sharing. I’ve seen it on a few lists and tried to get it in Jan but the wait list was so long at the library but I’ll #persist. 😉
Hey, Nicky! 🙂
If you’re a used bookstore person, you might keep an eye out there as well. I saw it for around $7 at one place.
I most definitely am!!! Will be checking when I go on my random city walks. 🙂