More on books ...

Still searching for the perfect book club book, whilst running madly away from Oprah mentions. We will rise above!


The Man Booker Prize is always an excellent source for literature, and one of my first choices, by Zadie Smith, was short listed last year. Excellent. I am hoping that no one in the club has read it yet, but there are many more on the longlist that could easily replace it.

I decided to participate in this on-line event. You see, I'm a knitter. Love to knit, love sweaters, socks, scarves, hats. All of it. Aparently, there are A LOT of other knitters on the web, and I have subscribed to a few blogs to watch the progress. It's very inspiring to see other people's attempts, so when I heard about this event, I jumped right in.

I decided to design my own pattern, as I have knit a few pairs in my time, and my goal now is to create original pieces. Of course, I did draw on Patons Cable and Eyelet socks from Socks by Beehive (a classic!) for the shaping of the heel, and also referred to Socks Socks Socks for the picot edge pattern (which you can't see in the following images, as it needs to be sewn down yet).

The Progress


This is the pattern, the yarn, the sock, heel up. This is the first sock, up to the heel.


The cable and eyelet pattern.


A close up of knotty, twisty goodness.


A heel view. Note the eyelets continue down the hell. I think this will look lovely on.

The best part about sockapalooza is that someone right now is knitting a pair of socks for me! All socks must be mailed out on May 4, I can't wait to see what arrives in my mailbox.

I went to a book club meeting on Friday night. I hadn't read the book, but I had been invited to join the club in hopes I would become a member. It was a lovely time, great conversation, food, wine. Okay, too much wine. But it was great fun, and it's always a pleasure to meet new people and have something other to discuss.

I was asked to pick the book for the next meeting, and I've decided to use the Canada Reads program on CBC as a start. Some books that sound interesting:

Cocksure by Mordecai Richler
A Complicated kindness by Miriam Toews

And some further digging on caterina.net reveals this gem:

A Heart So White

But then, we can check the reading lists from local universities, and then we find;

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

Must think on this ...