It’s Yarn Along Time again! The day, once a month, when I join Ginny at Small Things, and other knitters and crocheters online, to share what we’ve been creating and reading. Click the pic below to see Ginny’s current project and to add your own Yarn Along contribution.
Also, I’m aware that it’s been a while since I last posted. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and studying, trying to decide the direction I want this blog to go. So stay tuned, but at this stage I feel like the place where my passion lies, where I’m finding the most fulfillment (blog-wise), and where you’ve been giving the most positive feedback, is in the patterns I’ve been designing. I love designing patterns, so I want this to be a bigger focus on Knitkatpaddywhack. But now, onto my Yarn Along for the month!
What I’m reading
Ummm, what am I not reading? I’ve got four books on the go at the moment. Let’s look at them all one by one.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
I need this book. Is this a modern nonfiction classic, or just another self-help book? It has a lot of hype, certainly, but I believe it’s for good reason. Nothing highlights more your room for improvement in caring for yourself than having to look after someone else! I clean the house four times more than I used to in order for it to be half as clean. I’m only up to reading about the first habit (be proactive), so I don’t have a good opinion on just how good it is, but so far I like the concept of developing habits to achieve your goals, rather than trying neat techniques that are meant to solve your problems quickly. It’s kind of like how crash diets aren’t effective in the long run, but changing your lifestyle is the key to a healthier life.
The Bible
Haha, have you heard of this one? It’s Lent, and I’m Catholic, and as part of my Lenten commitments, I’m reading a couple of pages of the Gospels per night. So far I’ve read Mark, and have nearly finished Matthew. I’m reading the New Jerusalem Bible, and our copy was a wedding present from some dear friends who work for an Anglican church. This copy previously belonged to a Greek Orthodox priest who is an absolutely delightful character – he likes to tell me “stop being so wonderful!” What a boost to your ego. So this Bible is quite an ecumenical copy.
In the Beginning by Joseph Ratzinger (aka Pope Benedict XVI)
This book is an easy-to-read theological book which I’m reading partly out of interest but partly because it is dry enough that it can put me to sleep! I won’t go into too much detail, but basically, this describes a Catholic understanding of Genesis (a key point of which is that it’s not a science textbook) and delves deeper into it the way an extremely well-read theologian can.
2 Samuel by Robert Barron
Homework, for the theology study group my husband runs. Check it out if you’re interested (and look at Robert Barron’s YouTube channel for some awesome videos).
What I’m knitting
I hear you guys: “Kat, that looks like a tension swatch…that’s not a project”. Well, yeah…Sometimes you have to spend a while knitting boring squares so you’re ready to work on something exciting.
I’ve finished designing the pattern I was working on last month and have moved onto a new one, a mint-coloured cotton baby hat, which I can’t wait to share with you when it’s done.
That’s all from me today!
Peace,
Kat
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