What I'm Reading and What's on the Needles

This is the book I just started reading on my Kindle so I'm not sure if it is good enough to recommend or not yet. It is good enough so far that I will go past the first chapter and see how it develops.

 

 

I'm behind on posting what is on my needles so I'm including it in this post so I can kill two birds with one stone as they say. This is the Iceland Sweater class I'm doing on Craftsy. Once it is done I will be learning how to steek it to make it a cardigan.

 

 

This is the first thing I ever knit in 1972 while we were stationed in Keflavik, Iceland. I knit it for my husband and found out that he didn't like pullover sweaters. I wore it a few times (when I was much younger and thinner) and it's been in a drawer since. I'd like to make another one for the me of today. It's taken me 30 years or more to knit another Icelandic sweater.

 

Knitting

I have been knitting a sweater for myself using the new Lion Brand Amazing yarn. I can tell you that it is amazing, soft, self-striping and a joy to knit with. I'm using the Glacier Bay colorway. My husband even likes it. The colors are soft and muted and I find myself wanting to keep knitting to see what comes next even when I have trouble keeping my eyes open. The picture is what I have done so far. The yarn is 53% wool, 47% acrylic with a 147 yds per skein. They suggest using a size 9 knitting needle, but I like how it felt with a size 8 which is what I'm using for the sweater. I've ordered 3 other colorways to make some shawls with and I may use the size 9 with them. Has anyone else used this yarn and how did you like it?