This is a fun kit that I picked up at
Dreamweaver Yarns. It is by Hand Painted Knitting Yarns. The kit includes 4 skeins of luscious hand painted 2 ply 60% Silk, 40% Fine Merino (400 yards), a 100% Silk 14" x 72" hand painted scarf in the same colorway, plus the pattern. The pattern is mindlessly simply, just garter stitch, but just the thing to work on while reading a good book. I finished about half of it while reviewing documents at work and then took it on travel with me last week. I finished it up this morning while finishing "
Sharpe's Havoc" by Bernard Cornwell on my Kindle. I love reading on my Kindle, and it is especially nice for reading while knitting.
I have become completely hooked on the Sharpe novels. Bruce and I watched all the movies based on the books, but the books (as usual) are far superior. They are extremely well-written, with wonderfully drawn characters, plus they are historical fiction and Bernard Cornwell always includes an historical note at the end to explain where he took liberties and what the real history is. I love good historical fiction (like the
Steven Saylor novels of ancient Rome). The Sharpe novels are all about the Napoleonic wars and Sharpe's career parallels the career of Sir Arthur Wellesly, the future Duke of Wellington.
