Dear Hubby loves to read, and many times while I am working on my 10ThousandProjects he will read aloud to me. This is fantastic, as it is really difficult, if not impossible, to either knit or crochet or do beadwork or other handwork while reading at the same time, although I really do enjoy a good story. Watching a movie on television will sometimes work out, but most of the time it ends up just adding unnecessary background noise. Audiobooks are really great, and I especially like them when they are read by someone special.
DH (Dear Hubby) really loves old novels, the ones you can get for free that are prior to 1920, pre-copyright; he especially likes westerns and historical adventure stories, but we read many other types of non-fiction together as well. Sometimes he'll read an entire book to me over a period of days or weeks, but on other occasions he will simply share a passage or two that he finds interesting from whatever he is reading on his own. Such was the situation a few months ago: We were sitting quietly. As is often the case, the only sounds to be heard were the soft snoring of the dog and the faint clicking of my knitting needles. All of a sudden DH broke the silence to share this little tidbit with me: "As a Zulu chief, it was beneath his dignity to work with his hands.”* My reply to DH rolled off my tongue with no hesitation: “I guess I'm no Zulu chief.”
The thought of going even one day without working with my hands strikes a level of fear in me that words cannot express. I choose to not even go there in my mind. Now, that does bring to mind another friend's recent blog post regarding hands and crafting. If you are interested in fiber and beads and creativity, (and if you are reading this, I assume you are), then you may very well enjoy this too, so please check it out @ http://urbanstitchstudio.blogspot.com/. You won't be disappointed. And while you're at it, have an awesome day!
These are the knitted and felted catnip mice I made for
Bear, Moose, Meiko, Sake, and Laci, my sister's five cats.
After I started, my friend Beverly and a whole bunch of other fiber friends knitted mice that Beverly then graciously stuffed and painstakingly sutured them closed after felting so they could be sold and the proceeds were donated to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. Here are some of them before they were felted and stuffed.
Meryl
Here's a link to the Kindle download page:
http://www.amazon.com/Allan-Quatermain-ebook/dp/B000SN6IOQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1358812010&sr=1-1&keywords=allan+quatermain
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