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Love the sweater project and the buttons. I love the fabric Dos Tierras produces.

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Feb 17Liked by Sandi Rosner

I do love what you’re knitting and the buttons to go with it. I usually have more than one project going on so I feel like I’m progressing with something if my knitting project hits the doldrums. Still, I don’t like taking a break per se because the only way to progress is to knit. Even though I keep notes on my knitting, if I drop a project for too long, it takes just as long to get back in the rhythm. If the pattern is simple enough, I can suffer through the doldrums by knitting while watching TV or listening to an audiobook. If the pattern requires more of my attention, then it will be a long slog … and I’ll probably vow to “never knit that again.” Thank you for the book recommendations. I tend to “plow through” my audiobooks which are usually some kind of crime fiction. Currently I’m listening to The It Girl by Ruth Ware. I might give a listen to Portal. I lived in the Bay Area (Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, in that order) from 1978 to 1986, then San Francisco from 1986 to 1990. We still have friends in SF and try to visit every few years. It’s changed a lot (understatement).

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We were in the Bay Area for during the same years! Such a small world. I was last in San Francisco last April to see the Giants play the Dodgers on my son's birthday. My son and my brother still live in the area, so I do get back periodically.

And I love crime fiction, too. I've been listening to Michael Connelly's Lincoln Lawyer series - so good! Love the detail on the courtroom tactics.

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Feb 18Liked by Sandi Rosner

Indeed, it’s a small world! I have not listened to Michael Connelly books yet so thanks for mentioning him.

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Enjoy getting to know Michael Connelly's characters! his books are set in LA. Most are centered about LAPD Detective Harry Bosch. The Series I'm listing to now, the Lincoln Lawyer series, feature defense attorney Michael Haller. All are very plot driven, so great knitting accompaniment.

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Feb 18Liked by Sandi Rosner

Oh, Harry Bosch! I listened to a few of Connelly's novels long ago. I should see if I still have them in my audio library. Did you ever see the TV series? I can't remember which streaming service was showing it, but the Harry Bosch series was my "guilty pleasure" when my husband would go out stargazing and I'd stay home knitting :-)

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I love the Bosch TV series! It is on Amazon Prime. And there is nothing guilty about it—just pleasure!

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Feb 16Liked by Sandi Rosner

Love the buttons and the knitting, too! I try to knit a season or 2 ahead. Knitting on pastels and brights with white can perk my spirit up at this time of year.

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That's a great idea! I feel like I'm always knitting at the end of the season. When one is designing for publication, all the knitting happens at least 6 months to a year early. The pieces I just finished were for Fall 2024, and I'm seeing requests for proposals for Spring 2025 already!

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Feb 16Liked by Sandi Rosner

Sandi.... so glad you liked Code Name Helene. What a story, huh? If you liked that, you might also enjoy Lawhon's latest book, The Frozen River. It is so good - I read it in 2 days because I couldn't put it down.

As for knitting through the doldrums - I like a mindless knitting project like a corner-to-corner blanket where I really don't have to think at all.

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The Frozen River is in my audiobook queue, and I Was Anastasia is in my stack of paper books to be read. Thanks for introducing me to this author, Cathy.

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My strategy is to drop the project and start something new. Without fail, I return and finish it, at some point. 🙃 These projects certainly are not the most satisfying for me to complete, however. Feels more like a check off a to-do list than something I choose to do for myself.

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I find that if I let a project languish for too long, I'll never return to it. There is always a new yarn, a new idea that feels more compelling.

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Yes, which is why I never feel satisfied. But somehow, I never quit! Even maybe when I should. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I should add, there is a second-mitten lying at the bottom of my project bag right now. Well, the cuff of said mitten. I probably won’t return to that one until next fall! 😂

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Poor lonely mitten...

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