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Happy St Patrick’s Day!

I don’t have a drop of Irish in me (at least I don’t think I do) and being English we have never celebrated St Patty’s Day, but I know many of you do, so I wanted to wish you a wonderful day. And even though we don’t celebrate it, I still love to see all the decor and fun ‘green’ things around. If Kristen was in school no doubt she’d wear green too ;-) I have a few ‘green’ things I thought I’d share with you today, and I’m joining in with Ginny for this week’s YARN ALONG!

Ginny, like me (and many others, as you will see from her Mr. Linky) loves to knit AND read! I don’t think there’s ever a time I don’t have something on my needles and a book on my side table . . . this week I’ve been reading The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie! It’s for our monthly book club pick, and our meeting is tonight. I’ve got about 10 pages left to read today!

The story is about an 11 yr old ‘detective’! An aspiring ‘chemist’ at that! When Flavia discovers a murdered stranger in the cucumber patch outside her bedroom window early one morning, she decides to leave aside her flasks and Bunsen burners to solve the crime herself. . . . it was an ‘ok’ read (when it comes to reviews I can never quite find the right words!) not something I would have picked off the shelf myself. There are other books in the series but I don’t think I will be reading them. The only thing I kept thinking is ‘how does an 11 yr old know SO much!’ The way she acted, and the things she said were more in keeping with a much older person.

Usually I would take a picture of the book with my knitting but as usual one item was upstairs while I was downstiars with the other, and I’m lazy, so I just snapped a shot of my knitting ;-)

And the knitting is this . . .

This is the beautiful ‘Spring Garden Tee’ from the lovely Alana at Never Not Knitting. She has some gorgeous patterns, and I just bought this one last week while she was having a ‘spring sale’. There is also a little girl top that matches this (actually she did the little size first and got such rave reviews she designed an adult version too).

The pattern is modeled by the beautiful Julie from Knitted Bliss. You can see full size modeled shots HERE. The pictures are gorgeous! I can’t imagine mine looking so nice, but I hope it does! As you can see I’ve picked a pretty soft green bamboo yarn, perfect for Spring.

And finally, this little guy is on my needles, just about finished. (picture above taken from the magazine cover) Just one of the many Christmas gifts I’m knitting this year, so I won’t say who it’s for (actually I’m not sure who it is for just yet)! The yarn is Lion Brand ‘Homespun’, readily available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

So, that’s my ‘green’ day. What’s yours looking like?