More Dorothy

I spent last week back with Dorothy Walpole.  I'm planning on working on her every other week (were possible) in the hope that I might manage to finish her this year.  At the moment I'm alternating stitching one word of the over one verse with putting a length of thread in the border.  I have to break up working on the over one for my own sanity.

My Manu cardigan has grown a lot since I last shared a picture.  December was so busy that the long rows of  stocking stitch were just what I needed for the many evenings when I couldn't face anything else.  I'm now about three quarters of the way up the body.

I have now finished my first book of the year - The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns.  I read this for my book club and you can see what we thought about it here.  This book was my choice for the group, I put it forward as I'd picked up a copy after reading what Simon had to say on Stuck in a Book and I didn't want to leave it lingering on my TBR.

 

Speaking of the TBR,  I'm trying to resist adding to it this year as it's been expanding at an exponential rate over the last few years.  However I couldn't resist these two books which I saw on my local supermarkets charity shelf. It was most unusual to see anything other than recent best sellers so I had to pick them up.