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The Wreckage

Books

Author: Michael Crummey

It isn’t often that I read a book Pat recommends – our taste in books is very different. While Pat was reading this one I looked at the summary and thought I might like it so when he was done he passed it along to my pile of books.

The story mainly takes place during the Second World War, involves two main characters – Mercedes and Wish – and is set in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Mercedes is Protestant and Wish is Catholic so right from the start there are hurdles to overcome. When the war separates them you wonder if they will ever find each other again.

There were a couple of things that stood out for me in the book. Newfoundland had not yet joined Confederation so the narration talks about Canada and Newfoundland as separate countries. Also there is a Canadian-born Japanese interpreter in the POW camp where Wish is incarcerated; it was interesting to hear his backstory and see why he might have been fighting with the Japanese army.

Overall I liked the story but found the ending too long and drawn out. I don’t always need a happy ending but I like an ending – this ending was rather vague.

Goodreads Rating: * * *

Baby Blanket

Knit & Crochet
~ 22″ x 32″

Another project from my evening stitching and my goal to use up my yarn.

I’m quite sure this yarn followed me from Yellowknife, through Port Coquitlam and finally to Powell River. I didn’t have enough of it to make one of my standard baby blankets so I found a crochet stitch to use and crossed my fingers that it would turn out to be a good size.

The stitch I used is a shell stitch. It might have been better had I used a larger hook but I’m okay with the results.

This will be a donation to the BOND group. They give out baskets to all the babies born to their members; the Guild has donated several quilts to them so I know they can use blankets of all sorts.

October Miniature

Quilting
~ 10″ x 14″

This month’s miniature involved a lot of flying geese. Lucky for me many years ago I started a project (Wild Goose Wednesday) from the same company. That project needed 264 wild geese; needless to say I quit long before I got close to that amount. I was able to trim some of the ones I had and ended up with almost as many as I needed for this project.

Stacia and Deloise were starting from scratch that morning and we were all in about the same place by noon. I was sure this was going to be the month that I finished ahead of them!

I need to get out more

Journal

Thursday, October 21, 2021

I loaded my donation yarn in the car when I brought it in from the shed the other day. I was all set to deliver it to the Senior Centre this morning but when I went out to start the car I didn’t have enough battery power to turn the engine over. Pat was going to give me a boost but he suggested I attach my charger and he would drive me. While I chatted with the ladies at the Centre he shopped for some groceries at the store just up the street.

A dead battery meant that I wasn’t going to be able to go to sewing this afternoon. I didn’t mind too much and I probably got more done at home on my own. I was working on the mystery quilt I’m running for the Guild. I like to stay a bit ahead to be sure that the instructions I’m writing are correct and clear enough. I’m ready to start on the clue that will be released in January.

Peppermint Purple

I haven’t added any photos of my cross stitch in awhile so I’ll add them here today. I have four other finished I need to post but maybe tomorrow!

October Stitch-Along