book recommendations

I am interested in getting some book recommendations. Does anyone have a title or three to suggest?

I read a lot of sci fi. I like it, but there's a good chance I will have already read your sci fi suggestion. Ditto with pagan titles.

Mystery is a field I've been getting more into recently. Ditto with accessible nonfiction.

yarn projects

I finished the matching hat I made to go with Jim's black and green scarf. I'll see if I can get a picture of him actually wearing it, that might be fun.

Julia has looked at the first draft of the hat I was making her, and requested a few changes. It is a little too long, and a little too wide at the bottom. I am working on some minor alterations and will see if they do the trick or something more extensive is required.

Last night Julia also showed me how to knit with double-pointed needles. It was very easy. I have a lot of outstanding projects using doublepoints, so I'll have to decide what I want to do next. The tea cozy would probably be a relatively easy starting place.

The crocheted shawl pattern from the Internet I mentioned a while back is kicking my butt. *sigh* If I ever get enabled to post in the crochet community, I'm going to ask for help. I think I may also devote a few hours to a fourth attempt to figure out the pattern either tonight or tomorrow night.