joining in with Ginny's yarn along.
This is a hat I have been knitting for ages. It's been my 'in the car, 5 minutes now and then' knitting, but since the weather's getting cold, and it's getting towards Christmas it has been upgraded to 'finish as soon as possible' knitting, as I can then either wear it or gift it.
The book is 'How mothers love' by Naomi Stadlen, who also wrote 'What mothers do'. It's great. She has been running discussion groups for mothers for a long time, and the books are based on what she hears mothers talking about, and her insights. A lot of the quotes are from first time Mums of young babies, and it's really a good reminder of what those times were like. I find this useful for the breastfeeding support volunteering that I do, as it's all too easy to forget just what a complete upheaval the first baby is. But I have also found a lot in here of relevance to me now with a 2 and 4 year old - the chapters on fathers and mothering more than one child in particular. And her style is just lovely, observant and non-judgmental, but still full of interesting and thought provoking reading. It's not a how-to book but more of a what-is book.
