new knitting book

I just got myself a copy of Knitting Block by Block by Nicky Epstein. Love the hardback and the photography, more on the actual blocks once I get through the book )and maybe test knit a few)

Bitterroot is exhausting me...am at 80%, REALLY want to finish and block it before the ladies lunch at my place next week (vanity, vanity)....but the stitch counts have gone up and the purl rows are boring me...yeah my fingers are itching to swatch with the worsted silk i got off ebay, but i am being stern.