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Yarnalong - the one where I rush

So, this is my super brief contribution to Ginny's Yarnalong. Pop over to her blog and see what everyone else is knitting and reading this week.
I'm reading Angles Ink by Jocelynn Drake. It's urban fantasy and I'm enjoying it. Its the first in a series. I'm not sure how, or why, I've suddenly started all these serieses.

 I'm listening to the tenth Discworld novel, Moving Pictures.  It's not my favourite, satire seems to be edging towards parody, and I find this one rather blunt. I think this is where I stopped reading the books when i was younger.

 As for knitting, I've been swatching and sewing in ends. I'm about to start the Millwater Cowl. As you can see I haven't even wound the yarn and I'm leaving the house in about 15 minutes, so I'm going to do that now and I'll tell you more about the cowl once I've actually started knitting it.
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  1. Wren03 September, 2014

    Love that yarn.. gorgeous color! Popping by via Ginny : )

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  2. Amanda04 September, 2014

    Beautiful yarn! What a great color for this time of year.

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  3. Dahle04 September, 2014

    What a fun pattern that cowl is!

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  4. CathieJ04 September, 2014

    What a pretty fall colored yarn. I am looking forward to seeing that cowl.

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  5. Emily04 September, 2014

    I'm dying to know what yarn that is! Gorgeous!

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  6. Melissa 06 September, 2014

    If you can just get through this Pratchett the ones that follow are improve again. Moving Pics has never been my favorite disc world. Do love the malabrigo.

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