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Yarnalong - the one where everything is half done

Welcome to this weeks Yanalong, hosting  by Ginny. Pop over to her blog to see what she, and the other yarnalong peeps are knitting and reading this week.

 When I left the house this morning I was half way through my book, which is The Great Christmas Knit Off. It's chick lit, which is fine, but Christmas is not a thing for me. In fact, if I consider anything about Christmas, it's to say "bah humbug" and have another bottle of wine. But Rachel tweeted about it when it was on pre-release and started reading it this week, and you know how I love a read/knit/do-the-same-thing-as-other-people along. I'm quite enjoying it. It's light and pleasant and you just know everything is going to be okay in the end.

 When I left the house I had knit the first of the next pair of Discworld socks, Tepic. And then today I went to Mildura for work, so I did get a start on the second sock. Like the rest of the Discworld Sock Club  it's a good, sold interesting knit. This one I'm knitting in  Stranded in Oz sock yarn, and I'm loving it.

 And to go with the Discworld sock, I'm listening to the next in the Discworld audio book series, Small Gods.

 And that's me for  another week. I hope you are loving what you are listening to, reading and knitting this week.

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  1. Anonymous27 November, 2014

    Discworld Socks!!!! I didn't even know there was such a thing!! I am so on that!

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  2. thecrazysheeplady27 November, 2014

    Sound fun!

    Nice blog :-).

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  3. Elizabeth01 December, 2014

    I ordered myself that book last night, i know there'll be a time i need it. Off to investigate discworld socks!

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