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Unravelled Wednesday - preparing to holiday

On Saturday we are flying to Brisbane, Queensland for some much needed warmth and sunshine. Of course, when planning a holiday, my thoughts turn to what I want to knit and read. In preparation I have been "swatching" for Leon's next jumper.

  I'm doing an Elizabeth Zimmerman saddle shoulder sweater, because, usually for Leon I have to either design my own or heavily modify a commercial pattern, and I resent paying ten bucks for a pattern that I have to resize. So I started a sleeve as a swatch, finished it, blocked it and started the second one.

 The yarn, the stunning new colab between Purl Box and Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill is called Field of Dreams, and it is dreamy - polworth ,linen and silk. It knits up very fast, hence my 3 hour sleeve. We are only going for a week, but I'm bringing a second project, just in case. 

 I abandoned the review book I was reading (full review of Trapeze by Leigh Ansell can be found here). It feels like an awful thing, not even being able to finish a book that was given to me for review, but I realised I would rather quit reading than keep reading that drivel, so that is what it is.

 I have just started Boy Swallows Universe. Everyone was talking about it earlier this year, and as an added bonus, it's set in Brisbane. Brisbane of the 80s, but still, I love reading books set where I'm going. And, not related to anything else, in audiobooks I'm still listening to Daisy Jones and the Six, by Tara Jenkins Reid.My comments from last week stand - I don't think I would have enjoyed it nearly so much without the full cast recording, but as it is I'm loving it.

 And that's this week in my life. I'm linking up with Kat and Unravelled, which happens every Wednesday. I can be found on Ravelry as SharonDoubleKnit, and Goodreads as SharonDBLK or right here blogging away about knitting, books and whatever else I'm up to.

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  1. AsKatKnits12 September, 2019

    I agree - life is too short to read bad books! Especially when there are so many good books out there!

    That yarn looks lovely! And, I am intrigued by your knitting! It sounds so daring and I think you are a much better knitter than I to be able to pull that off! Bravo!!

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  2. Jane16 September, 2019

    I never feel bad about abandoning books. There are too many good ones to read. The sleeve looks great. Have a great trip.

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