Unravelled Wednesday - the one where I've lost track of time

I have today off as carers leave for my father (dropping him off and picking him up from a standard surgical procedure) and was going about my day when I realised it was Wednesday. That fact has surprised me three time already today. Strange.

Ironing, knitting..my messy day in a photo.

And you would think that a bonus day off would be very productive - well, I would think so. And in some ways it has been. I rode to my parents place and picked up the car dropped my dad at the hospital and then went to the supermarket WITH A CAR. Very exciting. There are some things that are not all that convenient on a bicycle, like sacks of flour and large tins of olive oil. I met Elise for coffee. I did get dinner made, and the ironing done, and a small amount of knitting. I'm knitting "in between" stuff, before I start the Elton Cardigan, so I'm knitting a hat, and then a pair of sneaker liners, and then I'm back to the big stuff.

I'm reading Aftershocks by Marco Kloos. It's military space opera, which I am enjoying. I'm hoping this series is more controlled than his previous series, which just went on and on and I don't even know if it's finished yet. This is on kindle Unlimited, which is great, because I want to make the most of my three month subscription.

And that's another week flown by. As usual on a Wednesday I'm linking up with Kat at As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday.

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Unravelled wednesday and WAYRN - the one where I prepare

We are heading off for some camping and hiking and general R&R on Friday, so I'm currently in planning and preparing mode. Of course that mainly means deciding what to knit - I'm going to make the Old Romance cardigan by Joji Locatelli. The yarn is wound and I'm ready to go. I completed Leon's Winter Set (2023) just in time, and it's currently blocking. I'm reading Georgette Hayer's Fredrica , which I am enjoying very much. Regency romance is so sweet and, unlike current romance offerings, I know it won't suddenly tumble into gynaecological territory! For unexplained reasons, NetGalley is offering some Georgette Heyer books at the moment - (maybe it's re-release?) and I'm taking this opportunity to read a few more of them And that's my week in knitting and reading. To read my all my book reviews, and to see everything I knit, you can find me on Ravelry as Sharondoublekni t and on GoodReads as Sharondblk . I'm joining in with Kat ...

Yarnalong - the one with the final bit of transport

Remember how I took every form of transport known to man a fortnight ago? Well, I was missing just one thing, suburban trains. But today I got to remedy that, knitting my way to Dandenong for work. Yay? My Char jumper has been knitting up ridiculously fast. It's easy, pleasant and a well written pattern. I'm reading Rachael Herron's latest book The Ones Who Matter Most . It's a good read so far, family centered fiction, easy to read but still emotionally challenging. I'm listening to Evelyn Waugh's Men At Arms . I'm enjoying it, I didn't really know what to expect, but some of it reminds me of Catch 22, in that it catalogues the absurdities of war and bureaucracy. The narrator has the perfect upper crust English accent and I'm very pleased it's the first of a trilogy. And that's another week of reading, knitting and catching trains everywhere for me. Do pop along to Ginny's blog to see what she and the rest of the yarnalong ...

Slowly slowly

I haven’t posted about my actual knitting for a while. This might be because not much has changed since the last time I talked about my knitting. This is the edging of my Village Sweater Wrap: The picture fails to capture how much further there is to go. I'm just past the first arm hole, so just over a third of the way through. It’s 47 stitches of relatively simple lace. I’ve been knitting it since Monday two weeks ago. It’s quite pleasant, and slowly growing but I can’t quite work out why it’s growing so slowly. One reason I know is that the first week I was knitting it during Good Beer Week, so I didn’t take it out and about with me. I knit other things, and when I’m knitting two things it makes everything feel like it takes forever. But the main reason, I think, is that this is just a slow knit for me. I love the needles I’m knitting on ( Karbonz of course) I love the yarn, I love the way the lace looks. So really, what’s the rush? I’m not going to be cold...

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