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Unravelling week 27 and Yarn Along too

The weather is grey, the shops are still shut and I'm in a blah mood today. I don't love blogging when I feel down, because on days like today I'm all "everything is terrible and we're never getting out and what's even the point." I think of these as "even if I won Tattslotto" because sometimes when I want to cheer up I think about what I would do with a million dollars. One time, I was all "even if I won Tattslotto it wouldn't change anything. Sob". Which is rather a reflection of my privilege, also true, because  we're not going more than 5kms from home for the next two weeks no matter what our finances are doing. 

But this week's knitting and reading are going well. I cast on a pair of socks on the first of October - the Slippery Slope socks by General Hoffburger. It's a really fun pattern, and a great way to use up some unfinished balls. 

It's going to be pretty tight on the background grey - I thought I was going to run out, and started begging leftovers from friends - Sonia offered to put some in an Uber for me to I would get it quickly! But I found another 3 grams, so I should make it - or just use the self striping on the end of the second toe.

I'm reading Utopia Avenue, by David Mitchell. 


I haven't read anything of his since Cloud Atlas. This seems a much more straighforward story about a band. It reminds me (in a good way!) of Daisy Jones and the Six, particularly in the way it examines each characters experience. It's a big book, and I only started it on Monday, so we may be here for a little while.

And that's my week in reading, knitting and staying home a lot! As usual on a Wednesday, I'm joining in with Kat of As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesdays, and, since it's the first of the month Ginny from Small Things  and the Yarn-a-long too. Thanks Kat and Ginny for hosting.

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  1. Laurie C01 June, 2021

    Utopia Avenue isn't as straightforward as it first appears, right? You've probably noticed it's connected to The Thousand Lives of Jacob de Zoet, which I'm now bound and determined to read this summer.

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