Unravelled Wednesday - the one without a clever title

This week doesn't really have a theme. I'm still working on Sock Arms when I'm out and about. It's going well, I've just got the end of the second sleeve and then the collar ribbing to go.

I'm working on Tracery when I'm home. I'm at the stage on the vest where I need to calculate the neckline and underarm decreases. I am reminded of why I generally buy patterns and only make basic modifications - MATHS.

I'm reading Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. We saw the play in February 2018, and I decided to read the book - it may have been an Amazon Daily Deal. It's a gothic horror set in 1900 about some girls who disappear at Hanging Rock, which is a spot we went for day trips when I was a child. in fact, we went for a walk there in 2019.

The weird thing is I (and everyone I asked) thought it was based on a true story. Not so. And it's actually historical fiction - it was first published in 1967.

In audio I'm listening to A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard. It is as it says on the cover. It's also very interesting, and the narrator is perfect.

And that's another week, flown by. As always on a Wednesday, I'm joining in with Kat and the crew, over at As Kat Knits. Thanks for hosting Kat.

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