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Unravelled Wednesday and What I'm Reading Wednesday - I'm out of titles and energy too

Life has returned to some semblance of normal here in Melbourne after the last lockdown, but we're all kind of reluctant to make definite plans. You hear a lot of "presuming restrictions allow" or "if we are allowed" when making plans. A combination of Delta, winter and our federal government failing to order enough vaccines means we've got at least another three months of this uncertainty. And NSW (the State next door) is doing very poorly, and our borders are porous.  Ugg.

I'm doing some charity knitting, with yarn left over from Bee's jumper. I haven't knitted a February Baby Sweater since 2010, and it is such a sweet little pattern.  Funnily enough the last one was also quite an intense pink.

I'm reading If I had Your Face by Francis Cha. It's set in Seoul and is the story of a disparate group of young women who live in the same apartment block- an artist, a hairdresser a "room girl" and a wife, and how they are trying to survive and thrive in a fairly hostile environment. So far I'm really enjoying it, but there are many characters to get familiar with, so I'm still getting to know the characters and book.



To read my all my book reviews, and to see everything I knit, you can find me on Ravelry as Sharondoubleknit and on GoodReads as Sharondblk.

I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday and Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading.  Thanks Kat and Kat for hosting these linkups.  

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  1. Jaedia @ The Dragon Chronicle12 July, 2021

    That jumper is looking so lovely! I love that shade of wool. And same situation here in the UK regarding making plans. It's an interesting time for sure.

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  2. Penelope @ The Reading Devil12 July, 2021

    Omigosh I love that color lol!! It seems to be coming along quite nicely! The uncertainty can definitely be frustrating... it makes it so difficult to plan ahead! I hope you have a great week :)

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  3. Laurel-Rain Snow12 July, 2021

    I like the look of If I Had Your Face. Enjoy your week of knitting and reading, and here are my WEEKLY UPDATES

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