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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one with more time for spinning

My Monday night knit group meets at a pub, which is currently not doing food on Monday nights. My Tuesday night trivia group has decided not to go to the pub until Omicron has peaked. The outdoor beer festival we were going to on Saturday has been "postponed". Which is all to say, even though I'm back at work and have started a new gym thing (power lifting, I'll do a post about it soon) I've had some time to spin. I'm about half-way through Leon's Winter Set (2022) and hoping to get it spun, plied and swatched by the end of February. 

I am still knitting away on Leon's jumper. I'm so close to finishing the second sleeve, then it's just a matter of working out how long the body should be and we're done!


The reading has been a bit odd this week. I read a NetGalley review copy of I am My Beloveds, which was full of unlikable characters and  polygamous psychodrama (full review here) and now I'm reading New Animal which is full  of unlikable characters and BDSM drama. Strange. 

I realised my quest to read more fantasy and sci-fi could include audio, and requested Battle of the Linguist Mages. I've only just started it, but I am obsessed with the narrator's voice. And that's good, because I've now got extra time to sit and listen and spin.

And that's my week in spinning, reading and knitting. 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. Kathy Martin18 January, 2022

    Too bad about all the cancellations! Glad you are making productive use of your free time. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  2. Laurie C19 January, 2022

    Ooh, Battle of the Linguist Mages sounds intriguing!

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