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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one with "the week of good beer"

 Every year at this time is "Good Beer Week." (I've posted about it... a lot! 2016 , 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) This year, the organising body decided not to. I don't know why - it fell between lockdowns last year and was a shining light in a blighted year. Many of the pubs had already bought their beer, so lots of good beer events are happening, even if it is not officially "good beer week". We're taking it a little bit easier, only going on Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday for a beer festival. I wanted an appropriate project, and cast on Ginny's Cardigan, a simple round yoke, bottom up cardigan I've had in my queue for ever. I've done the sleeve. You can see the sleeve in the foreground of this photo. Also Leon wearing a jumper I knit him, and Kris all in (her own) handknits.

And I cast on the body last night. It has a simple lace panel up the back, so should be easy enough for public knitting.

The reading is going better this week. I'm reading The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean. It's a mystery, and I started it because it was the oldest book on my kindle, so it was a use it or loose it situation. Somewhat to my surprise I'm loving it. It's set in Australia (in the Blue Mountains) and I do love a "local book". And it's got a great face cover. 


And that's what I'm knitting and reading right now.  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. crackercrumblife30 May, 2022

    I love the sound of a "good beer week"!

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  2. Kathy Martin31 May, 2022

    Beer is the thing around here too. There are so many new craft breweries that I can't keep track. Of course, it is harder to keep track when I don't like beer. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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