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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one where I stay closer to home

I've had two (glorious, lovely) weekends away in a row, and now I'm glad to be staying closer to home for the next couple of weeks. I have some stuff to do around the house - some plans and ideas that will hopefully make my knit storage problem go away - I'll let you know how that goes.

I'm knitting away on Leon's Glenan  jumper. The pattern is pretty simple once it is set up, so i got a lot more done on the weekend than I expected to. I split for the underarms on Tuesday - and then made a mistake in the cabling, so I'm going to have to rip back 5 rows tonight.

I did drop down to fix it, but the tension on the fix is not quite right, so I'd rather rip and reknit. It's a very pleasant knit - interesting but not at all challenging, and the wool, from a local fibre collective, is wonderful.

I'm reading The Strangers We Know by Pip Drysdale. It's a twisty-turny thriller and I'm loving it. For once our female narrator is not unreliable, and she is a sympathetic character. I'm nearing the end and looking forward to seeing how it resolves. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next - that always seems like the hardest decision!


And that's my week in 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. Jane17 November, 2022

    What a beautiful jumper. I have never knit a Kate Davies design but have admired many of them.

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  2. Needles and Wool18 November, 2022

    Very nice jumper so far lovely detail. The book sounds interesting!

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  3. Aj @ Read All The Things!22 November, 2022

    Good luck with the knitting and the house projects. I hope you have a great week.

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  4. Kathy Martin22 November, 2022

    Enjoy your knitting and house projects. The Strangers We Know sounds good. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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