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Unravelled Wednesday -the one that is as predicted

 Last week I predicted that my books and knitting will be the same this week, and they are! 

I'm still reading  At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard. It's a very enjoyable read, but it's a book that is not in a hurry! I might even still be reading it next week. If not, I'll have to consider my ever-growing queue of NetGalley review books to see what's next. 

Less surprisingly we are still listening to Anathem by Neal Stephenson. This is another book that is not in a hurry, and the books Leona and I listen to together always take a long time. 

I'm also still knitting  Weaver, B, by Kate Davies. It looks the same as last week, but that was the front and now I've nearly finished the back.

Here's the back and front together, I really love this colourful knit.

So, some longer projects in both reading and knitting that are very satisfying.

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.  This week I'm also linking up with Sam from Taking on a World of Words for WWW Wednesday where we talk about what we are currently reading, what we have just finished and what we are going to read next. 


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  1. Emily07 February, 2025

    As long as you are enjoying the book. I am currently working my way through my Netgalley books.

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-122/

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  2. Cheryl Malandrinos10 February, 2025

    The book sounds good. Your knitting is coming along nicely. Hope you make great progress on both this week.

    https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-feb-10.html

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  3. teri @ girlsatthebookstore.blogspot.com11 February, 2025

    I am a slow reader , I use to read a book in about two days and just got burned out so had to slow down and I must say I am enjoying it much better

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    1. Sharondoubleknit11 February, 2025

      Yes, there is no reward for 'first place', either in the knitting or the reading. Slowing down, savouring it is definitly a better idea.

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