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Unravelled Wednesday - the one with socks AND a jumper

Knitting two things at a time does my head in! It made sense when I cast on, and then I figured 'socks for out of the house, jumper for knitting on when I'm home". And it has been nice being able to carry the sock with me even when I don't think I'm going to have a lot of knitting time, but knowing that I only have a couple of hours left to finish the pair of socks is very distracting for me. Anyway, I'll knit and finish them on Friday. until then I'm focusing on my Chuck Sweater, which only needs two sleeves and it's done too. Cropped jumpers are very speedy! 
In reading, I finished As Dust Dances and it was a disappointment, I really didn't enjoy the second half. Now I'm reading The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal.

 I'm really not enjoying it. The premise is that the earth gets hit by a meteorite, and so now we should colonise space, before the earth boils. I think they should try to fix the earth, because it seems more logical and easier to save everyone than spend all the resources going to the stars, especially since there is a distinct lack of habitable planets around here. It's set in an alternate timeline 1950s and is very heavy handed and self conscious about race and gender / feminism and while this is very rare for me, I think I'm going to DNF it. The cover is stunning though. 

 I have been listening to The First Bad Man which I am ...enjoying it. I'm not sure enjoy is the right word for this book. It's strange and compelling and I've very much looking forward to sitting down with this book and my knitting and finding out how it ends.

  I'm joining in with Kat at As Kat Knits. If you would like to see all my book reviews, I'm Sharondblk over at Goodreads, and SharonDoubleKnit on Ravelry.


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  1. AsKatKnits15 August, 2019

    I am also trying to knit a portable pair of socks and a less portable sweater. Both are growing but not as rapidly as they would if I focused on one of them.

    I am intrigued by The First Bad Man...

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  2. Jane15 August, 2019

    The sweater looks lovely. I do like some good texture.

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