Weekending - swatching and preparing

It was a weird weekend for everyone, and even weirder for me! I live in St Kilda, very close to the Grand Prix track. I don't like car racing, but I mainly dislike the Melbourne Grand Prix because it is in a park (which is full of concrete for three months), and because you can hear the cars from my house and there are combat aeroplanes flying around (I don't know why) and loads of helicopters. Leon and I planned to go to Ballarat for the weekend to escape the noise. Then, on Friday they cancelled the race. A couple of hours later I got a call from my mother saying she's off to hospital. She was very vague about what is going on - it's got nothing to do with COVID-19 though.

Needless to say we cancelled our trip. I saw my mother yesterday, and I think she's ok, but they are not quite sure what is wrong with here, which is always a worry.

Everyone is getting ready to settle in with this pandemic outbreak, and I'm no different. Earlier in the week I asked Melbourne City Dyeworks to dye me a gray to match go with the speckled I bought in Marysville. It came and it is stunning.

I balled up the yarn and swatched for Japan Sleeves. I love bow the three colours play together, and am really looking forward to starting this jumper.

I was planning to get to the mindless bit of this before at a work conference I have in ten days, and then knit on it through the comedy festival. Well, the comedy festival got cancelled on Saturday is cancelled, and I imagine the conference will be too.

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