We got half way through our last lot of Stage 3 restrictions and they moved us up to Stage 4. Which means the usual, stay at home, wear a mask. They have shut all shops except food shops. Finally the hair dressers are shut. It's not that I have anything against hair dressers, I just don't think they are an essential service. Weirdest of all (emotionally, practically for me it makes no difference) is that we have an 8pm curfew. The shops and all that start tomorrow. Hopefully this will work.
Anyway, I'm staying at home and knitting and reading, so that's an opportunity. Also a bit of a lie, we're going out and running and doing Crossfit (by ourselves) in the park, It means I get to have some fresh air and be outside without a mask, which is all legal and endorsed.
This week in knitting - I started a pair of socks. These are the Bleep socks, from the Stranded in Oz club. I used the club yarn on my Teroldego shawl, so I used some HalfBaked Handyed self striping for these. So much fun. Despite the fact that they are an 88 stitch leg I got the first one done on the weekend. The second one is taking a bit longer - having to work for a living is cutting in to my knitting time!
In reading there has been a bit on the go. Leon and I are being steadily entertained by Quicksilver, the first in Neil Stephensons' Baroque Cycle. It's a long series, so that should keep us busy until the end of this plague.
I'm listening to Fail State, the second in John Birmingham's Zero Day Code. Watching his describe a world falling apart seems fitting for these times.
In eye-reading, Nicola Moriarty's The Fifth Letter is entertaining chick lit. I found it on my Kindle - I had it as part of Kindle Unlimited, which I finished months ago. Apparently they usually disappear if you cancel, but it was still there, so I read it. It's made me very greateful that even though I'm still friends with my school friends (who all had kids) I've also made newer friends.
As usual on a Wednesday, I'm joining with Kat and the rest of the Unravelled gang over at As Kat Knits.
And since it's the first Wednesday of the month, it's also time for the Yarnalong at Small Things.
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