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Unravelling Wednesday - week 19

 Things are up and down around here. Some days are better than others. Hearing that New Zealand had it's first cases of Covid for 109 days made me feel pretty bleak. We're fighting really hard to contain this this, and it's just going on and I want to cry. 

To combat the never ending time-is-not passing feeling that lockdown can produce, I decided to cast on something a little bit more complicated:

The Ancasta Dress. Cables for days! I know it looks tiny in the photo, but I think it's just because it's scrunched up on the needles. I tried it on today and it seems fine. It has so far been a pleasure to knit, and it's coming together pretty quickly - although it's a cabled dress, so I imagine we will be here for a while.

I'm also reading a really good book,  The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K.Jemison.

It's high fantasy - Gods and magic and inheritances. I'm loving it, being transported to a very different, and not really more pleasant place.

I'm listening to The Cuckoo's Cry by  Caroline Overington. It's the complete opposite - it's set i Sydney and the beginning of the pandemic. It's an interesting family drama, that might also be a scam story. And it was free, which is always a bonus.

And that's my week in reading, knitting and staying home! Click over to As Kat Knits to see what Kat and the rest of the Unravellers, are up to this week. 



 

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  1. Juliann12 August, 2020

    Oh my goodness! Those cables are lovely.

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  2. Tiny Toadstool Cottage13 August, 2020

    Thinking of you and my fellow Melburnians. My mum is very up and down - on her down days she thinks she will never see any of the family again as most of us live regionally. I love cables - love the look of them and love knitting them. They always seem like magic. I thought it was a baby dress in the photo until I clicked through to Ravelry. That is a beautiful dress. I cannot wait to see the end result. Keep safe and well - thank goodness for knitting and reading!

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  3. Jane14 August, 2020

    The knitting is so pretty. I love cables and texture and the color is bright and cheerful. I think most of us are up and down these days - wondering how and when we will see our distant loved ones. Stay safe.

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  4. Jeannie Gray Knits14 August, 2020

    That book sounds interesting and those cables are awesome!

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