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Unravelling Wednesday - week 25

This week has been odd because life in general has been quite nice - good weather, COVID numbers going down, a general sense of wellbeing, but the knitting and reading is a bit shaky. Unusual.

In knitting I put aside Leon's Jumper on Friday to make a tea cozy from my Mother-In-Law Kathy. I figured it would be done on the weekend. Well, it was struggletown for me. i couldn't get the stitch pattern quite right, and then I thought I had it, and it looked all right, but was not quite right, and not easy to work. I did some ripping, and re-hooked it and now it looks good and is nearly done. But I've only got the measurements she texted me, and there is not a lot of stretch in this so I'm worried it will be too small.

I'm also worried Leon's jumper will be too small. i had him try it on the other day and it's quite tight. he said he likes it, and I think the swatch grew, so I guess I'll persevere. What a drag.

In reading, I'm still reading John Birmingham's Weapons of Choice . It's a long book and lots of ugly things happen and it's not a very easy read. So, a slog, but not a bad read.

I'm also listening to Queenie, by Candice Carty-Williams. It took me a while to get into it, the first third is just a young woman making a series of bad decisions. But it's starting to feel like it's going somewhere now.

So that was my week. Full of things that were a little more challenging and draggy than expected, but quite pleasant outside that.

As usual on a Wednesday I'm linking up with Kat from As Kat Knits, where we talk about what we've been knitting and reading and generally getting up to this week.







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  1. steph23 September, 2020

    aren't some weeks just like that....you are probably guaranteed a perfect one this week!

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  2. AsKatKnits24 September, 2020

    Sigh, some weeks nothing seems to work (which is a great reason to have multiple projects in the works!)

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