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Unravelled Wednesday - 12 donuts days!

We've had 12 days with no COVID cases and no deaths in Victoria. It's weird to come out of lockdown and be doing so well when the rest of the world is doing it so tough (except our Kiwi cousins). As of Monday we were allowed to go anywhere - although I've only just burst my 5 km bubble, going 6 kms to get a pedicure. I live really close to all the good things - the beach, and the shops and my friends and family.   

This week was largely spent reading US election coverage. What a roller coaster! I also started Peter F Hamilton's The Saints of Salvation.   It's the third in a very dramatic science fiction series, and it's just getting faster and more exciting as it makes it's way towards a resolution. I read the second one in June, in that brief time between lockdown 1 and lockdown 2.0, and the final book was just released.

I'm still knitting Slipstravaganza. There was a lot of knitting in the final clue. All I have now is the i-Cord cast off - on 950 stitches. It's a marathon, not a sprint. I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks off the needles and blocked.

As always on a Wednesday, I'm linking up with Kat from As Kat Knits. I hope you, and all the Unravellers are doing OK - celbrating your wins and rolling with the punches. See you next week! 

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