Unravelled Wednesday - The one where I am bored with knitting

Bet you didn't see that coming! I'm knitting Joji Locatelli's Longline Cardigan. The yarn is lovely (I dyed the 4 ply myself) and fizzy and very pretty. BUT it's going to be a very warm cardigan, and summer is coming. It's knit flat, so lots of purling, and it's the kind of knitting that I normally do when I'm out and about. Even many things are open (26 days of zero COVID cases, and the last active case in Victoria got better on Monday!) we're still mainly at home. Anyway, I'm plugging away at it, and it's fine.

On Saturday I got an urge I haven't had for a very long time and sat down at the spinning wheel! I really haven't felt the urge all year, and then I sat down and spun up most of a bobbin of grey yarn, destined for Leon's Winter Set 2021.

I'm reading Boone by Emily March.

Like the previous book in the series (reviewed here) it's a lovely romance, set in a lovely town, where everyone heals their pain, and helps each other and is just extremely lovely. A perfect tonic for our imperfect time.

And that's my week in knitting, reading and (surprise) spinning. Thanks to Kat from As Kat Knits for hosting Unravelled, where we get to see what everyone is crafting and reading.

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Unravelled wednesday and WAYRN - the one where I prepare

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