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Unravelled Wednesday - sunshine and donuts

Nineteen days in a row with no COVID in Victoria! The sun is shining and things are ... not returning to normal, but at least we can see our family and friends. We took Monday off work to drive up to Ballarat to see Leon's parents, which was delightful. It was exacrly a week after the government disbanded the "ring of steel" , checkpoints to stop city people from going to the country.



I cast on a new cardigan. it's Joji Locatelli's Longline, a simple, open fronted longish cardigan. I'm knitting it in mohair and 4-ply held together, so it will probably be far warmer than I want, but it is so fuzzy and pink! It doesn't look like much yet, because it starts from the back of the collar, and I only started it on Sunday night. 

I'm still reading  Peter F Hamilton's The Saints of Salvation. No surprise there, it's a nearly 6 hundred page book. What is surprising is that one thousand pages into this trilogy, they start talking about time travel. I'm not sure if I've ranted about it here, but I hate time travel. It does my head in. this is well handled, and not the point of the book, but still... Anyway, it's compelling and I can't wait to find out how it gets resolved.

I'm listening to A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman. It's quite good, perfect to listen to while doing boring stuff for work. It feel like I can see where it is going (lonely man, stray cat, new neighbours, saved by community etc) but who knows, I could be wrong. It's quite pleasant anyway.

And that was my week in reading and crafting. Thanks to Kat from As Kat Knits for hosting this weekly link up. 


 

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  1. Jeannie Gray Knits20 November, 2020

    Your sweater will be so pretty! I'm so glad it never came to rings of steel here in the states. Glad things are looking up for you there.

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    1. Sharondoubleknit20 November, 2020

      It was worth it for 20 Covid free days in a row!

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