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Unravelled Wednesday - Looking a lot like last week

Actually, pretty much identical. I'm still knitting  Longline Cardigan. It's got a sleeve on it now. I'm not loving it, or at least not loving it for right now. I think it will be an amazing warm hug for next winter, but not so much for summer - if summer ever comes. We're in the middle of a surprising cold snap, although today is nice and sunny.

I'm still reading N.K Jemisin's The Kingdom of the Gods. Only because I had just started it last week. I'm three quarters of the way through and really enjoying it, although I don't think it's as good a book as the previous ones in the series.

Spinning is going to look the same until I finish the singles. Six bobbins of even grey yarn. I really haven't found that much time to spin. I have no idea what is happening to my time. We are starting to go out a bit more, but I'm still (mainly) working at home, and we are not that busy.

Come back on Friday and I might be able to show you something I've sewn! I'm pretty excited about that, but I don't want to brag about it until it is actually finished, because you never know how something is going to go until it is done..

As usual on a Wednesday, I'm going Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday, where we link up and talk about what we have been knitting, crafting and reading. 


 


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  1. Jeannie Gray Knits15 December, 2020

    It may only have one sleeve but it looks great on you!

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