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Unravelled Wednesday - Good books

This weeks Unravelled Wednesday  features two good books, and a bit of "in between" on the knitting, so I'll start with that.

I have finished the knitting on a pair of felted elf slippers! Pattern is by Drops.

Now I just need to work out how they origami together, sew them up and felt them!

I'm reading This has Been Absolutely Lovely  a rather wonderful family drama set in Sydney. I do love an Australian book.

I'm not convinced about that cover, but since I read on a kindle, the only time I actually see covers is when I write these posts.

The other book is an Audible Audio only, John Birmingham's American Kill Switch.  If you are Australian the whole series appears to be free on Audible. It's the story of what would happen if food supply lines were cut off, using, say a computer virus. So, the previous books had a lot of character development and world building - if by world building you mean watching the end of the world play out - and in this one it's all coming together. the narrator, Rupert Degas is excellent. The first of the series has just been released as a Kindle book, so if you prefer eye-reading to listening, you cans till check out the mayhem that is the end of the world!
And that's me for this week. Thanks to Kat of As Kat Knits for hosting the link party that is unravelled.


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  1. Kym11 March, 2021

    I knit that slipper sock pattern once . . . many years ago. Kind of like origami! What fun. I hope you'll show them once you're all finished "folding" them together! :-)

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    1. Sharondoubleknit11 March, 2021

      Sure will. Hopefully felting tonight and blogging tomorrow!

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