Last Wednesday I cast on Ranunculas, and yesterday I cast off the body. It's on 6mm needles, so it's not surprising it's quite a quick knit, but it is a bit surprising considering how much ripping I've had to do. I misread the pattern twice, and then the yoke wasn't as long as it should have been, so the body was too short. Really, it was all my fault, but I seriously cannot remember a project when I've had to rip multiple rows multiple times. I'm looking forward to seeing how this looks when it's finished and blocked.
I'm still reading This has Been Absolutely Lovely by Jessica Detman. It has progressed the story at a steady pace, with a few unexpected revelations along the way. I'm loving it. The people don't feel like "characters" they feel like people - flawed, lovely, sometimes selfish people, doing their best. The only reason I haven't finished it is because I've spent every free moment I have listening to John Birmingham's American Kill Switch, a book that I knew was going to be good, but that is exceeding all my expectations. It's all coming together in very clever ways, and I'm looking forward to the conclusion, but not to being done, because it's so very good.
And that's my week in reading and crafting - a pretty solid one. Thanks to Kat from As Kat Knits for hosting Unravelled Wednesday.
Some interesting spelling of Ranunculus happening on your blog! It's good to read a bit more detail here of the challenges you met while knitting. Well done on your perseverance.
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