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Unravelled and What Are You Reading - an unthemed week

 Much as I love it when things are matchy, matchy, sometimes things are just unthemed.

I finished my Winter's Beach Cardi. I finished the knitting on it on Sunday, but only got the pockets sewn down tonight. It's currently having its bath. Finished object photos to follow, when it's dry.

I started a Surplice Baby Jacket, which is a pattern by Elizabeth Zimmerman that uses some of the same shaping techniques as her Baby Surprise Jacket. It's been a fun knit so far, and will go towards my charity contributions. 

I'm still listening to Vicarious, by Rhett C. Bruno. It's a good listen, although I could possibly knit-pick some plot points and it is all a little overblown. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

And I'm reading a NetGalley review copy of Yes Daddy, by Jonathan Park-Ramage.  It is described as a modern gothic, which is accurate, but it's got a lot of other things going on too. It starts at a rape trial, and then goes back in time, and every time more information is revealed the whole story gets a little bit darker. It's told in first and sometimes second person, by a young, insecure protagonist who keeps making bad decisions. I'm about half-way through and fascinated by the rather chilling journey we will have to take to get from where we are back to the beginning.  

And that's my week. Good books, fun knitting - I couldn't ask for much more.

I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday and Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading.  Thanks Kat and Kat for hosting these linkups. 





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  1. Laurel-Rain Snow03 May, 2021

    Great knitting! Enjoy your books, and I am curious about Vicarious. Here are my WEEKLY UPDATES

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  2. Nise' 03 May, 2021

    Try to get my mom to listen to audios while she knits or sews. Yes, Daddy sounds intense.

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  3. Kathy Martin04 May, 2021

    Both the knitting and the books sound good. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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