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Unravelled Wednesdays - Winter is coming

The evenings are gradually getting shorter, and the mornings have a definite nip in the air. I started Leon's Winter Set (2022) last night, with the mitts. White gloves ... always a good idea, right? 

The yarn I spun is delightful, soft and lofty, if a teeny bit lumpy in places. Despite washing before and after spinning it has a lovely, clean, sheepy smell/ I'm looking forward to spending a couple of weeks knitting it.

This week I've struggled with my eye reading. After finishing the excellent The Family Upstairs I started Marcus Zusak's Bridge of Clay. It's so wordy and I just can't focus, especially since I'd rather listen to an audio book and crochet right now. 

I'm listening to The Prettiest Horse In the Glue Factory, a rather compelling memoir by Cory White. And that cover is everything!

Because of my struggles with Bridge of Clay I've also started a NetGalley review copy of How She Did It, which is basically a series of vignettes about successful female American runners. I think it's meant to be inspirational, but to me it's not. They all have something I lack as a runner - natural talent. All these stories of "I strapped on a pair of shoes and ran a 30 minute ten k. Then I started training hard". That said, both these women and the runners I have met out in the world have all been very supportive of middling runners like me. Anyway, the stories are interesting, although a whole book of them might get a bit samey, particularly since it is a US based book, so I have not heard of many of the runners interviewed


.And that's my week in reading, crochet and knitting. To read my all my book reviews, and to see everything I knit, you can find me on Ravelry as Sharondoubleknit and on GoodReads as Sharondblk. 

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. shelleyrae @ book'd out02 March, 2022

    I hope the mittens keep your fingers warm.

    Wishing you a great reading week

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