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Unravelled Wednesday - the one where I where forgot to take photos of the knitting

Yep, we're going to Brisbane for the weekend! I'll tell you more about that later, but right now let me catch you up with what I have been reading and knitting this week. 

I've been knitting the Magnolia hat. It's top down (why? why?) and I'm up to the bottom ribbing. I wonder if I will have time to watch Stephanie Pearl McPhee's Patreon video on casting off before I get to the actual cast-off? Also, I picked the medium size, but I'm not convinced I shouldn't have done the large. I'll be back on Friday with hat updates.

It felt like every-one has been reading poetry, so I requested My Greenhouse by Bella Mayo on audio from NetGalley. It's poems about her first love, and it is so unsophisticated as to be embarrassing for the listener. Each poem is very short, and seems more like a paragraph I would have written to my crush when I was 16. Maybe I'm just old and cynical now.

I've just finished reading a romance from Kindle Unlimited The Astronaut and the Star. It was very sweet. And the cover is gold:

And this morning I started another Kindle Unlimited book, by one of my favourite authors, John Birmingham, which also has a wonderful cover.

I've only just started, but so far it is very promising.

And that's what I'm knitting and reading right now. in reading 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. Mark Baker09 May, 2022

    You're right, both of those covers are great. Hope the contents live up to the covers. :)

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  2. Marg09 May, 2022

    Both of those covers are great! Hope you enjoy your trip to Brisbane. It should at least be warmer!

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  3. shelleyrae @ book'd out10 May, 2022

    I’ve enjoyed several of Birmingham’s books too.

    Have a good time in Brissy, wishing you a great reading week

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