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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - baby jumpers and grown up books

I finished the giant pink brioche cardigan that has featured here for the last 5 weeks! Modeled photos on Friday, but I love it . I'm filling in a bit of time, and finishing off some left over yarns by knitting a charity jumper for AKWAK, just a little bottom up raglan, although I may convert it to a  round yoke, because Elizabeth Zimmerman says I'm the boss of my knitting. Or maybe I'll just follow the pattern, because I'm brain-lazy. And I forgot to take photos until we were at the pub tonight, so here's a pub photo:

I'm (successfully!) reading  NetGalley review copy of Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford.

It's crime fiction set in the American South, touching on things including poverty, family violence and gender / sexuality issues. It's a good read - I'm 70 percent through, and I only started it on Sunday.

And that's what I'm knitting and reading this week.  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 Baker15 August, 2022

    Glad you are enjoying your current read. Although I suspect you've finished it by now.

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    1. PRSB15 August, 2022

      Yep, already two books on. Any recommendations?

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  2. Lyn15 August, 2022

    Looks like a good read! My list is up: http://www.lyndonperrywriter.com/2022/08/book-date-monday-amreading-aug-15.html

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  3. Kathy Martin16 August, 2022

    Sounds like a good book and the sweater looks good too. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  4. Cheriee Weichel18 August, 2022

    Real Bad Things sounds like a fascinating book!

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