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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one where it is the weekend

 Yes, it's Wednesday evening, and I have the next five days off and I'm pretty excited about it. Just doing my favourite things - reading, and knitting and seeing friends and shows.

The test knit is going well - I'm up to "divide for the body and the sleeves". it's a cropped jumper, so won't be far to go after I divide. So far this has been a pleasure to knit, and I love the way it's coming out. Also it's reversible, and look at the inside:

I'm reading Godsgrave, the second in the Nevernight series. It's more of the same in the best possible way, and I cannot stop reading.

I've been listening to Write My Name Across the Sky for the last few weeks. It's another of my Kindle Unlimited bonus free audio scores, and I am really enjoying it. It's a family drama, and one of the protagonists is a 70 year old influencer and it's women's fiction at it's best.  I just haven't had a lot of time to listen, all my knitting time has been quite social recently.The cover isn't as pretty as some though.

If you are in Australia, I hope you enjoy your "day of mourning" tomorrow. If you are in Victoria, I hope you enjoy the day before a football match public holiday on Friday. Neither of these public holidays makes much sense to me - shouldn't we have had the day of the funeral off to honour the Queen? and why do we have the day off before a football match? But I'm also not complaining at all.

And that's my week in knitting and reading.  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. Lyn26 September, 2022

    Nice project. Hope the cat likes it! ;-) My update is here: http://www.lyndonperrywriter.com/2022/09/book-date-monday-7.html

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  2. Kathy Martin27 September, 2022

    Nice looking knitting. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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