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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one with the non-fiction

I've just finished two novels in a row that were fairly average (Wish You Were Here by Jodi Piccoult and The Guncle by  Stephen Rowley ) and I am yet to pick up another non-fiction book. Very unusual, but I am reading Natalie Petrezla's Fit Nation which is a book about the history of exercise in America. Because Natalie looks at the word through lenses I share (class and gender) I'm finding this book pretty interesting. I first came across the author in the podcast Welcome to Your Fantasy, which I really enjoyed and recommend.

I'm knitting the fourth and final clue of Twists and Turns. I've got about 6 rows and the cast off to go - I'm doing the "early cast off" because I think the full thing looks very strange: (photo copy-write Roonel on Ravely). This is a beautiful shawl - with a weird floaty bit that is not to my liking at all.

I'm going to include the loops properly in my cast off. Tt's so strange to be that Stephen West just leaves them hanging there! Anyway, here's mine:



Not going to lie - I'm ready for this to be done. Hopefully I'll be back with finished and blocked photos early next week.

And that's my week 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. Kathy Martin08 November, 2022

    I hope you like your project better after blocking it. Fit Nation sounds interesting. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  2. Cheriee Weichel08 November, 2022

    I am hoping to get my socks finished soon so I can send them to the Korean inlaws along with photos of our shared grandkids. Happy reading this week.

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