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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one with the interesting sock heel

This week I am using the leftovers from last week's  socks to make a pair of sneaker liners. The only interesting thing about them is that I am using Sarah Jordan's SHaG heel - simultaneous heel flap and gusset method. It's very clever. I'll be back on Friday to discuss this, and other sock heels.

Sarah is a genius designer, and also writes an interesting blog and participates in unravelled Wednesday, which might be how I first came across her.   

The reading is going well in the ears, and not so well with the eyes! Leon and I started Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone  and it's very clever and knowing and fun. It's set in New South Wales, and read by an Australian bloke (Barton Welch) and it's murdery and fun.  

By myself I'm still listening to The Tsar of Love and Techno, and still loving it.

With my eye's I'm reading Helen Garner's Monkey Grip. It's her debut novel, published in 1977 and I when it came up as a kindle daily deal I thought it would be good to read. I read my first Helen Garner in 2021 (The Spare Room) and got a lot out of it. But this book is just about Nora drifting around, having sex, taking some drugs, being in love with an addict, having a young child who someone must be looking after (it's like Rachel's baby on friends) and having sex. It's all very joyless. I might put it aside (and probably DNF it) because it's a drag.

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 Martin24 January, 2023

    Interesting assortment of books. I hope Monkey Grip gets better. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  2. Majanka Verstraete24 January, 2023

    Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone looks intriguing. I hope you enjoy reading this week.

    My It's Monday! What Are You Reading? post.

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