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Unravelled Wednesday and WARYN - The one with progress

You may recall last week I had nothing on my needles in preparation for a 1st of February Find my Fade cast on. Well, cast on I did, and it's growing very fast. It's a really fun knit, there is always a change of colour or some simple lace coming up so I can't stop knitting. I actually left it at home today, because it was too distracting having it sitting next to my desk at work. My hands will probably appreciate the rest too.


In bookland I'm just about to finish   You Be  Mother, by Meg Mason, which I started a whole week ago. I'm not sure why it's taken me a week to read this, it's a delicious, delightful family drama filled ride of a book. i guess I've been spending all my time knitting instead of reading!

In audio books I'm listening to A Kind of Magic, by Anna Spargo-Ryan. Ir's very good, but it's also a lot - it's her memoir of living with mental illness. 

Because of this, I've also started a novella The Sisters by Derva McTeirnan. It's the prequel to a series, which is good because I just gave up on the detective series I had been listening to (Archer Mayor's Joe Gunther series. I got a bit repetitious,and then book 5 opened just after the rape of the Joe Gunther's romantic partner and I noped out). This book is set in Dublin and read by the most perfect narrator. 


 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. Jane09 February, 2023

    Pretty fade. I like it when a project is so engaging I can't stop. Ride that knitting wave.

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  2. Kathryn T13 February, 2023

    You Be My Mother sounds like a great read. Yes when knitting the listening has to be easy to follow!

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  3. Mark Baker13 February, 2023

    Glad you are having fun with your knitting project, even if it is slowing down your physical reading. My reading goes like that, too. I've hardly read anything this weekend, for example.

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  4. Kathy Martin14 February, 2023

    Interesting books and knitting too. I hate it when a series gets repetitive. I've found taking some time off and coming back to the series in a year of two seems to freshen things up. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  5. crackercrumblife15 February, 2023

    A Kind of Magic sounds interesting! I will have to add it to my list.

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  6. Cheriee Weichel15 February, 2023

    Your knitting is lovely. I like to listen to audiobooks when I am sewing or knitting, but I suspect something as complicated as what you are working on might require all your attention!

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