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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRN - the one where I'm going hiking

I'm all packed up and ready to go. We're hiking 76kms over 4 days in the Little Desert. I'm a little worried about how cold it might get at night but I also know we have the right gear for it. 



That's my hiking knitting hanging from the side of my pack in the red dry bag. I'm going to knit a modified version of Stephen West's Spectra Scarf for Elise while we are away. I'm using a self striping, rather than a gradient, so it will require a little bit of fiddling. Here's my trial / swatch:

I often don't get a lot of knitting done when we're hiking in winter. It gets cold and dark early and we climb into our nice warm sleeping bags and read, but I do love having a project with me, and the hike is a four hour drive. I didn't want to take the jumper I've been working on. because it's bulky now, and would probably get finished during the drive up. I'll get it done on my return. So close.

In reading,  I've been reading Nona the Ninth, the third in this fantasy (or maybe it's actually sci-fi by now) series. I've enjoyed this one more than the others, even though none of them make a lick of sense to me.


I'm about 90 percent through, so I'll have to choose something else to read while camping. I'll probably go my next review book, The Modern by Anna Kate Blair, another book about a young woman working in a museum. 

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 Baker14 August, 2023

    Good luck with your hike!

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  2. Kathy Martin15 August, 2023

    I hope you enjoy your hike! Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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