2023 - end of year wrap up and reflections

Previous years here: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Another year gone, with some changes and also lots of rhythm and routine. This year I quit powerlifting and started pole dancing, I did studio yoga regularly and then decided to do it virtually. we had three hiking holidays, including finishing the Grampians Peaks trail, tropical rainforest and four days in a desert. We had a lot of fun with family and friends.

In reading I continued to read sci-fi and fantasy as well as a general mix of books. I read 114 books, 65 of which were review books, which is quite a high percentage. The most surprising thing that happened in books is that I requested a book about making polymer clay earrings and now that is one of my hobbies.

In knitting I made 44 project and used 27,662 meters of yarn, which is slightly fewer projects and quite a lot more yarn than in previous years.

The group I was charity knitting for changed their submission methods in September, so I need a new charity knitting focus, but that can wait. I again went to three yarn festivals, and ended up with 21,090 meters of yarn. There has been a lot of movement from last year, everything I have is beautiful.

Now I'm off to bake some biscuits for this evenings New Year's eve celebrations, which i will spend with some of my favourite people. I'll be back on Tuesday to tell you about all the crafting I've done during my Christmas break.

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Unravelled wednesday and WAYRN - the one where I prepare

We are heading off for some camping and hiking and general R&R on Friday, so I'm currently in planning and preparing mode. Of course that mainly means deciding what to knit - I'm going to make the Old Romance cardigan by Joji Locatelli. The yarn is wound and I'm ready to go. I completed Leon's Winter Set (2023) just in time, and it's currently blocking. I'm reading Georgette Hayer's Fredrica , which I am enjoying very much. Regency romance is so sweet and, unlike current romance offerings, I know it won't suddenly tumble into gynaecological territory! For unexplained reasons, NetGalley is offering some Georgette Heyer books at the moment - (maybe it's re-release?) and I'm taking this opportunity to read a few more of them 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 Sharondoublekni t and on GoodReads as Sharondblk . I'm joining in with Kat ...

Yarnalong - the one with the final bit of transport

Remember how I took every form of transport known to man a fortnight ago? Well, I was missing just one thing, suburban trains. But today I got to remedy that, knitting my way to Dandenong for work. Yay? My Char jumper has been knitting up ridiculously fast. It's easy, pleasant and a well written pattern. I'm reading Rachael Herron's latest book The Ones Who Matter Most . It's a good read so far, family centered fiction, easy to read but still emotionally challenging. I'm listening to Evelyn Waugh's Men At Arms . I'm enjoying it, I didn't really know what to expect, but some of it reminds me of Catch 22, in that it catalogues the absurdities of war and bureaucracy. The narrator has the perfect upper crust English accent and I'm very pleased it's the first of a trilogy. And that's another week of reading, knitting and catching trains everywhere for me. Do pop along to Ginny's blog to see what she and the rest of the yarnalong ...

Slowly slowly

I haven’t posted about my actual knitting for a while. This might be because not much has changed since the last time I talked about my knitting. This is the edging of my Village Sweater Wrap: The picture fails to capture how much further there is to go. I'm just past the first arm hole, so just over a third of the way through. It’s 47 stitches of relatively simple lace. I’ve been knitting it since Monday two weeks ago. It’s quite pleasant, and slowly growing but I can’t quite work out why it’s growing so slowly. One reason I know is that the first week I was knitting it during Good Beer Week, so I didn’t take it out and about with me. I knit other things, and when I’m knitting two things it makes everything feel like it takes forever. But the main reason, I think, is that this is just a slow knit for me. I love the needles I’m knitting on ( Karbonz of course) I love the yarn, I love the way the lace looks. So really, what’s the rush? I’m not going to be cold...

What I made, by Sharon

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