Linky Wednesday - the one where I was sick

I was sick on Monday and Tuesday, with some crud that was not COVID, RSV or flu. I know it for sure, since I sued the fancy tests that test for all three. Now, nobody likes their throat hurting, their head hurting and any movement being exhausting, but I was not too sick to read, knit, spin and hang out with Willow, who is a very cheering cat.

I'm still reading At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard. It's a rip-roaring, emotional adventure, perfect for lounging on the couch and whiling the hours away. I will probably get it finished before next Wednesday, and then I think I'll read some more Kobo-Plus books before I cancel again at the end of the month - either The weight of Sound by Peter McDade or Drama King by Penny Reid, depending if I feel like romance or something else.

I'm listening to Misdirected by Lucy Parker. it's an Audible freebie, which is good because I've been getting through the Audible credits at quite a rate this year! Also, it's a light romance, which is just what I need right now.

I also discovered Audible original Stories , many of which are free short stories or novellas, some of which are by big name authors. I'm very much enjoying dipping into these.

I decided to knit a pair of socks in the yarn left over from my Weaver B. I got the first sock finished pretty quickly - we went to Ballarat on Sunday to see Leon's parents, and then I had two sick days. The second sock might take a little longer, since I am back to my usual scheduling.

And here's the spinning I've been relaxing with over the last couple of sick days.

I know, sunshine, balcony, audiobook, reading, spinning and the company of a flexible cat. Even I don't feel too sorry for myself!

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. This week I'm also linking up with Sam from Taking on a World of Words for WWW Wednesday where we talk about what we are currently reading, what we have just finished and what we are going to read next.

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 ...

Why Andrea Mowry, why? (A rant and a rather nice finished object)

As mentioned, prior to our hiking trip I suddenly, and rather randomly, decided to knit Andrea Morwy's Traveler Shell . It's basically an open fronted rectangle in a knit purl pattern. The pattern is FOURTEEN pages long. Why is the pattern 14 pages long? Because, instead of explaining the ten row repeat and then putting the shaping on top of that (e.g. decrease while continuing to knit in pattern), she writes out the entire ten row knit purl sequence every time something changes. Additionally, most of the time she starts with even number being the right side and wrong numbers being the right side,which is just plain odd. It's confusing and it's like she wants to keep you looking at the pattern for every row, rathe than following the very intuitive stitch pattern, which I had memorised after one repeat. The instructions for the band just say 'pick up x number of stitches'. No ratios, no acjnowledgement that different bits of the band have different ratios. Afte...

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