What I made, by Sharon

I bought this  GOR Woollen Mill Summer Fiesta Light Fingering   on an impulse at a yarn festival in 2023. I don't often make impulse yarn purchases, and this ended up being the 2nd oldest untouched yarn in my stash. So, it was time to use it. The yarn is 70 percent wool and 30 percent flax, so an interesting mix. I queue a lot of patterns for it, until I saw  the muka pullover pattern. A simple top with amazing lace sleeves. The details on this top are what sets it apart - and of course the sleeves.  The yarn was a pleasure to knit with and perfect for this top. Like a vest it's perfect for transeasonal weather, like the autumn we are currently heading into.  I love how feminine and Victorian these lace sleeves look and feel - a nice contrast to the rest of my styling. It was windy when we took these photos, which presented some challenges!

I may have made a little mistake with the audio-books this week. With Leon I am listening to  The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka , a book about a gay war photographer killed in the Sri Lankan civil war.  By myself I am listening to  A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam,  about a Sri Lankan man trying to help clean up, post war after seeing war photographs. They are very different books, but in audio they are getting a bit confused in my head. In eye reading I have very nearly finished the NetGalley review book  The Confidence Woman by Sophie Quick.   It's beautiful and heartbreaking and set in Melbourne. I highly recommend. Next up is another NetGalley review book  A Lady's Guide to London by Faye Delacour , because I randomly thought 'I feel like reading a romance' and it was both a romance and the next thing in my NetGalley queue. Serendipity. In crafting I've finished the top I was knitting (come back Friday for modelled phot...