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Linky Wednesday - the one with the Delectable Collectable Spoilers

 I seem to have a few books about 30 year old sad girls in my eye and ear reading. It's a genre I enjoy, but I don't need them in both formats! So, I've just finished NetGalley review book Isn’t It Nice We Both Hate the Same Things by Jessica Seaborn, about a mid-30s divorcee and her search for meaning, or at least friends! I have mixed feelings about this one, you can read my full review here. Next up is  Horse by Geraldine Brooks.


 In audio I finished the witchy, magical The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland by Rachael Herron and am about to start Cammy Sitting Shiva by Cary Gitter another story about lost 30-year-old.

I've got a bit of a focus on the audio books at the moment. I requested a book from NetGalley, didn't hear back. Requested another, still no response. Requested a third and then all three came through! I'm quite pleased though, since I am quite focussed on the knitting, and often listen to books while I knit.

The knitting focus goes like this. I love to set an unnecessary deadline. I am doing Stephen West's mystery sockalong .This first week there was a LOT of knitting. We knit the entire leg, in a variety of interesting patterns. For me, with my size 36 feet, the leg is at least a third of the sock, so I imagine there will be less knitting over the next three weeks.

They really are that bright!

I'm also racing to finish my 
 Luminos Tee. It's a summer top and it's not even spring here, but Anna, one of my knitting friends is also a published pattern designer. She asked if anyone wanted to test a shawl she is publishing in a magazine. So I would love to get this top finished before starting the shawl.

There is no actual reason I can't put the top aside while I do the shawl, but I really like finishing things.

Speaking of finishing things, I did some maths on the yarn I spun, and it's not going to have nearly enough yardage. Luckily I have plenty of fibre, so I'm going to spin up an extra 300 grams and I should have enough. 
 

And that's my week in reading, knitting and spinning.

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 on BlueSky as Sharondblk.

 I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday, Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading and 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.

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  1. You've been very busy, Sharon. I'm not sure I could listen and knit, especially because I don't knit yet. :) Love the sock colors! That tee is so cute. Hope you enjoy your books.

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  2. I can see how you could listen to books and knit at the same time!

    Have a great week!

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  3. I usually listen and play video games. Knitting while I listen would be more productive if I actually knew how to knit. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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