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Linky Wednesday - the one where Kat is back

Kat from As Kat Knits took a blogging break, and I missed her posts, and I also missed the communal feeling of linking up with other knitters and readers. She's back, and here we are.

I finished  Major Gift by Tiffany Izuma, which was a romance. It was fine, it was just so low stakes. Now I'm reading Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer 

After that it's The Tea Planter's Secret (The Ceylon Series #2) by Clare Flynn the second in a historical romance series set in Ceylon. I got the first one from NetGalley last year the day I was flying out to Sri-Lanka, and now I have the second while we are planning our return trip. 

The knitting has gone very smoothly this week - I've been pumping out the stocking stitch in the round, and have only got a little bit of the second sleeve of my Celeste to go. Knitting this has been such a joyous colour explosion, and I'm pretty pleased that my next project is going to be a brioche hat using the same colours. 


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 linking up 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. Kym06 May, 2026

    Your sweater is just lovely! The colors are such a treat. :-)

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  2. BibliophileBree07 May, 2026

    Sweater looks awesome!

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  3. Jane07 May, 2026

    What a terrific sweater. I love the pinks.

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  4. Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out11 May, 2026

    Ode to the Half Broken sounds interesting, I hope you enjoy it.

    Thanks for sharing your week

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  5. Patricia in New Mexico20 May, 2026

    I love that cover on Ode to the Half Broken. Your sweater is beautiful! I crochet and have just bought way too much yarn at a local quilt shop. Or is there such a thing as too much yarn? :-)

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