Linky Wednesday - the one where I get behind (and I'm still having fun)

This week I started the Noosa Scarf for the Bendigo Project. This is addictive knitting, which meant I spent my weekend reading time knitting and listening to audiobooks. I finished the excellent Quitters Club by Jessica Strawser and then the silly but enjoyable action adventure Hell Island by Matthew Reilly the fourth Shane Schofield book.

I have 15 days to finish this scarf, which should be easy - I'm getting one repeat done a day, there are a total of 16 repeats and I've completed 5. It's not a complicated pattern, but it is too much for knitting on a quick tram ride, and I do find i need to glance at the chart. So, it's a it slower than plainer knitter. Luckily, for the first time ion a long time, we have not much in the way of weekend plans, so I can sit and relax and knit! The joy of a little extra time is real.

All the knitting meant that it took me longer than usual to read the excellent Cherrywood by Jock Serong, a beautiful book set in Melbourne featuring a sentient pub. One of those books that shouldn't work and yet it really does.

Now I'm back on the NetGalley review train with The Followers by Maree Prat which published yesterday. Oops, I normally stay on top of that better!

Luckily it's another very good book. This one about growing up and what happened after. it's set in Brisbane and it's very readable. After that, I'm going to clear through some more NetGalley review books - I've got five coming up for July, starting with Starlight Mountain by Taylor Gray - the fourth in a very sweet small town romance series. The brothers in this also used to be in a rock band, so it's got a few fun tropes and I'm really looking forward to reading it. All the covers have been like this (the town is called Autumn Falls) and I am here for it!

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.

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...

Cheryl Malandrinos06 July, 2026
What a pretty color on the scarf. Hope you enjoy your books!

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Patricia in New Mexico06 July, 2026
You have certainly gone through a ton of books! Congratulations! Yourn knitting looks so beautiful and cozy. I can see why it's addicting. Your books sound like fun and those covers? Love them.
Marg06 July, 2026
I really need to read Jock Serong, and this is the one that appeals to me the most!

Have a great week!
Kathy Martin07 July, 2026
Great looking knitting! I have finished my July NetGalley stack and have started on August's. I just have to learn to say no to NetGalley offers if I ever want to read books already on my TBR mountain though. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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