The other day I was mooching around on Ravelry, looking for a two colour, 8 ply cardigan to use up some left over yarn. I was going to use it for Flink , but I really don't need anther thick jumper, and I don't have any heavier cardigans that I love. While I was looking Sussana (Rav link) put out a testing call for a steeked, two colour, 8 ply cardigan. Perfect. I needed to dye the colours, since one was white and I have a white cardigan and a white jumper, and I struggle to keep my whites white anyway. The other is from Leon's winter set and I don't really want to match his exactly. Here's the yarn before the dye. I decided to try for a light tan for the main colour and a rust red / orange for the contrast colour. These will look very nice in the cardigan, and are a little different from the pinks and purples I've been knitting a lot recently. I'm pretty happy with the colours. I really enjoy Sussana's test knits - as well as being a fabulous des
For the last few weeks I've been saying I'm going to read a NetGalley review copy of What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan. I've read the prelude and it's all intimate partner violence, and while it's topical, it's also very raw. We've had two women murdered in Ballarat (one by a stranger and one by an ex) and people are marching on the streets in protest of men murdering women and it's all too raw. So, I've set that aside. What I am reading is Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down. I only started it yesterday, but it's a pretty heavy novel, full of trauma and abuse, but so far I am finding it quite compelling. It's set in Melbourne, and I think we all know how much I love reading books set in my home town. I'm listening to a NetGalley review copy of The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad. It's a series of three novellas, and is described as " comedies of manners with an ambitious blend of irony and sensitivity—celebrated Israeli a