MEMOIR ĭiana, William, and Harry by James Patterson Tim’s account is raw and vulnerable as it brings awareness to the disease that affects one in seven men in Australia. But it all came toppling down when he received a surprise diagnosis: stage four, metastatic prostate cancer. A beautiful family, a lifetime of exotic travel, and a beach-side home. By TikTok sensation and clinical psychologist Dr Julie Smith, the book is warm and informal, making it an approachable read for everyone. Full of simple, straightforward advice, this book provides plenty of tools to help you change your life for the better. If you liked Atomic Habits, consider Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? a must-read. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr Julie Smith If you don’t have any, I would recommend the Chiagoo needles, which you can buy from Amazon here.The best non-fiction books of 2022 from Dr Julie Smith, James Patterson, Julia Gillard and more. If I do any project like this again, I’ll be making sure I pick something different.įor knitting needles, you’ll need 3.25 cm and 3.5 cm circular needles in 60 or 80 cm. Also, for my two contrast colours, I used a fingering weight that was 2 strands spun together, which made it very easy for me to get distracted and split the yarn. My only recommendation for this project is to make sure you use sharp needles, as this will help you pick up the thinner yarn. You can do this with any 4-ply (fingering weight) yarn, and you’ll need a main colour and two contrast colours. The whole piece is just done in knit stitch, so there aren’t any stitches to learn. You’ll need to know how to make one right and make one left (M1R, M1L) and slip stitches.

Although this was actually a pretty easy piece to knit and definitely okay for beginners. I must admit that when I first started this project, I was a little nervous. This was also my first mosaic knitted piece, which uses slip stitches to create beautiful colourwork. It was so much fun seeing all the different colour combinations for this shawl. This shawl was my first knit along – KAL – piece. The Arcturus Shawl by Shara Lambeth Designs.

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