Jess has returned to Earth, destroying the one ship left that can journey between Earth and Mars in the process. She’s been reunited with her brother Ethan, and Pavel, the boy she’s pretty sure she loves, but who is also the nephew of her (and Mars’) greatest enemy on Earth. So what’s a girl to […]
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Salya is a Traveler, and as she’s approaching adulthood, she’s feeling the pressure to devote herself to the healing trade of her grandmother. It’s a very serious thing among her people –a true vocation. But she’s not quite sure she’s ready for it. One night, an injured man stumbles upon their camp. Bren is a
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Pattern: Stash Busting Helix Hat by Jessica RoseYarn: Quince and Co Owl in the Buru, Cranberry and Straits colorways, and Berry Meadow Heritage Alpaca in TashiNeedles: Size 8 and 9 circs and size 9 DPNs Stash busting continues, with a touch of it’s been cold, and I’m still trying to perfect my winter hat game.
LibraryThing Early Reviewers book Tam Paradiso is a cop in Philadelphia who also happens to be one of the few people that can see otherworldly creatures, so she has a double job – cop by day, protecting the world from evil by night. As she’s tracking a particularly nasty creature one night, another creature hunter,
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Pattern: Cowl based on eyeballing the Bryce Canyon cowl by Courtney MussattYarn: Lichen and Lace Matte Sock in the Pressed Flower ColorwayNeedles: Size 5 DPNs The cowl is done. Still love the yarn, and I really like this colorway. I wasn’t much into the speckled colorways that have been popular in recent memory, but
I can’t say this book is reinventing the YA star-crossed teenage love story trope, but it has a few things I like that are a bit different. We have Ethan, who’s lived a small South Carolina town all his life, and has wanted to leave for ages. His high school is full of people who
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Project: Holiday Cheer Ornaments by Kate Gagnon OsbornYarn: Lichen and Lace Matte Sock in the Teal Tide colorwayNeedles: Size 1.5 DPNs More using up the Lichen and Lace – this is one of nine options in this pattern set, so I’m sure I’ll be revisiting it – they’re all great yarn end busters.
This feels like a PS post to the year. Wasn’t planning on more flower pictures, but the Audubon happened to post on Instagram they had blooming witch hazel, and since we’re about to get the first real snow storm of the season, I really wanted to get out one more time while things were still
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This is Gleipnir, by Lanja Sámsdóttir. I’m using the leftover Tess’ Designer Yarns Superwash Merino Lace in the Maine Woods and Waters colorway. This has been interesting so far – it’s true lace, so I’m having to work the pattern across the back as well. There are a fair number of p2tog through the
This book is nominally set in the Grishaverse, but is all the fairy tales they would tell there. You can definitely see the parallels to tales in our normal world. My favorite story was “Ayama and the Thorn Wood”, which is sort of a cross between “Cinderella” and “Beauty and the Beast”. The younger son
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