Let’s try this one again. Here’s another go at the Winter’s Fern hat, by Trin-Annelie. This time, I’m using the same yarn for all three colors. (Briggs and Little Heritage). I bought this from the close-outs at Webs, and got it out of the bag, and was shocked by how big […]
Pattern: Forest Park Cowl by Liz AbinanteYarn: I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran in the Natural Light Brown colorwayNeedles: size 8 circs Finally, I’ve finished a knitting project. In the second quarter of the year. My mojo was just horrid up until now! This pattern was a lovely. Easy,
In this book, there are four parallel worlds that all have a London, and only certain people can travel between those worlds. Grey London (our London) has no magic, Red London has magic in balance, White London’s magic is waning, so it’s become the source of power struggles, and Black London had magic take over
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This was a satisfying conclusion to this trilogy – I’m so happy I was able to get my hands on it. Titus has been given an ultimatum to hand over Iola to the Bane, or his people will suffer. All he can do is try to strike at the Bane in his fortress in Atlantis,
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This is the Forest Park Cowl, by Liz Abinante, using I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran in the Natural Light Brown colorway. It’s a good weight of yarn, and the type of pattern I know I can do. If I can’t manage to see this through to completion, I give up.
I stumbled upon the first book in this series – The Burning Sky – as a Kindle deal when it was newly published, and I’ve been meaning to get back to this series for ages. A gift subscription threw it into my lap this week, and I was barely a few pages in when I
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Ceony has finished her work at the Tagis Praff School for Magic Workings in record time – a year – and though she had wanted to be a Smelter, because of some arcane rules of balance, she’s apprenticed instead to work with a Folder – a paper magician. And once you are bonded to a
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I had no idea there was a new Old Kingdom book coming out. I had a very pleasant surprise when it came out as a Kindle daily deal (bought that, and then promptly bought the hardcover as well – this is one of the few series I’ll buy in hardcover.) This book picks up with
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Whelp, the Blank Canvas Sweater is frogged. I got up to the neckline, pre-shaping, and I could tell I wouldn’t have enough yarn to do the full shaping. So I tried it on, to see if making it into a scoop neck would work. And the torso was a smidge too short
