Matchless is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale “The Little Match Girl”. If you’re familiar with the original non-Disneyfied versions of some of his stories, you’re aware that they don’t always have a particularly happy ending, unless you’re really, really into morality tales. In this story, which Gregory Maguire originally wrote to read aloud […]
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I feel like it’s entirely too early in the year to be saying this, but I’ve completed my first reading challenge of 2010. Considering it straddled the end of 2009, it’s not surprising, but here I am, surprised. The challenge was to read at least one book written before 1600 anytime between 11/1/09 to 2/28/10.
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Read for the Really Old Classics Challenge. The extra credit assignment for the Really Old Classics Challenge is to read a retelling of a classic. The Palace of Illusions is a retelling of the events in the Mahabharata, one of the great epic works of ancient India, and a major work of Hindu mythology. The
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Can I just say how much I’m enjoying working on the Cabled Swing Cardi? The cable pattern is so just much fun to watch develop. Granted, this means I’m probably getting the most fun part of the whole sweater out of the way first, and will probably be regretting this while I’m slogging through stockinette
Read for the 2010 TBR Lite Reading Challenge. Christopher Moore’s books tend to feature a figurative cast of thousands of people with seemingly disparate lives, who collide into some sort of climax at the end of the book. In Practical Demonkeeping, we have Travis, who accidentally summoned the demon Catch, and is traveling around the
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Before I describe the above picture, I have to admit to a bit of knitting fail. I bought the yarn to start the Star Crossed Slouchy Beret two weekends ago, but didn’t realize I’d need needles I didn’t already own to start it. Thus the week delay in casting it on. Well, I did the
In a further effort to diversify this year’s reading, I’ve decided to do the 2010 Complete Booker Challenge. In reading through the prize-winners, short lists and long lists from years past, I was surprised to see how many Booker nominees I’ve read, considering I feel like I don’t read very much “straight” fiction. This made
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I’ve cast on a Star-Crossed Slouchy Beret in the Fibre Company’s Canopy Worsted, in the Yerba Mate colorway. I was hoping to use Malabrigo Worsted, which is what the pattern called for, and I knew that my LYS had had a great selection when I was in there before Christmas. Well, apparently it was a
Read for the 2010 YA Reading Challenge. Findabhair and Gwen are sixteen year old cousins, planning a trip around Ireland when Gwen comes over from the US to visit for the summer. The two girls have always loved the stories of the Fair Folk and the Summer Realm that exists alongside our own. It’s their
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Pattern: Crossover Rib Socks from Charlene Schurch’s Sensational Knitted SocksYarn: Knitpicks Stroll Sock Yarn in the Merlot Heather colorwayNeedles: 1.5 DPNs My Christmas knitting is done! My third skein of the sock yarn for C’s socks came in way too late to get them done for Christmas, but he was rather amused by my error,