Ah, Maine…
What a difference a day makes…
Embroidery Notes
I did get a bit further on the crewel sampler, but pretty well stalled out when I decided to make three hats in about a week’s time. I’ll pick it up again shortly – I’m now into the second bottom leaf.
Knitting Notes
Here’s the final 2015 hexipuff stash – it’s up to 107, which means it’s in two bags now. 102 is the number for a pram quilt. If I can get up to 167, I can go to the next size up. I do still have some yarn that would go towards
Garden Notes
We’re finally set to have some sort of wintery precipitation tomorrow, and it’s gotten a little colder. Seemed as good a reason as any to finally put the garden away. So, this morning, things went from the above… to the below. Feels like a crazy end of an era. Things
Midnight in Austenland – Shannon Hale
The idea behind the original Austenland book was that Austenland is basically a Regency theme park – set in an English country home – where rich women can pay to be romanced for a couple of weeks as if they were in a Jane Austen novel. The main character in the original book
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2015 Books Started and Not Finished
Only one of these this year: The Golden Key – Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson and Kate Elliot I can’t even put my finger on why I didn’t like this book. Too much fake Italian, I think. The set up (documenting masterworks done by a family that apparently has the ability to
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Cabled Dad Hat by Alexis WinslowYarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes del Campo in the Wellies Heather colorway, and just a touch of the Blue Moon Gaea in CorbyNeedles: Size 6 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs I managed to finish the three hat trifecta on Christmas Eve! Both BILs and
Elemental Magic – ed. Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Magic books are fairy tale retellings set in the late 19th and early 20th century – the magic in these stories centers on the elements of Air, Fire, Water and Earth. This is the first book that opened up that concept to other authors – and I really enjoyed it.
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Bough by Leila RaabeYarn: Classic Elite MountainTop Vista in the Peat colorwayNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs. It’s weird how much the differences in a pattern eat yarn. I used the same yarn, and the same needles for this hat as the last one I made, and yet I
Lord Sunday – Garth Nix
So this series ends in a way that really does make sense, but still comes across as a bit of a reset back to the beginning. I’m really not sure how I feel about it. Part of me feels cheated, but on the other hand, it was stated early on that
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