Well, it’s time for my annual read the newest (to me) Hunger Games book at the same time as the movie comes out so I’m not spoiled by something random on Pinterest. (Seriously, the Geek feed in Pinterest has the most randomly spoilerific things if you’re not caught up on various fandoms. But I digress.) […]
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Christmas knitting continues! The adults are drawing a name this year, and I have my SIL. So I’m making her a cowl. This the A Noble Cowl, but Emily Kausalik, using Reynold’s Soft Sea Wool. I also have the leftover gray yarn from the mittens I just finished to get rid of. I’d normally do
So we had a nor’easter Wednesday night into very early Thursday morning. Really heavy, wet stuff. So pretty much anything that still had leaves was broken, or flattened. (Like our neighbor’s front yard hedges. I’ve never seen anything like that over there before.) So I am thankful that we had power for this year’s low
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Pattern: Aible Mittens by Kristi Geraci from Knitty Winter 2009Yarn: Koigu Premium MerinoNeedles: Size 1.5 DPNs The holiday knitting just keeps coming! This is my first pair of mittens, and I must say, they’re a nice alternative to socks, for sock yarn. This pattern is good – not terribly difficult, but the cables keep things
Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr is a professional – good at her job, and well respected by her company. It turns out that the larger galaxy is populated by a bunch of fairly peaceful species, and when a warrior group called the Others starts to invade the Confederation’s territory, they’re completely unprepared to fight back. Instead,
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In my final gardening act of the year, I spent all morning yesterday raking out the back yard. I had done a little prep two weeks ago when I cleaned out the driveway and back staircase area and started a pile in the back yard, but I don’t think I’ve ever done all my bagging
In other knitting news, I’ve resurrected the Ailbhe mittens I started last February (I’ve never let a project sit this long). These are also holiday knitting, and I’m about half way through the second one now.
Pattern: Wee Ambrosia by Gudrun JohnstonYarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Superwash in the Columbine Heather colorwayNeedles: Size 10 circs and DPNs and size 9 circs And my first Christmas knitting is done. This is for my niece, and I have enough yarn left over I’m going to add a hat. I have
This is what I’m currently dealing with in the yard, and all the leaves aren’t even down yet. I had a random day off today, so spent the time to get most of the rest of the garden to bed (the herb pots are still ok for the moment), and to at least get the
You know – I think the best lesson to take away from this series is that families are complicated, and life is complicated, and you’ll have to work at both all the time, regardless of when you lived. In the last book, Ross was to be brought to trial for supposedly ring-leading the pirating of
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