Gertrude Bell lived a life few women could lay a claim to in the turn of the last century. Coming from a well off family in Britain, she was able to finance explorations into Arabia and Mesopotamia. And with the knowledge and connections she gained in those trips, she became indispensable to the British government […]
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Pattern: Oddity Mitts by Mia HeikkinenYarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in the Goodluck Jade ColorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs In the further quest to use up sock yarn scraps, I’ve done another pair of Oddity mitts. I really like this pattern – the cable is a lot of fun to make. I also do enjoy
This book definitely fell into the overly fluffy side of Heyer’s oeuvre. In it, we find the handsome Viscount Desford, who seems to like to run around the countryside visiting people, attending a ball while visiting his aunt. The ball was thrown to showcase the eldest daughter of the house, but Desford happens to meet
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Ok, I freely admit, the Nikki Heat books are not high art. But they’re really fun to read, and they’re getting better the further into the series they get. This book delves into the mystery of Nikki’s mother’s murder. Granted, that’s supposed to be modeled on Beckett’s mother’s murder on the show, but they take
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Pattern: Nennir by Lucy HagueYarn: Claudia Hand Painted Yarns Fingering in the Teal Party colorwayNeedles: Size 4 Circs Once I got the right needle size, I really enjoyed Nennir. It’s really fun watching the cables grow, and the pattern is complex enough to not be boring, but still relatively easy to do (as long as
So we had this little weather event last weekend you may have heard of. Single biggest snowfall at one time ever recorded in Portland (31 and some change inches – and we didn’t get the jackpot). Started Friday and went pretty much all day Saturday. The wind was crazy (but fortunately, not bad enough here
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I can knock another one off my I really need to track this down and read it list. I’ve had this on my radar because my friend B loves these books. This omnibus is the story of how Cordelia Naismaith meets Aral Vorkosigan, who starts out as her enemy, and later marries him. I love
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I got bored with the Pookies. So, here’s the Nennir cowl, by Lucy Hague. I’m using Claudia’s Hand Painted fingering weight yarn, in the Teal Party colorway. I’m not going to lie, my first cast on was a disaster. I used size three needles, somehow managed to drop a stitch in the provisional cast on,
The DIY jewelry holders worked out great. Turns out I have less pins, and less earrings than I made space for, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The pin holder will be living elsewhere (just haven’t decided where yet), but the earring holder is in situ, since if I’m going to use it, it would
This is what I’ve been working on knitting-wise lately – Pookies, trying to use up more of my worsted weight scraps. (I’ve got #5 on the needles at the moment.) I really do like this pattern – it’s super easy, and they’re so cute. The one thing I’m doing different with this batch is sewing
