I’m starting to sense a theme in at least some of Georgette Heyer’s books – irrepressible heroine (to the point of probably being too modern for the era) whirls into the life of an unmarried man (and his extended family), turns everyone’s life upside down, drives him thoroughly crazy, which pretty much forces him to […]
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Pattern: Oddity Mitts by Mia HeikkinenYarn: Pine Woods Farm Sock in the Nor’easter Blues colorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs In a bid to use up the Pine Woods Farm yarn, and because I know I can use them for a Christmas gift, I made pair #3 of mitts from this skein. And, I actually had enough
I have been sadly remiss in my blog updates this month. Hurricane Sandy came through almost three weeks ago, and here are my pictures. We actually came through the storm well – there was some coastal flooding up here in Maine, but that was a given for certain locations the second they mentioned the words
Mira had lived in awe of her mother. When she was young, the two of them had lived in Phineas House, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Collette was bright and brittle, and brought a string of lovers into the house. Mira often faded into the background, only noticed by the silent women that served them.
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Pattern: Loria Mitts by Ashley KnowlesYarn: Pine Woods Yarn Sock in the Nor’easter Blue colorwayNeedles: Size 3 DPNs The Loria Mitts are done. This is a nice pattern – a little on the more complicated side (because of the cables), but certainly nothing difficult. I think the hardest part was figuring out where to put
Well, based on the unfinished state of my current read, I think I can safely close out my RIP VII reading now. I did the first challenge, which was to read four books in any of the challenge categories. I read: Considering that half of these books weren’t even in my house when I started
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And, last but not least, in the grand catch up, I’ve cast on some Loria Mitts, using Pinewoods Sock yarn in the Nor’Easter Blue colorway. I have actually had these going long enough that I had a size medium left mitt done all the way up to just before the bind off, decided it was
Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. Alexia Maccon, Lady Woolsey, is woken up in the middle of the afternoon by the sound of her husband yelling at the top of his lungs. Considering that he’s a werewolf, and should be asleep at that hour, this can’t be a good thing, especially when he then
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Pattern: Portlandia Cloche by Emily JohnsonYarn: Colinette Jitterbug in the Copperbeach colorwayNeedles: Size 3 DPNs I’ve had an eye out for patterns to use up some of my larger batches of sock yarn, and choose this hat as one. It’s a nice little pattern, not to difficult, but still interesting, and since it’s a
Yeah, I’m a little behind on the blogging, what with the combination of my mother’s breast cancer surgery (she’s fine, thank God) last week, and an unexpected funeral, and the associated, er, festivities over last weekend. On Surgery Day (10/15), after I got my mother home and on the couch with tea, I came home
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