In an Eastern forest (it reads Russian, but if you read the notes, you’ll see it’s based on things the author brings in from her Ukrainian roots), live two sisters. Liba and Laya are Jewish, in a mixed village. When their father is summoned to his dying father’s side, they’re given surprising news – Liba […]
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The Swan Islands Ikat Indigo Beetroot is gone – hexipuffed away. I’ve actually gotten in on a test knit, but I’m waiting on the yarn for that, so in the meantime, I’m doing some Icy Seas ornaments out of Knit Picks Palette leftovers, to see if I can get rid of some of that. I’m
In an alternate Europe, magic is based on the ability to summon angels. In Ystara, something terrible happened, and their archangel has abandoned them. If any magic is used on the Ystarans, they either die of a plague, or turn into monsters. A century or so after this happened, in the neighboring kingdom of Sarance,
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Pattern: Bearly Bonnet by Pure StitchesYarn: Swan Island Ikat Collection Watercolors in the Indigo Beetroot colorwayNeedles: Size 2 and 3 circs and Size 3 DPNs Finally, a project done! It did feel really good to get this done and dusted. I’m hexi-puffing the rest of the yarn right now – I decided I
Here’s this year’s batch of seeds. I was really very good – I wanted to buy like three times that many, but I resisted. We’ll see how well that goes next year, once I get a better handle on what I’m dealing with with the new yard…
The second to last panel is done! Granted, it’s the smallest panel, but it’s still done!
Zafira is the Hunter – the only person capable of hunting in the enchanted Arz Forest. Nasir is the son of the sultan, and has been turned by his father into an assassin. When they are both sent after a mythical book that may be able to restore magic to the people of their kingdom,
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So we had around 18 inches of snow the week before Christmas that managed to evaporate overnight on Christmas Eve. Since I had some time off around the holidays, once things dried out a bit, I spent some time in the backyard. I wanted to get some measurements of where things stand. I’m planning on
Definitely an interesting reading year. There was a lot of rereading, and I ended up being fairly specific in the kinds of books I actually enjoyed reading. I went pretty heavy on comfort. I suspect that’s going to continue for a while into the new year.
Here’s the finished projects for this past year. It’s a little light in number – I definitely did lose some of my knitting mojo this year. But I got some leftover yarn out of the way, and I got to do a fun test knit. So it was a good year, considering.
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