This was a fun find – I heard about it in an online thread about books not written by white, Western authors. (The author is white, but Muslim.) Alif is a hacker – Alif being his handle, but it’s the name he uses internally, so it’s his name throughout the book. He lives in an […]
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Here’s another try for my leftover Tess’ Designer Yarns lace – the Laminaria shawl by Elizabeth Freeman. I’m doing the smaller size. I think this will be fun – it has some cool Estonian lace stitches. Should be a fun side project.
This is the last book of the Queens of Renthia, and features three queens- Daleina, Naelin and Merecot. Merecot takes the rather bold step of kidnapping Naelin’s children in order to enlist her help. It turns out there are wild spirits in Merecot’s kingdom of Semo that Merecot can only barely control. The Sorrow in
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Pattern: Ten Stitch Blanket by Frankie BrownYarn: a slew of yarn ends and single oddball skeins that are listed in the Ravelry project page if you’re actually interestedNeedles: Size 9 circs It’s really strange to have this project done – I cast it on in 2016. But I wanted it to be the right size
This book is set in an alternate version of the turn of last century where witches can have many talents to help things along in the natural world. Elena is a vine witch – she’s been working at the Chateau Renard since she was a child, and the wines she’s been able to produce have
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We’re back with Dina at the Gertrude Hunt Inn in Texas (after a brief detour to follow her sister Maude’s journey to the Vampire Anocracy). Her boyfriend Sean has joined her at the inn, which is good, but they’ve been summoned to the Innkeeper’s Assembly, which is potentially very, very bad. But that’s quickly cast
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Elisa is God-Chosen – bearing a gem that marks her as special. But she’s never felt special. She’s a princess, but the second daughter, and her older sister has always been the one that will be a great queen. So when Elisa finds herself very suddenly married off to the king of the neighboring kingdom,
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Here’s the first official project start of 2020 – the Sibella Cardigan, by Carrie Bostick Hoge. I’m using Quince and Co Finch in the Birds Egg colorway. I decided I needed to try a slightly more tailored sweater for my next sweater project. (Not that I’m going super crazy, but the last two
Pattern: Temperature Scarf (Inspired by the Knitwit Temperature Scarf)Yarn: KnitPicks Palette in the Clarity, Kumquat Heather, Limeade Heather, Macaw, Marina, Pool, Semolina, Seraphim, Serrano, Sky, and Silver colorwaysNeedles: Size 4 Circs I’m a few days late posting this. I am considering it a 2019 project – I just had to make sure that I had
It occurs to me that I hadn’t gotten a very recently picture of the hexipuff pile, so here that is. It’s definitely getting bigger, but still not big enough for a blanket. My scrappy ten stitch worsted/aran blanket is actually big enough that I think I’m going to finish it off shortly. I have
