I was seized by the sudden, intense desire to try and get rid of some yarn ends. So, the Briggs and Little Heritage yarn all went into the worsted scrap blanket I’ve been working on. (Working on blankets is the best! Can’t beat a built in lap warmer.) I got almost all the way […]
So, we get the earliest possible day in November that Thanksgiving can possibly be on, and what does Mother Nature decide to do? Give us two snow storms before Thanksgiving, and record cold on the day itself. She’s funny. Real funny. Have I mentioned it’s raining today, and this will likely melt?
Gilsland Farm – Falmouth, ME Read More »
Here’s the last of the Tess’s Twinkle Toes in Underwater Grotto – a swirl hat, a sweater ornament, and still managed two hexipuffs. Since then, I’ve cast on Flora, by Margaux Hufnagel, using some of the Quince and Co. Lark leftover from my 40th birthday sweater. (Maple and Petal, to be specific). Pretty easy
The kale is looking amazing. It’s all I have left now in the community garden. Because we’re finally getting the leaves to come down, I was able to go over there today and dump two leaf bags’ worth on the bed for winter mulch. I’m done now for the season, other than pulling the
Pattern: Twisted Flower Socks by Cookie AYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Twinkle Toes in Underwater GrottoNeedles: Size 1.5 DPNs The Twisted Flower socks for K are done! I’m surprised I took as long on these as I did – it’s an enjoyable pattern that’s just challenging enough, and the yarn is lovely to work with.
Cathy has fled her abusive family, but there’s a twist- her family lives in the Nether – between the regular world and the world of the Fae, and the families there serve the Fae. Cathy would rather live in the real world, where she won’t have an arranged marriage, and can live her own life.
Between Two Thorns – Emma Newman Read More »
This is technically a reread, but it’s been so long since I first read it, I really couldn’t remember what was going to happen next, other than the bare bones from the Swan Lake ballet this is based on. Swan Lake the ballet is mostly about Princess Odette, who is cursed by an evil sorcerer
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Here’s another go at trying to use the Fibre Co Knightsbridge yarn I’d frogged from a February Lady sweater ages ago. Sadly, it’s discontinued (this was the version before the company was sold to Kelbourne), so I have no way of getting more. I recovered most of it, so I just can’t understand how
In this book, Jane is staying at her brother Edward’s estate in Kent (which he has because he was adopted by a wealthy, childless couple – this is real life detail). While there, they go to the races, where the wife of one of the other local landowners is found dead. Mrs. Grey had not
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