Pattern: Vivid by tincanknitsYarn: Valley Yarns Huntington in the Harvest Orange, Bluestone, Mustard, Red, Blue and Sunset colorwaysNeedles: Size 5 DPNs My gift for baby B (due in about a month) is done! I really enjoyed this pattern – working in squares ending up being the perfect thing for this summer, since it was so […]
With the last book finished, I can safely say I’m done with RIP for the year. I read: I’d settled on Peril the Second, which was only two books in the challenge categories, and managed to make it up to a third.
RIP XI Reading Challenge – 9/1/16 to 10/31/16 Read More »
Read for the RIP XI Reading Challenge. Edie and Elspeth were inseparable twins, but something tore them apart. Edie moved to America, while Elspeth stayed in London. Edie ended up having twins of her own – Julia and Valentina. And when Elspeth dies, it’s Julia and Valentina she leaves her flat to – with the
Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffenegger Read More »
This is likely the last post of the year – what’s still in bloom is only in full sun, is definitely more manky than usual, and will be gone once we get a hard freeze.
Weekly Wildflowers – Two Lights State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME Read More »
A.k.a. a proper Fall storm.
Drake’s Island Beach – Wells, ME Read More »
Two girls have been abducted in the Hereford countryside. When this happens, the office of the Metropolitan Police in charge of supernatural situations (aka the Folly) always follows up with the local magic practitioners, just to make sure they’re not involved. Which is how PC Peter Grant finds himself in the country. Once there, it’s
Foxglove Summer – Ben Aaronovitch Read More »
I have this book from Goodwill – my mother had found it for me, and presented it along with the original. It’s a hoot. So very 60s. Like, I had no idea MSG had a brand name (Ac’cent). And good lord did America have bland palettes back then. I also love that though this
Appendix to the I Hate to Cook Book – Peg Bracken Read More »
I’m on the last day of a three day blocking extravaganza for the Vivid blanket. While it is to open up the pattern, it’s also to make the squares a bit bigger. Unblocked, I would have liked to have added one more square per color, but I did not have enough yarn to
