My Ride
So, I had a bit of an end of an era last weekend. I upgraded my ride. I bought my first new car (second new to me car) back in September 2002. It was a bit of a rush job – my original car, a sometime in the 90s Honda Accord (91, I […]
Sounds and Sweet Airs – Anna Beer
Librarything Early Reviewers book This book tells the stories of eight women composers, all the way back to the Renaissance Medici court. I had previously only heard of two of them, which is one of the points of the book, and is also sad. I minored in music in college (something I am using
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Starshower by Hilary Smith CallisYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Peruvian sock in the Seabreeze colorwayNeedles: Size 7 circs The construction of this cowl is really interesting. It starts flat, and is eventually joined to be knit in the round. Once in the round, the main pattern repeat is more easily done on the
Knitting Notes
Pattern: Siksak by Marja SuomelaYarn: Patternworks Bretton Heathers and Reyholds Sea WoolNeedles: Size 3 and 4 circs and Size 4 DPNs This is a pretty cool pattern – it’s actually incredibly simple, but looks really complex, compared to the effort. And it’s a great stash buster. I’d definitely make it again.
Sewing Notes
Had the day off today, so finally has some time to make a gift bag for Roger bear. And since I had the machine out, I did a couple more gift bags for the knitwear stash.
Moon Over Soho – Ben Aaronovitch
We’re back with London police constable Peter Grant – the junior partner (really, the junior section of the department, since there’s only two of them) in the supernatural division of the Metropolitan police. We open to jazz musicians seemingly dying of natural causes after gigs – not enough for most people to notice, but Peter
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Knitting Notes
This is the Siksak hat, by Marja Suomela. It’s actually super simple, but the pattern looks pretty complex. Kinda cool. It’s simple enough I would probably normally find it boring, but I like what it’s making so much I haven’t had that issue. The yarn is Reynolds Sea Wool and Pattern
To Hold the Bridge – Garth Nix
This is a collection of short stories, including one from the Old Kingdom. They claim it’s a novella on the front cover, but it’s definitely shorter than the Lirael story that was included in his other short story collection. Still, it’s worth getting – “To Hold the Bridge” is an interesting
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Garden Notes
We have crocus. A full month earlier than last year. The contrast of this winter to last winter continues to crack me up. In other news, the grow light is going, as of yesterday. To the left, all of my kale planting has sprouted. To the right, a solitary Swiss chard.
