This is a fun end to the Parasol Protectorate books. In the last book, Alexia had had a baby with her werewolf husband, meaning that young Prudence is a metanatural – able to take on the characteristics of a supernatural creature with just a touch. Which is all sorts of fun […]
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I did get a bit further on the crewel sampler, but pretty well stalled out when I decided to make three hats in about a week’s time. I’ll pick it up again shortly – I’m now into the second bottom leaf.
Here’s the final 2015 hexipuff stash – it’s up to 107, which means it’s in two bags now. 102 is the number for a pram quilt. If I can get up to 167, I can go to the next size up. I do still have some yarn that would go towards
We’re finally set to have some sort of wintery precipitation tomorrow, and it’s gotten a little colder. Seemed as good a reason as any to finally put the garden away. So, this morning, things went from the above… to the below. Feels like a crazy end of an era. Things
The idea behind the original Austenland book was that Austenland is basically a Regency theme park – set in an English country home – where rich women can pay to be romanced for a couple of weeks as if they were in a Jane Austen novel. The main character in the original book
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Only one of these this year: The Golden Key – Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson and Kate Elliot I can’t even put my finger on why I didn’t like this book. Too much fake Italian, I think. The set up (documenting masterworks done by a family that apparently has the ability to
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Pattern: Cabled Dad Hat by Alexis WinslowYarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes del Campo in the Wellies Heather colorway, and just a touch of the Blue Moon Gaea in CorbyNeedles: Size 6 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs I managed to finish the three hat trifecta on Christmas Eve! Both BILs and
Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Magic books are fairy tale retellings set in the late 19th and early 20th century – the magic in these stories centers on the elements of Air, Fire, Water and Earth. This is the first book that opened up that concept to other authors – and I really enjoyed it.
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Pattern: Bough by Leila RaabeYarn: Classic Elite MountainTop Vista in the Peat colorwayNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs. It’s weird how much the differences in a pattern eat yarn. I used the same yarn, and the same needles for this hat as the last one I made, and yet I
