Christmas in Rockland, Maine
Only in Maine…
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Quilting Notes
The landscape quilt is done. It took a little longer than I originally planned because I had to re-jigger the hanging tube. I’d originally applied it a little lower than it ended up (above), and it just didn’t look right. So off that came, and up it went. The only problem now? We don’t actually
Quilting Notes
So, in other crafty news, I took out the landscape quilt again this weekend. Yesterday, I sewed all of the layers on. I also got the backing pinned on, made the binding, and got most of the binding sewed on, until I realized I had done the corners completely wrong. So I ripped those out,
The Grand Sophy – Georgette Heyer
I’m starting to sense a theme in at least some of Georgette Heyer’s books – irrepressible heroine (to the point of probably being too modern for the era) whirls into the life of an unmarried man (and his extended family), turns everyone’s life upside down, drives him thoroughly crazy, which pretty much forces him to
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Oddity Mitts by Mia HeikkinenYarn: Pine Woods Farm Sock in the Nor’easter Blues colorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs In a bid to use up the Pine Woods Farm yarn, and because I know I can use them for a Christmas gift, I made pair #3 of mitts from this skein. And, I actually had enough
Hurricane Sandy
I have been sadly remiss in my blog updates this month. Hurricane Sandy came through almost three weeks ago, and here are my pictures. We actually came through the storm well – there was some coastal flooding up here in Maine, but that was a given for certain locations the second they mentioned the words
Child of a Rainless Year – Jane Lindskold
Mira had lived in awe of her mother. When she was young, the two of them had lived in Phineas House, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Collette was bright and brittle, and brought a string of lovers into the house. Mira often faded into the background, only noticed by the silent women that served them.
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Loria Mitts by Ashley KnowlesYarn: Pine Woods Yarn Sock in the Nor’easter Blue colorwayNeedles: Size 3 DPNs The Loria Mitts are done. This is a nice pattern – a little on the more complicated side (because of the cables), but certainly nothing difficult. I think the hardest part was figuring out where to put
RIP VII Reading Challenge 9/1/12 – 10/31/12
Well, based on the unfinished state of my current read, I think I can safely close out my RIP VII reading now. I did the first challenge, which was to read four books in any of the challenge categories. I read: Considering that half of these books weren’t even in my house when I started
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Knitting Notes
And, last but not least, in the grand catch up, I’ve cast on some Loria Mitts, using Pinewoods Sock yarn in the Nor’Easter Blue colorway. I have actually had these going long enough that I had a size medium left mitt done all the way up to just before the bind off, decided it was