Embroidery Notes
The second sheet from the Nights Walks Down pattern is done. (This is totally draped over my knees because I just wanted to keep going – no fancy picture taking for me!)
Garden Notes
Hit my first definite nope in the shrubbery beside the driveway. This is privet, which is non native, and therefore not something I’ll keep. So after work on Thursday, I pulled out all the privet and the rest of what I could get of the multiflora rose. That does still leave the maple sapling in
Kingdom of Ash and Briars – Hannah West
This story is a combination of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Mulan (per the blurbs at least – I see where they wanted to go with that, but I don’t agree). It’s an interesting concept. Bristal is an elicromancer – a now rare type of immortal that should be helping the mortals. The other two elicromancers
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Garden Notes
This is as complete as this garden should be for a while – I’ve planted all the remaining seedlings, and am not missing anything I wanted to get. Here’s the herb garden, and the insane dahlia experiment. The herb garden will not be as big as I planned. I just didn’t get the bed laid
Knitting Notes
This is the Seaspray shawl, by Andrea Rangel. I’m using JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk yarn in the Ruby colorway. This is for a dear friend – might be a wedding shawl, or might be just a shawl, because I know she’ll love it either way. (The wedding is delayed enough with Covid that no colors have
The Girl with Ghost Eyes – M. H. Boroson
Li-lin is the daughter of a Daoist priest in 19th century Chinatown in San Francisco. She has the ability the see spirits, and is a priestess herself. She’s also recently widowed. When her husband’s best friend brings another man to her for help, she instantly does, but quickly discovers that they’re trying to get to
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Qana hat by Sara Setters Yarn: Quince and Co Owl and Owl Tweet in the Abyssinian, Allagash, and Steppe colorways (the Abyssinian is the Tweet). Needles: Size 7 circs and DPNs I got this yarn through Quince Quarterly, and wasn’t in love with the included pattern, so went out and found one I liked
Faerie Fruit – Charlotte E. English
This is a fun book about mysterious happenings in the town of Berrie-on-the-Wyn. It seems that the town is retreating into Faerie-land, and it’s up to the townsfolk to figure out why. All the while, strange fruit are growing on the trees, and flowers never seen before are appearing everywhere. I did get this book
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