Pattern: Roar Hat by Kate Oates Yarn: Ewingston Shetland Wool and Wing & A Prayer Farm Thelma & Louise DK Needles: Size 7 and 8 DPNs Stash busting continues! This is a cute little pattern, though I don’t love how the spikes get sewn on. If I make it again, I may try picking up
We had a frost on Tuesday night. I cut a bunch of dahlias to enjoy inside, and made my peace with things. And while I did have to scrape my car to go to work in the morning, temps must have hovered around 32 degrees, because everything’s still alive. That includes the basil (middle picture
Patterns: Moments by Rachel Illsley Yarn: BC Garn Bio Shetland GOTS in the Parma and Pink Lavender colorways Needles: Size 4 circs and Size 2.5 circs and DPNs This feels like the end an era. I started with this yarn back in December 2023, with the same designer’s Orbits pattern, which I ended up frogging
Artemisia is a nun in a European medieval sort of country. Here, magic brought on a terrible calamity that has brought in legions of the dead to prey on the living. The clergy have taken over from the king that brought on this terrible calamity, and are trained to kill these wraiths. Artemisia was possessed
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Robert (not his actual name – that’s four words and multiple syllables long, so he prefers Robert), has inherited his father’s dragon extermination business. He’d rather be doing anything else, but he has to put food on the table for his mother, brothers and sisters. These aren’t your large dragons of lore – more like
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Seokga is the fallen god of trickery, and Hani is the Scarlet Fox, a gumiho (nine-tailed fox who can take human form) once feared by men. They’re now both existing in the 1990’s in a Korean city. Seokga’s a detective, hunting the Unrulies in an attempt to get himself home, and Hani’s on his radar.
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This book is the author’s foray into portal fantasy. I love them, so I knew I’d love this book, and it doesn’t disappoint. A typical portal fantasy will have our heroine thrown into some sort of fantasy world (book or video game) they’re incredibly familiar with, and they use that knowledge to their advantage in
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Here’s the last of the dahlias that hadn’t bloomed since my last post. They prove an interesting point. My least favorite color is orange, but I’m absolutely a sucker for a good orange flower. Look at the shading on both of these! Hurricane is the one I grew from seed several years ago, and he’s
In the last book in this series, humanity lost. The elder races of this world, more or less sick of humanity’s bullshit, gave them a very pointed lesson in who is actually in charge in this world. And I will admit, the revenge fantasy was pretty darn sweet. (Who doesn’t enjoy a good revenge story
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Pattern: Octopus Beanie by Cathy Dobson Yarn: Hawthorn and Thistle Farmstead Jacob Lambs Wool in Natural Gray and Blue Needles: Size 2.5 DPNs and circs When I saw this pattern, I had to make it. The sample also happened to be in the two colors of the yarn I was looking for patterns for, so
