Knitting Notes
This is the Winter’s Fern hat by Trin-Annelie. I’m using I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran as the main color and Tess’ Designer Yarns Superwash Merino in Cobalt and Steel Blue Gray as the accent colors.
The Star of Kazan – Eva Ibbotson
Annika was found by Sigrid and Ellie in a church in the mountains while the two were on their annual weekend away from their job as maid and cook for three professors in Vienna. A note asked to take the baby to the nuns in Vienna. But the nuns were under quarantine, and by the
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Fool – Christopher Moore
Fool tells the story of King Lear from the point of view of his Fool. (A character that does exist in the play – one of the things I found myself looking up to verify if I was remembering things correctly. I believe I last read King Lear in 1997 or 1998.) Moore’s decided to
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Shades of Grey – Jasper Fforde
So some sort of unnamed thing happened, and the world has evolved into a society where everyone fits according to their abilities at color perception. Eddie Russet is on his way to the outer fringes, where his father has been tapped to replace the local swatchman (doctor, more or less), who recently died. Eddie’s just
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Knitting Notes
Just in time to end out the year, here’s the final dispensation of the Tess’ Designer Yarns Twinkle Toes in Cornflower blue. And, since I finished that relatively early in the evening last night, I cast on one of my planned 2017 projects. This is Blank Canvas by Ysolda Teague, using the Fibre
2016 Cold Sheep
I gave up posting about Cold Sheep on Ravelry ages ago, since I wasn’t knitting much all summer, but I do still want to do a wrap up. I started the year with 13028.10 yards and 648 grams (for yarn I didn’t know the yardage for) at the beginning of the year. I ended with
2016 Finished Knitting Projects
Not bad, for a year of using up yarn, and then barely working on anything for most of the summer because it was just too darn hot.
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Knitting Notes
Pattern: Marilinda Socks by Cookie AYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Twinkle Toes in the Cornflower Blue colorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs I wish I had more of an excuse to make more socks – I love Cookie A’s patterns. This one was on the slightly harder side, mostly just because the pattern had to do interesting things
Sewing Notes
In “keeping myself occupied while using up my PTO at the end of the year” news, I made a bag for storing my shawls – mainly the Evenstar shawl. I’ve decided to store those in my sweater drawer, and I want an extra layer or protection for the ones I don’t wear often. You can