Skellig is a lovely little story about a boy named Michael, who’s going through a pretty rough time in his life. His family has recently moved, and his newborn baby sister is very sick, and they’re not entirely sure she’ll live. His parents haven’t even given her a name yet. Because of the calamity, he […]
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I was all excited last night when I was suddenly approaching the neck shaping on my Sitcom Chic sweater. I actually pushed through a few more rows then I might otherwise have done, in anticipation of seeing the neck take shape. And then I realized that the raglan shaping on the arms has no symmetry.
I feel vaguely heretical saying this, but I think I’m glad that there’s a new Robin McKinley book coming out in the fall. I need some affirmation that she is in fact that writing god I have always held her up to be. Dragonhaven isn’t a bad book. It’s a nice little story about family,
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I’m pretty sure I just dead-headed half a million daffodils. That, combined with potting up the salvia I bought yesterday, and moving around the pots in the back yard, and I feel like my back is permanently hunched over. I really need to do something about the bulb situation in my garden. There are tons
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Lots of plants to see this weekend. With the super warm day we had on Thursday, a lot of stuff has hopped into existence in the last couple of days. In order, left to right, top to bottom: 1. Rhodys in my Dad’s garden.2. Forget me nots in my Dad’s garden.3. Mini iris in my
Not that it’s terribly obvious from the photo, but I’ve attached the sleeves on my Sitcom Chic sweater, and am heading toward the end of the decrease rows directly above that. As a reward, I even let myself cast on the second Embossed Leaves sock, though I’m currently just in the ribbing rows on that,
So I did pick up the next book in Carrie Bebris’ Jane Austen inspired mystery series during last Saturday’s library trip. This book, as you can tell from the title, marries the Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey worlds. I was actually pretty proud of myself for figuring out who the villain of the book
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A small sampler of Spring flowers: In slightly less pretty news, I already have lily beetles in my lilies! Damn bugs! The poor lilies were so badly infested last year that one of three plants never managed to bloom (the other two were pretty half-hearted about it). I’d managed to find an organic insecticide that
It’s not often that you can actually sit down and read a craft book through, but the Knitter’s Book of Yarn is one that you can. It’s a very readable, very informative book. The other starts by breaking the various types of fiber into broad groups – Synthetic, Cellulose, Cellulosic and Protein. Within these groups,
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Read for the Young Adult and Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenges. I’ve found a new fantasy series to follow. I’d almost bought The Naming and The Riddle (the second book in the series) last Christmas, based on the cover illustrations and short descriptions in the book. However, I was good, and once I
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