Pattern: Sky Scarf by Lea Redmond Yarn: Knit Picks Palette in the Clarity, Mist, Pool, Sky, Ciel, Ash and Silver Colorways Needle: Size 4 Circ It is so strange to have this project over. I’ve had a recurring task set up at work to remind myself to make a note of the sky […]
Here’s the list: The one I couldn’t finish can be found here. I made it past 80!!! It was definitely a good year. For next year, I think I’m going to concentrate on finishing off series. I have several hanging out in my tote of shame that I’ve been delaying gratification on finishing, and
This is a fun end to the Parasol Protectorate books. In the last book, Alexia had had a baby with her werewolf husband, meaning that young Prudence is a metanatural – able to take on the characteristics of a supernatural creature with just a touch. Which is all sorts of fun
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I did get a bit further on the crewel sampler, but pretty well stalled out when I decided to make three hats in about a week’s time. I’ll pick it up again shortly – I’m now into the second bottom leaf.
Here’s the final 2015 hexipuff stash – it’s up to 107, which means it’s in two bags now. 102 is the number for a pram quilt. If I can get up to 167, I can go to the next size up. I do still have some yarn that would go towards
We’re finally set to have some sort of wintery precipitation tomorrow, and it’s gotten a little colder. Seemed as good a reason as any to finally put the garden away. So, this morning, things went from the above… to the below. Feels like a crazy end of an era. Things
The idea behind the original Austenland book was that Austenland is basically a Regency theme park – set in an English country home – where rich women can pay to be romanced for a couple of weeks as if they were in a Jane Austen novel. The main character in the original book
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Only one of these this year: The Golden Key – Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson and Kate Elliot I can’t even put my finger on why I didn’t like this book. Too much fake Italian, I think. The set up (documenting masterworks done by a family that apparently has the ability to
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Pattern: Cabled Dad Hat by Alexis WinslowYarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes del Campo in the Wellies Heather colorway, and just a touch of the Blue Moon Gaea in CorbyNeedles: Size 6 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs I managed to finish the three hat trifecta on Christmas Eve! Both BILs and
