Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Magic books are fairy tale retellings set in the late 19th and early 20th century – the magic in these stories centers on the elements of Air, Fire, Water and Earth. This is the first book that opened up that concept to other authors – and I really enjoyed it. […]
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Pattern: Bough by Leila RaabeYarn: Classic Elite MountainTop Vista in the Peat colorwayNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs. It’s weird how much the differences in a pattern eat yarn. I used the same yarn, and the same needles for this hat as the last one I made, and yet I
So this series ends in a way that really does make sense, but still comes across as a bit of a reset back to the beginning. I’m really not sure how I feel about it. Part of me feels cheated, but on the other hand, it was stated early on that
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Once Upon a Time IX Reading Challenge: 3/21/15 – 6/21/15 – finished 6/14/15 I actually only finished one challenge this year. I’d pretty much gone down to just doing two challenges from Stainless Steel Droppings, and when he decided not to do the RIP challenge himself this year, I decided to drop it.
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Here’s part two of the great BIL hat-a-thon (if I get this one done in a timely manner, it might become the great BIL and FIL hat-a-thon). This is Bough by Leila Raabe, also in Classic Elite’s MountainTop Vista. This time in the Seal colorway. (I think I’d initially
This is the penultimate book in this series, and Arthur Penhaligon, Rightful Heir to the Architect, has now gained enough power to move to the Upper House and find the sixth part of the Architect’s Will in Saturday’s domain. Saturday is the best sorceress among the Denizens, but Arthur himself has been changing,
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Pattern: Brezel by Svetlana VolkovaYarn: Classic Elite MountainTop Vista in the Peat colorwayNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs I really enjoyed this hat – perfect level of interest in the pattern (even though I did have a pick a few rows apart a couple different times because I flubbed the pattern
I really liked this book- though it took me a little while to get into it. I later realized it was because there was a very slight Twilight vibe at beginning of it (girl meets vampire and much brooding commences), but thankfully, it quickly shed that. Diana Bishop is a witch (we’re talking distinct
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So this is still my garden, as of last Sunday. I had intended to put it to bed, but it was still so green! I did put the mint away – it was looking pretty scraggly. But the sorrel, chard, thyme, and parsley still look great. Heck, I still have
Next project, if I can pull it off in time (which I should be able to do), is to knit hats for the two BILs, in time for Christmas. I have two colorways of Classic Elite’s MountainTop Vista yarn that are perfect for manly hats. (It’s natural colored wool, and the two colors
