So I knew I needed to make a gift bag for Mary’s shawl, and I also had the baby quilt that I finished a while ago kicking around without a gift bag. It being the last day of a random four day weekend, I decided to tackle that today. (I had the shawl up on […]
Pattern: Evenstar Shawl by Susan PandorfYarn: Knitpicks Gloss in the Sterling colorwayNeedles: Size 4 circs and DPNs Here’s Mary’s Evenstar shawl, which is blocking in my bedroom as we speak. I still adore the pattern, and the Gloss yarn is a heavenly to work with. I really wish I had more excuses to made
So something dug up my Sedona coleus. The one I buy every year because it’s such a cool orange color. So I ended up repotting the red one in a slightly smaller pot. I suppose if I had to lose one, the Sedona was the better one to lose – I do have
If you were only reading my blog, it would seem that I haven’t been knitting for a while. I actually have been – the Evenstar shawl has been taking up all my time. But I’ve made one before, so regular updates just didn’t seem necessary. I actually finished it last week, knowing I’d need to
This book is from the 60s (genuinely – my mother snagged a copy for me at Goodwill). My mother had enjoyed it (probably for nostalgia’s sake). I will confess, I enjoyed it too, but more as a microcosm of a world most definitely gone by. This is both socially (the implication that you’re cooking because
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A little harvest from the garden. A little disappointing, since I overplanted an entire window box. I guess I need to give up on that seed packet…
I have long enjoyed the Valdemar series, so I’ve had this book on my radar for a bit, and managed to snag it from Bookmooch. I will say, I think I’m glad I didn’t really pay for it. It’s definitely the kind of thing that was much more useful before the internet came along. And
The Valdemar Companion – ed. John Helfers and Denise Little Read More »
Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. This book is madcap. Pretty much no other way to describe it. Mr. John Staple, lately returned from the Wars, where he was a captain, has been summoned with the rest of the family to celebrate his cousin’s engagement. Bored out of his skull, he decides to visit
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I like Valdemar, and I like that the author has opened it up to other authors in the short story anthologies she’s been publishing. Some are definitely better than others. This is one of the others. None of the stories particularly stuck out at me, but I enjoyed my read. Definitely comfort food reading if
Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar – ed. Mercedes Lackey Read More »
Hard to believe Spring is over already, and the Once Upon a Time reading challenge is done. Per usual, I did challenge the first, which was to read at least five books in the challenge categories. I managed 13. I’d say four were folklore, one was straight mythology, two were fairy tale based, and
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