Stash busting continues. Here’s a hexipuff in some Sophie’s Toes yarn I bought back in the early days of my sock making. I’m continuing to work on the Circle Scarf. It’s been a nice, brainless project. I’ll let it sit for a week at a time, and then I’ll work on it for several […]
This book is the sequel to Ross Poldark, and takes place after he and Demelza, his former kitchen maid, have wed, and had their first child, Julia. Demelza’s growing into the role of the lady of the house, and learning to love this strange life she’s found herself in the middle of. Meanwhile, life is
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Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. Arabella is the oldest daughter of a vicar in Yorkshire, so has middling prospects at best. But, her godmother is her mother’s childhood best friend, who became a Countess, and Lady Arabella has agreed to bring Arabella out for a season in London. It’s the perfect opportunity for
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In a world where Atlantis exists, but isn’t seen by the non-magical realms, Prince Titus is the titular head of the one of the Domains conquered by Atlantis. He’s a puppet, with the representative of the Bane of Atlantis being the real power in the realm. What the Bane doesn’t know is that Titus’ mother
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Rodzina is originally from Poland, but came to America so young that all she remembers is Chicago. She had a wonderful family, but through a series of accidents and illness, she’s now left an orphan. One of the local orphanages finds her on the street, and puts her on an orphan train heading west. She
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In the further adventures of Jane True, Jane’s back in Rockabill, where she and her friends are promptly attacked by regular humans with guns. Jane manages to pull enough power to save herself and her friends, but it puts her in a coma for a month. By the time she wakes up, it’s clear that
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Pattern: Fishies by Jackie ZieglerYarns: various DK and Worsted weightsNeedles: Size 3 DPNs Stash busting, part deaux! This is a fun little pattern. I’ve been able to use up a number of little ends of yarn that I probably wouldn’t otherwise have been able to use. These are stuffed with cotton, but if I can
Pattern: Hand Spring Fingerless Mitts by Micol DayYarn: Tess’s Designer Yarns Superwash Merino LaceNeedles: 1.5 DPNs Here’s another attempt at stash busting. I had a fair amount of this lace weight yarn left over, and when I found a mitt pattern that actually used lace weight, I had to try it. If
Alexia Maccon is back living with her mother and sisters after her husband has kicked her out of their house. There’s the small matter of her being pregnant, which shouldn’t be possible, since Lord Maccon is a werewolf. Alexia knows that he’s the father, but has to figure out how to convince him (and he
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It’s another snowy day, and I still had fabric sitting on top of my sewing kit for potential projects I’d mapped out back in December. So to gift bag sewing I went. I’ve done enough of these recently that I winged the cutting on these. And I gusseted some,
