The other crafty thing I did this weekend was start on a shirt. I went on a buying binge of both patterns and fabrics right around Christmas (when Joann’s tends to do the buck a pattern sales), and it occurred to me I should really try to use something that I’d bought. So I’m attempting […]
For the use-up-yarn side of the project house, I’ve cast on some Loria Mitts in what should be the last of the Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine. I’ll be adding these to the cache – I seem to always find a way to use fingerless mitts.
Pattern: Plicate by Hunter HammersenYarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine in the Oceanic Mix ColorwayNeedles: Size 5 Circ and DPNs This hat took a little longer than it really should have, because I tore out the original medium version, and moved it up to an extra large. (The pattern is written in such a way
Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. The Prince of Ombria is dead, leaving only his young son to follow him, and those that love the young prince are not able to keep him from the influence of Domina Pearl, whose malevolent presence has loomed over the House of Greve for centuries.
Ombria in Shadow – Patricia A. McKillip Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. For Mercedes Lackey’s stab at the Arthurian legend, she was inspired by a passage that spoke of three queens named Gwenhwyfar (her sources are in the Afterword, which is interesting reading). When you think about the various stories surrounding Arthur’s queen, the various kidnappings, runnings
Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit – Mercedes Lackey Read More »
I’m so excited it’s time for the Once Upon a Time Challenge again. Last weekend, I went through my TBR bookcase and rearranged things so the challenge themed books (Fairy Tale, Folklore, Fantasy and Mythology) were most accessible. As usual, I’ll be doing Quest the First, which is to read at last five books in
Once Upon a Time Reading Challenge 3/21/13 – 6/21/13 Read More »
Fifteen year old Daisy is sent from New York to the English countryside to live with her cousins, who she’s never met. She’s just settling into her life there when an Enemy attacks Britain, and the kids are cut off by themselves in their country home. At first, their life is exciting, but then the
How I Live Now – Meg Rosoff Read More »
So, both to use up some more sock yarn, and because I sold some yarn and had a Paypal balance, I’ve cast on a Plicate hat by Hunter Hammersen, using Berroco Ultra Alpaca fine yarn. It’s very early stages, as you can see, so no concentrate reports on the pattern yet, but so far, so
Gertrude Bell lived a life few women could lay a claim to in the turn of the last century. Coming from a well off family in Britain, she was able to finance explorations into Arabia and Mesopotamia. And with the knowledge and connections she gained in those trips, she became indispensable to the British government
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