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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Pattern: Oddity Mitts by Mia HeikkinenYarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in the Goodluck Jade ColorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs In the further quest to use up sock yarn scraps, I’ve done another pair of Oddity mitts. I really like this pattern – the cable is a lot of fun to make. I also do enjoy
This book definitely fell into the overly fluffy side of Heyer’s oeuvre. In it, we find the handsome Viscount Desford, who seems to like to run around the countryside visiting people, attending a ball while visiting his aunt. The ball was thrown to showcase the eldest daughter of the house, but Desford happens to meet
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Ok, I freely admit, the Nikki Heat books are not high art. But they’re really fun to read, and they’re getting better the further into the series they get. This book delves into the mystery of Nikki’s mother’s murder. Granted, that’s supposed to be modeled on Beckett’s mother’s murder on the show, but they take
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Pattern: Nennir by Lucy HagueYarn: Claudia Hand Painted Yarns Fingering in the Teal Party colorwayNeedles: Size 4 Circs Once I got the right needle size, I really enjoyed Nennir. It’s really fun watching the cables grow, and the pattern is complex enough to not be boring, but still relatively easy to do (as long as
I can knock another one off my I really need to track this down and read it list. I’ve had this on my radar because my friend B loves these books. This omnibus is the story of how Cordelia Naismaith meets Aral Vorkosigan, who starts out as her enemy, and later marries him. I love
Cordelia’s Honor – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
I got bored with the Pookies. So, here’s the Nennir cowl, by Lucy Hague. I’m using Claudia’s Hand Painted fingering weight yarn, in the Teal Party colorway. I’m not going to lie, my first cast on was a disaster. I used size three needles, somehow managed to drop a stitch in the provisional cast on,
