Well, based on the unfinished state of my current read, I think I can safely close out my RIP VII reading now. I did the first challenge, which was to read four books in any of the challenge categories. I read: Considering that half of these books weren’t even in my house when I started […]
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And, last but not least, in the grand catch up, I’ve cast on some Loria Mitts, using Pinewoods Sock yarn in the Nor’Easter Blue colorway. I have actually had these going long enough that I had a size medium left mitt done all the way up to just before the bind off, decided it was
Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. Alexia Maccon, Lady Woolsey, is woken up in the middle of the afternoon by the sound of her husband yelling at the top of his lungs. Considering that he’s a werewolf, and should be asleep at that hour, this can’t be a good thing, especially when he then
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Pattern: Portlandia Cloche by Emily JohnsonYarn: Colinette Jitterbug in the Copperbeach colorwayNeedles: Size 3 DPNs I’ve had an eye out for patterns to use up some of my larger batches of sock yarn, and choose this hat as one. It’s a nice little pattern, not to difficult, but still interesting, and since it’s a
Yeah, I’m a little behind on the blogging, what with the combination of my mother’s breast cancer surgery (she’s fine, thank God) last week, and an unexpected funeral, and the associated, er, festivities over last weekend. On Surgery Day (10/15), after I got my mother home and on the couch with tea, I came home
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Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Challenge. So here’s a slightly different take on the proliferation of Jane Austen continuation stories – this is the first book of a series that has Jane Austen herself solving mysteries. The conceit of this book is that the author is the editor of some letters and
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Pattern: Reversible Cables Baby to Toddler Hat by Gretchen ChanYarn: Cascade 220 SuperwashNeedles: Size 8 Circs and DPNs Ok, I think I’m safely set for L’s Christmas presents this year. Sadly, I didn’t use up all of the yarn, so I will have to come up with something else to finish off the last of
Read for the RIP VII Reading Challenge. The Infernals continues the adventures of Samuel Johnson, his dog Boswell, and his friend Nurd, the demon. After the events of The Gates, when the ruler of Hell sent the evil Mrs. Abernathy to Earth to clear the way for an invasion (by way of the Large Hadron
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Pattern: Owlet by Kate DaviesYarn: Cascade 220 SuperwashNeedles: 8 and 9 DPNs My only totally committed Christmas knitting is done. This is for my niece, and it’s so cute. The pattern is super easy to work with – this would a good project for pretty much anyone. The yarn is lovely – really soft. I
So what do you do when the CSA gives you a pound of green tomatoes? Pickle them! You’ll notice a bit of orange – a couple had started to turn a bit toward ripeness by the time I got to them, but were definitely still of green tomato consistency, so I just cut them up
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