My ball winder came today!!! And I promptly found out the pin on my swift is warped, and won’t go in, so the swift is currently useless. Still, in my excitement, I had to try the ball winder out, and as you can see from above, it works beautifully, even if I did have to […]
I received this book through the LibraryThing early reviewers program. I initially requested it because Boston is my nearest big city (I love my city dearly, but big it is not), and over the years since I graduated from college, I’ve been down there quite a bit. And even though I don’t live there, I
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I’ve been lurking the Weekly Geeks blog, and this week’s question caught my eye: 1) How do you feel about classic literature? Are you intimidated by it? Love it? Not sure because you never actually tried it? Don’t get why anyone reads anything else? Which classics, if any, have you truly loved? Which would you
My knitting class is done, and I’m four pattern repeats into the Undulating Waves scarf. I have to admit, I like the beading more than I thought I would. I’m still not sure it’s something I’ll do often, but it’s a nice skill to have in my arsenal. I do have to say, I love
Read for the Vampire Reading Challenge The third book in the Sookie Stackhouse series brings Sookie out of Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi, when her vampire boyfriend Bill goes missing. Bill’s boss Eric sends her up there to meet with a rather unwilling accomplice named Alcide, who just happens to be a werewolf. By trying to
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Read for the Dream King Challenge. At Death’s Door is a retelling of the events on The Sandman: Seasons of Mist from Death’s point of view. I actually had a pretty strong sense of déjà vu reading this book, because the events follow the original story quite closely. I know I’ve never read this before,
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The first of the Spring Forward socks is done! Finally! The dang thing gave me more trouble… At the midpoint, I’ll say that while I like feel of the Panda Cotton once it’s knit up, I’m still not convinced that I’ll ever see the need to use it again. It’s rather splitty, and I’m not
Read for the Patricia A. McKillip Challenge Morgon is the Prince of Hed, a small, peaceful land of farmers. He’s completely attached to his land, but he’s driven by a curiosity of the outside world unusual to the natives of his land. Unlike any of the princes before him, he ventures to the city of
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Christmas is finally over. (Since my mother went to visit my sister in CA, we waited until she got back to finish off presents.) I got a swift! And enough gift certificates to order a ball winder when I go to my class at Knit Wit tomorrow! And what’s even better is that Anna at
I did a big LibraryThing cataloging push this weekend (up to 786 books, which includes almost everything we have out on shelves at the moment, and a crate or so from storage), so I’m able to update my Dream King Challenge list. Based on what I’ve found, I can definitely handle Devotee level. The updated
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