This is the story of the first settlement of the Norse into the Scottish Orkney islands – told through the eyes of Eyvind, a Norse warrior, and Nessa, a Pictish princess. I love Marillier – her initial Sevenwaters trilogy has made me cry in each book. But I had a hard time with this book. […]
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Pattern: In Dream by Susan Pandorf Yarn: Shibui Knits Lunar Beads: Miyuki 8/o beads – black opaque Needles: Size 4 Circs I started this shawl in 2021, and had to let it hibernate. Something about row 37 kicked my butt several different times. I normally like charts for lace knitting, but I had to go
I hadn’t read the Dragonkin books when I started this series, which was fine initially. But now that those characters have been dragged into this series, you probably need to have read those to fully get any of the future books. (I’ve now read the first three of the Dragonkin books, so I at least
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Pattern: Iola Hat by Triona MurphyYarn: Atlantic Coast Yarns Shannon DKNeedles: Size 6 circs and DPNs I really wanted a quick project after working on the In Dream shawl for so long, so I went for a hat. Which I promptly managed to flub up at the crown, so I basically knit this twice. (I
The last of this year’s dahlias has managed to bloom. In the third week of October. We’ll ignore the fact that by all rights, we should have had our first frost ages ago, and this plant would have been toast. This one was a happy surprise. It had come in a set – Lady Darlene
This is a nice, cozy story. Fin is the new cook at the royal palace – he’s incredibly prickly and chases pretty much everyone out of the kitchen on day one. As we follow along the story, we find out it’s because he’s a house witch – and regular witches consider him defective. So, he’s
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It’s funny – I recently happened upon a post on Reddit talking about the Rivers of London books, and asking if it was worth continuing, because they were finding Peter to be so immature in the early books. Which reminded me that I still needed to finish the last book (so far) in the series.
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This is the (currently) last of the Sherlock books in the Elemental Masters series. Sherlock is officially still dead, as is Mary Watson, but John Watson and Sarah and Nan are trying to carry on some of Sherlock’s investigations where they can. This story ends up being a mash up of “Hansel and Gretel” and
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It’s been a while since I’ve done a Knitting Note post – this shawl kicked my butt, in the best way. I’ll do a more detailed post once it’s blocked, but the knitting is actually done. I’m actually feeling a bit adrift. It took me a while to really get going with this, and due
We pick up Zinnia’s story after A Spindle Splintered. She’s gotten a bit of a remission from her terminal diagnosis, and is using her newly opened up time to rescue other Sleeping Beautys from their fates across the fairy tale multiverse. And then one day, she finds herself in a Snow White story instead. I
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