Here are the two Punochka cross stitch patterns, completed. The second one is called Mushroom Umbrellas. I do have them both in the frames I was trying to fill, but the light this time of year is not conducive to taking good pictures of glass without ridiculous reflections. So someday I’ll get a picture once […]
I picked this up through Prime Reading because I’d enjoyed the Blacksmith Queen books, and these characters come into the end of the second book, so it’s the same world. And I definitely enjoyed it. Annwyl the Bloody is fighting for her life – her brother wants her dead, so that his claim to the
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So these are some vanilla socks (using the Basic 4ply Socks by Winwick Mum pattern) I started to use up the Koigu Painter’s Palette Merino I’ve been trying to figure out how to use. I got some Ontheround Nimble Sock in the Barred Owl and Narwhal colorways to go with it – they’re the same
So it turns out the secret to not impulse buying half the garden center at a 75% off perennial sale is to not get a cart. It also helps that we had Friday off, so got in before the hoards. (We had Friday off because we were supposed to go to the third rescheduling of
So we originally were buying our Rivers of London books in London, and once you start buying in one particular format, it’s better to keep at it. However, Covid put a real crimp in our ability to run by a Waterstones, so we finally broke down and started buying the ones we were missing here
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Pattern: Nain from Silk Road Socks, by Hunter Hammersen Yarn: Seven Sisters Arts Apex in the Aurora Borealis colorway Needles: Size 1.5 DPNs The Nain socks are done! I really enjoyed this pattern – it was plenty interesting, but not super difficult. I loved this yarn. The camera does not do this color justice –
This is a lovely tale – a monk and their animal companion are traveling all over the land of an unnamed Eastern Asian country, cataloging everything they find. The home in exile of the old Empress has recently been opened, and they make their way there. They find the servant and companion of the Empress,
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Pattern: Seaspray by Andrea Rangel Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk 2/18 in the Ruby Colorway Needles: Size 2.0 Circs Seaspray is blocked and done! I really enjoyed this pattern. It would probably be easy enough for a fairly beginner knitter that wants to get into lace. It is what’s going to make me finally invest in
I have two small square frames that I used to have sun and moon cross stitches I’d done a while ago in. I decided I’d really like to refresh those, so I found two patterns I liked in the Punochka shop in Etsy. This is the Halloween Moth. I’m doing the other pattern on the
So it’s October, and I still have dahlias. At this point, I’m just enjoying them while they last. They’re the only thing I’m still watering. I’m starting to wonder if they’ll last until November…
