Pattern: Icy Seas by Hunter Hammersen Yarn: KnitPicks Palette in the Clarity, Kumquat Heather, Macaw, Pool, Semolina, Seraphim, and Serrano colorways Needles: Size 3 DPNs More leftover Palette used up! Love this pattern set – they’re quick and fun to make.
I was definitely looking forward to reading this book – it’s the back story for the mage Numair, when he was still a young man named Arram Draper. It’s how he studied in Carthak and became the mage that he is in later books, and how he knew Orzone, before he become emperor. I really
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How pretty is this? It must have been the owners before the family we bought the house from that decided to plant this magnolia in the backyard. Whoever it was, I currently love them. Sunday was a bit of miscellaneous garden work. I bought myself a dahlia with a gift certificate on my birthday walkabout
A little birthday present to myself. Which I have had no time to test out yet, of course.
I have got to read this series more regularly – every time I come back to it, I enjoy it immensely, and then I wait forever to read the next book. I realized a while ago I’m basically hoarding the next books’ enjoyment, since it is a finite series. But is that really a good
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Pattern: Remige Shawl by Emily GreeneYarn: Quince and Co Wren in the Bosque colorwayNeedles: Size 6 circs I actually finished this shawl back in February, but the pattern is being released next week, so I’m finally able to post about it. The fun thing was that I got a use a new yarn that’s just
This is a wide variety of stories, some connected to various books by the author, but some that are stand alone. She introduces each story, and in some cases, this was collected long after the stories were written, so it’s interesting to see her comments. Some of these I enjoyed more than others, but like
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I finally finished the first panel of Night Walked Down – I’ve been putting this down for days at a time more often than the last project, but have still been enjoying it immensely.
For a variety of reasons, last weekend was crazy busy, so I never posted anything. I actually started a whole bunch of seeds on that Saturday. Above is what that looks like as of today – all but one type have had at least one sprout. (The Thai basil is lagging behind.) I actually ran
In this book, we’re introduced to the descendents of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Jamie Watson has been given a rugby scholarship to the New England boarding school where Charlotte Holmes is already a student. They’ve never met, but he’s curious to meet her. Their first meeting doesn’t go well, but it seems that a
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