Knitting Notes
The Piccolo Pyrus cowl is done. It’ll definitely benefit from some blocking, so this isn’t the final post, but I can at least count the yarn towards my August stash busting totals.
Knitting Notes
Pattern: Colorful Half and Half Washcloths by Purl Soho Yarn: Knitpicks Lindy Chain in the Harbor, Silver and Mist colorways Needles: Size 4 circs Welcome to my stash busting extravaganza! I got rid of the Silver and Mist yarn entirely, and only have a small amount of Harbor left. I enjoyed this pattern – it’s
Libriomancer – Jim C. Hines
This is a fun premise – some people have the ability to reach into books and pull thing out from them. They have to be popular books – the amount of reading and energy people are putting into them helps the magic. Johannes Gutenberg (yes, that Gutenberg) has joined them all into an organization to
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Into the Riverlands – Nghi Vo
Cleric Chih and their bird Amazing Brilliant are back, traveling to collect stories. In this tale, they’ve ventured into the Riverlands, where they encounter two young women travelling, and decide to join forces. They’re ambushed, which is when Chih discovers that one of the young women is a martial arts master. It’s at this point
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The Masquerades of Spring – Ben Aaronovitch
I loved this story. It’s back in the jazz age, so we get a young Thomas Nightingale, which was a lot of fun. But the real hero of this story is the narrator – Augustus Berrycloth-Young. He’s a graduate of the same school as Nightingale, but was only ever going to be a middling magician.
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Knitting Notes
In further stash reduction efforts, this is the Piccolo Pyrus cowl, from Skeinwalker knits. I’m using up my Quince and Co Phoebe in the Mars colorway.
Garden Notes
I didn’t realize how long it’s been since I did a garden update. Things are trucking along in that August way – most things are finally blooming. I’ve had to resort of the above “mulch” for my maypop seedling. Some little shit (probably a squirrel) kept digging at it. The final straw was when I
Knitting Notes
Pattern: Trisha by Vicky Chan Yarn: Quince and Co Lark in the Iceland colorway Needles: Size 5 and 8 circs and DPNs The Trisha sweater’s done! I used about the same amount of yarn I’d used for Argus, so I’m at least no worse off then I was before I frogged Argus. This sweater fits
Winter Lost – Patricia Briggs
This is a nice interlude kind of story in the greater universe of Mercy stories. Mercy’s half brother shows up at her house an absolute mess – he can’t speak, and barely seems to know where he is. After some investigation, they find out it’s due to some very particular not actually Fae magic. This
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Knitting Notes
I sold some yarn earlier this week, and while rooting around to find it, was struck by the number of ends I’ve accumulated. So we’re apparently in a stash busting mood again. This is a washcloth/dishcloth, using Purl Soho’s free Colorful Half and Half Washcloths pattern. I’ll definitely be using up as much Knitpicks Lindy