Pattern: Piccolo Pyrus by Skeinwalker Knits Yarn: Quince and Co Phoebe in the Mars colorway Needles: Size 6 circs Remember how we’re in a drought? Guess who managed to decide to wet block a cowl on the one rainy weekend we’ve had since June? I had a fan going on this from last Friday through […]
Pattern: Portland Cap by Mary Pranica Yarn: Quince and Co Osprey in Kumlien’s Gull (probably – this yarn is from a seconds sale) Needles: Size 11 circs and DPNs The stash busting continues. I have some cold weather gear I’ve been gathering for a donation, and since I had no other plans for this yarn,
This very light blue shirt had an unfortunate encounter with a darker jacket the very first time I washed it. (I was so mad!) I’d been sitting on it for a while when it occurred to me I could overdye it. I certainly wasn’t going to ruin it anymore than it’s already been ruined. I
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I finished a series! (Ok, fine, they ended up extending this series, so there’s more to read, but I finished a unit of published books, which is a big deal for me!) The book starts with the birth of Kate and Curran’s son Conlan, and jumps ahead to him being a very precocious toddler, which
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Figured I should do a last day of August garden post – here’s the back bed in all its still pretty droughty glory. A few highlights: The maypop is actually starting to resemble a vine! We’ll see how big this gets this year. I’ll put it up another size pot if I think it warrants
I ended up getting the Miles in Love omnibus even though I own Komarr on its own, just for the simplicity of getting Winterfair Gifts in the bargain. I loved A Civil Campaign. I adore Ekaterin, and Miles completely floundering about like an idiot when he finally finds the woman for him was adorable. I
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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.
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
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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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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