Well, it happened. First frost, overnight on Thursday the 9th. On the one hand, still later then September. On the other hand, four of my dahlias still haven’t bloomed. So I did something I normally wouldn’t do, and brought the three that have buds inside for the night. The long range forecast isn’t predicting frost […]
Here’s another Brezel hat. I’m not going to do my regular finishing post, as this is the fourth version of this pattern I’ve made. It’s a great pattern, and was an easy choice for some stash busting of the Quince and Co Lark yarn in the Icelandic colorway I used in the Trisha sweater. I’ve
It’s been about a year since the events of Dreamer’s Pool, and Blackthorn and Grim are at the king’s court when Lady Geilis arrives, begging for help, as a monster has has come to a tower in her land, and its wails have plunged everyone and everything into a great depression. The tower is surrounded
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I really like the world building in this series. A decently large part of this story deals with the fall out with events of the last book, and the villain ends up being a very worthy call back to an earlier story. And that’s not even the main event! Kaylin’s sargeant, the only Leontine in
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Pattern: Brownie Hat by Woolly Wormhead Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash in the Flamingo Pink colorway Needles: Size 7 Circs and DPNs Stash busting continues – this is all but twenty yards of the rather large amount of yarn I had leftover from making a baby hat for my now nearly nine-year-old younger niece. Still love
This is a long standing item in my (actual physical) to read pile, left over from my really into King Arthur and vaguely pagan days. And it’s fine. The authors highlight nine women in the Arthur legends, exploring their roots in older tales. Some hit better than others – there’s just a lot more information
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I’m definitely in stash busting mode. On a break on one of my work from home days this week, I organized my stash, and marked out some projects to use for some of the yarn that’s sat in the stash the longest with no ideas on how to use it. The first item of business
Alex Verus runs a magic shop in London. He’s also a mage. He’s not Harry Dresden. I liked the set up of the world in this book. Magic here is hidden, but there are people that are mildly magic that get drawn into the orbit of the magic users. We meet one of them in
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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,
