I added three more colors to the Worsted/Aran Ten Stitch Blanket. I was going to add one yarn end to the DK blanket as well, but realized it was more or less the same color as the last batch. I should be finishing a DK project soon that looks like it’ll only have a bit […]
The remaining dahlias came in on my lunch break on Thursday. I was a little worried about this batch – they went through a harder frost than I really should have let them go through a couple days after their first frost. Fortunately, I had moved them under our roof overhang, and trimmed off most
We both managed to catch one of the lovely respiratory cruds going around, so I lost some time to that over the last couple of weekends. I did manage to dig out the first batch of dahlias ahead of a big rainstorm during the week (see above), and those were cleaned off and packed up
This is a really interesting world, and I like how the magic works – Aelis has some interesting abilities fused in a different way. She’s also a reckless idiot sometimes, and it’s a good thing she has friends looking out for her. We learn a lot more about the raised dead we met in the
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Kayla knows she’s adopted, but it’s a shock when a masked man walks up to her (and her mom and brother) at the state fair. He announces she’s the heir to his deceased dark lord, who he’s been searching for for years, and whisks the three of them off to Zaradwin. This book is a
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I enjoyed this book – more or less the entire Folly crew, as well as Bev, the twins, and Peter’s extended family, are up in Aberdeenshire for a holiday. And some incident cryptid hunting. The point of view switches between Abigail and Peter, which I rather enjoyed. This book seems to be very controversial in
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I’m glad I pulled in the three dahlias that hadn’t bloomed yet. Hurricane and Lady Darlene have obliged. The Bloomquist York has had a bud since 9/3, which seems to be stuck. I probably should have cut it off a long time ago. I did finally cut it today, as there is one other semi-formed
I lost yarn chicken. This was meant to be a Musselburgh hat in size large, and despite starting the decreases a full inch ahead of time, I do not have enough yarn. I had life-lined it, but it would need ripping back further than that, and I don’t think it would end up being big
Pattern: Happy Feet Booties by Purl Soho Yarn: Atlantic Coast Yarns Shannon DK Needles: Size 6 DPNs More stash busting – this was a cool little pattern. They’re knit flat, and I enjoyed them so much I knit two pair. That’s knocked this yarn down to the realm of a decent amount for the scrap
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
