Daleina discovers her ability to control spirits when they come after her village. Unfortunately, she’s only able to save her family, but that opening leads her to pursue the training that may eventually make her the Queen. This is an interesting world. For some reason, there are spirits, and all they want is the destruction […]
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This morning, I did a ton of work on the side garden. The daffodils have already gone by (courtesy of one day in the 80s last week), so I trimmed those back, along with some other detritus from the Fall. I also took out most of the large containers and topped them off with compost,
Pattern: Bantam Bunny by Rebecca DangerYarn: I Knit or Dye Killing Me Softly Aran and Tess’ Designer Yarns Superwash Merino Worsted in CobaltNeedles: Size 6 DPNs Loving this pattern book for stash busting. This pattern used the same base as the elephant pattern I already did, so probably would have gone faster than that
It doesn’t look like much, but I did my first planting in the community garden plot on Monday – peas and turnips. There’s a little weirdness going on – someone seems to have decided to spring clean my bed. We have our kick off meeting on Sunday, so I’m hoping to have that cleared
I was familiar with the fact that most of Europe’s royalty is descended from Queen Victoria and her numerous children. And I knew she came from a background that linked her to other royalty (her uncle became the King of Belgium, and her consort, her own first cousin, was a German prince), but I had
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Slight change of plans on the colorwork mittens I’d started – I wasn’t feeling the last pattern, so switched over to Tursas, by Valeria Kerkka. I’m liking this pattern much better, so far. I also started a Bantam Bunny, from the same Rebecca Danger book as the elephant I just finished. More stash busting –
I wish I’d read this book some other time. I thought I was starting something else when I first picked it up, and it wasn’t what I was expecting. But, I’m enough of a completest, I couldn’t put it back, and had to finish it. I think I’d have liked it better if I’d started
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Pattern: Small-Peanuts Elephant by Rebecca DangerYarn: Red from a Frabjous Fibers March Hare Mini Skein Pack and Tess’ Designer Yarns Superwash Merino Worsted in the Steel Grey Blue colorwayNeedles: Size 6 DPNs I’d had Rebecca Danger’s 50 Yards of Fun book on my wishlist for a while, and saw it the library. It’s a
This book’s another point of view from Klasky’s Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft, the Warder -David Montrose, instead of the witch, Jane Madison. It’s nice to see the male point of view of one of these stories, but this book was much busier than I remember Jane’s version being. David’s gotten himself into a little bit
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(Shawl) (Edging) Project: Celestarium by Audry Nicklin with the Stellar Wave Edging by Kimberlee JohnsonYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Superwash Merino Lace in the Maine Woods and Waters colorwayNeedles: Size 5 circs I finally got around to blocking my Celestarium this weekend. I really enjoyed this pattern – the actual knitting wasn’t difficult at all, but
