- Knitting Notes
First two yarns of 2025 are used up – these hexipuffs are the rest of the The Alpaca Yarn Co. Paca-Peds and Wonderland Yarns & Frabjous Fibers Cheshire Cat yarns I just made hats with. It was nice to get some yarn struck out of my list – I sat on all my ends last… Read more: Knitting Notes - Jane and the Stillroom Maid – Stephanie Barron
This series is a supposed look into Jane Austen’s diaries, theoretically finding inspirations for various characters and locations in her books. This book finds Jane, her mother and her sister in the Peak District, near Chatsworth House. If you’ve seen the 2005 Pride and Prejudice, Chatsworth was used as Pemberley, and it is considered to… Read more: Jane and the Stillroom Maid – Stephanie Barron - Knitting Notes
Pattern: Allerton Hat by Wooly Wormhead Yarn: The Alpaca Yarn Co. Paca-Peds in the Stardust colorway Needles: Size 1.5 DPNs This is a cute pattern – and has enough going on to keep it interesting, even though it’s fundamentally a garter stitch tube. And can I say how gratifying it was to do grafting in… Read more: Knitting Notes - Death and Relaxation – Devon Monk
This is a fun book. Delaney and her sisters are the bulk of the police force in the small town of Ordinary, Oregon. What a good deal of the regular townsfolk don’t know is that Ordinary is a popular spot for the gods to come for a vacation from their regular lives, and Delaney’s family… Read more: Death and Relaxation – Devon Monk - The Black Bird Oracle – Deborah Harkness
This is the fifth book in the All Souls series. Book number four was about Marcus and Phoebe, and was a fairly stand alone story, but this book is obviously the beginning of a whole new story arc. Matthew and Diana’s twins are approaching seven, which is the age that witches are traditionally tested for… Read more: The Black Bird Oracle – Deborah Harkness
Books Read 2025
- Books and Broadswords, Volume 1 – Jessie Mihalik
- How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying – Django Wexler
- Next Level – Stacy T. Sims
- The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends – Peter Berresford Ellis
- The Familiar – Leigh Bardugo
- The Black Bird Oracle – Deborah Harkness
- Death and Relaxation – Devon Monk
- Jane and the Stillroom Maid – Stephanie Barron
Currently Reading
- The Collected Enchantments – Theodora Goss
- Sacred Ground – Mercedes Lackey
- 2020’s Finished Knitting Projects
- 2010’s Finished Knitting Projects
- 2000’s Finished Knitting Projects
