Synopsis from Goodreads: Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and equations, on a scholarship at Oxford, and dreams of solving the greatest mysteries of physics. She prefers the dependability of facts—except for one: the younger brother she loves with all her heart doesn’t have long to live. When George becomes captivated by a copy of… Continue reading Book Review: Once Upon a Wardrobe
Book Review: A Room With a View
Synopsis from Goodreads: Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her, until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance. Her eyes are opened by the unconventional characters she meets at the Pension Bertolini: flamboyant romantic novelist Eleanor Lavish, the Cockney Signora, curious Mr… Continue reading Book Review: A Room With a View
WIP Wednesday: October 12, 2021
I've been focusing pretty exclusively on my Saligna sweater this week outside of my Year of Projects items, and I'm happy to report I am THIS close to a finish! I just have the last bit of the second sleeve and the sleeve cuff ribbing to knit, and then of course, the ends to weave… Continue reading WIP Wednesday: October 12, 2021
Book Review: The Dead and the Dark
Synopsis from Goodreads: The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer.Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon. Teenagers are disappearing, some turning up dead, the weather isn’t normal, and all fingers seem to point to TV’s most popular ghost hunters who have just returned to town. Logan Ortiz-Woodley,… Continue reading Book Review: The Dead and the Dark
Year of Projects 2021-2022: Week 15
This week I've been focusing on a non-YOP piece (my Saligna sweater test knit) but did manage to get two of my YOP's worked on. My DH also has found work travel has kicked back into high gear for him. He's home this upcoming week but then gone for almost 2, including the weekend, so… Continue reading Year of Projects 2021-2022: Week 15
FO Friday: Tailfeather
I finished up my Tailfeather (Ravelry link) shawl/scarf this week. This design, by Amy Van De Laar of Baroque Purls, has two sizes and I opted for the wider version. I have had this one queued up for a while and thought it would be a really good match for some leftover Homage DK from… Continue reading FO Friday: Tailfeather
WIP Wednesday: October 5, 2021
A bunch of things on the needles right now to share, including one stealth start and finish, so let's jump right in! Keepsake (Ravelry Link): Romi Hill has a new "oddment's" collection that just released full of small/one-skein type projects. I really enjoyed making several from her previous collection, so I grabbed this one as… Continue reading WIP Wednesday: October 5, 2021
Book Review: Small Favors
Synopsis from Goodreads: Ellerie Downing lives in the quiet town of Amity Falls in the Blackspire Mountain range--five narrow peaks stretching into the sky like a grasping hand, bordered by a nearly impenetrable forest from which the early townsfolk fought off the devils in the woods. To this day, visitors are few and rare. But… Continue reading Book Review: Small Favors
Year of Projects 2021-2022: Week 14
This week, I finished up the Stillness Shawl I was working on. (You can pop over to Friday's post here to see more details.) Happy to have that larger project done and off the needles so I'm now working on.... A new spin. This is the last of the mixed sweater lot spin I've been… Continue reading Year of Projects 2021-2022: Week 14
FO Friday: Stillness Shawl
Delighted to report I finished up my Stillness shawl (Ravelry link). This design, from Helen Stewart, was originally a mystery KAL but has been out long enough you can get the entire pattern to work on at once. I used three colors of yarn I had in stash, all fingering/sockweight yarns. The dark purple is… Continue reading FO Friday: Stillness Shawl
