Synopsis from Goodreads: If ye give not willingly, the Lords will rise… In 1913, Henry Hamilton disappeared while on a business trip, and his sister, Sorrow, won’t rest until she finds out what happened to him. Defying her father’s orders to remain at home, she travels to Tidepool, the last place Henry is known to… Continue reading Book Review – Tidepool
Month: July 2021
Book Review: Practical Magic
Synopsis from Goodreads: For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers… Continue reading Book Review: Practical Magic
Book Review – The House in the Cerulean Sea
Synopsis from Goodreads: Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned… Continue reading Book Review – The House in the Cerulean Sea
Year of Projects – Week 4
This week, I finished spinning the first of the 2 bobbins of singles for the current 4-oz braid I'm working on. This is the 75/25 mixed BFL/silk braid from Pigeonroof Studios in the "Dovecote" colorway. I've really been loving these soft grayish-teals right now! I've already started bobbin 2, but here's the first half of… Continue reading Year of Projects – Week 4
FO Friday – Wild Bees Socks: July 22, 2021
I'm on a roll - two finished objects on two subsequent Fridays! (Although I think this is a short-lived trend as everything else on the needles is a fairly large project now.) These are my finished Wild Bee Socks (Ravelry link). The design is by Helen Stewart from her Handmade Sock Society 4 collection. I… Continue reading FO Friday – Wild Bees Socks: July 22, 2021
Book Review: An Ember in the Ashes
Synopsis from Goodreads: Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world,… Continue reading Book Review: An Ember in the Ashes
WIP Wednesday: July 20, 2021
While I'm obviously working on Year of Projects items, I do have a few other things on the go. I finished the pair of socks I was working on and those will have their own post for FO Friday this week. I have two sweater projects I was working on before I found the YOP… Continue reading WIP Wednesday: July 20, 2021
Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
Synopsis from Goodreads: For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet fishing village. Kya Clark is barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when the popular Chase Andrews is found dead, locals immediately suspect her. But Kya is not what they say. A born naturalist with just… Continue reading Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
Year of Projects: Week 3
This week, I finished up several of my goals (which you can see in prior posts this week). I finished the Frostwork scarf, and the first 8 oz of spinning that I had been working on when the year started. I started the next 4-oz braid of fiber for the sweater spin I'm working on.… Continue reading Year of Projects: Week 3
FO Friday: July 16, 2021
Two finished things to share this Friday. It sure felt good to get a few more things crossed off my Year of Projects list. Frostwork Scarf: This pattern (Ravelry link) is another great one from Susanna IC. The pattern comes with instructions for a scarf and a blanket (or really large shawl), but I felt… Continue reading FO Friday: July 16, 2021
Knit One, Spin Too 