Kind of a slow week for progress but we had a wonderful visit with family we hadn't seen in almost 2 years, so that counts as a win in my book! I worked on 2 projects for YOP this week. First up, the Foss Sweater. I finished the body, knit the boatneck ribbing, did a… Continue reading Year of Projects: Week 7
Month: August 2021
Book Review: The Rules of Magic
Synopsis from Goodreads: For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man.Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children… Continue reading Book Review: The Rules of Magic
WIP Wednesday: August 11, 2021
Not much to report this week on my one non-Year of Projects project, but here's where I am on Bronwyn currently. I have four repeats of the wheat-sheaf cable just about completed. I am estimating I will need nine total repeats to get to the portion of the body where I split for the underarms… Continue reading WIP Wednesday: August 11, 2021
Book Review: The Black Witch
Synopsis from Goodreads: Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied Black Witch, Carnissa Gardner, who drove back the enemy forces and saved the Gardnerian people during the Realm War. But while she is the absolute spitting image of her famous grandmother, Elloren is utterly devoid of power in a society that prizes magical… Continue reading Book Review: The Black Witch
Year of Projects 2021: Week 6
Still chugging along on several bigger YOP pieces but here's my weekly update on progress for them. Foss Sweater: I managed to get the front and back divided and worked the short-row shaping for the shoulders on the front. I did all of that in the evenings while my DH was enthralled with a TV… Continue reading Year of Projects 2021: Week 6
FO Friday: City Lights Shawl
I've got a finished item to share for this first Friday in August (whoops! Almost typed July! Where is this year zooming off to?). This is the City Lights Shawl, pattern by Tetiana Ortruda (Ravelry link). I used Miss Babs Yummy Sock in Blackbird and Spun Right Round's SW Sock in Blender for the 2… Continue reading FO Friday: City Lights Shawl
Book Review: Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony
Synopsis from Goodreads: November 1587. A report reaches London that Sir Walter Raleigh’s expedition, which left England months before to land the first English settlers in America, has foundered. On Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina, a tragedy is unfolding. Something has gone very wrong, and the colony—115 men, women, and children, among… Continue reading Book Review: Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony
WIP Wednesday – August 3, 2021
Since I'm highlighting the Year of Projects pieces I'm working on every Sunday, I thought I'd just pop in with a quick update on a non-YOP piece that I'm focusing on this month, which is my Bronwyn Sweater. This is break month in the Harry Potter Ravelry group I'm in, so no classes specifically but… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – August 3, 2021
Year of Projects – Week 5
More of the same this week - I'm still working on a bunch of larger projects so nothing new and shiny but here's my current progress: My Foss sweater has been completed up to the underarms and divided to work the front and back. Since I didn't get it finished for August, I don't have… Continue reading Year of Projects – Week 5
Knit One, Spin Too 