I had a really stellar reading month to start of 2022. I read a lot of titles and most of them were 4-star reads, so I'm counting both of those things as a major win! If you are interested in any of the January books, I've got reviews for most of them (a couple more… Continue reading January Reading Wrap-Up and February Plans
Month: January 2022
Year of Projects 2022 – Week 5
This week, I finished up sock #1 of the By Naughty Design pair. Pattern is from Hunter Hammersen and yarn is from Long Dog Yarns, their Bounce Sock Yarn in A Shortcut to Mushrooms colorway, the first of their LOTR-themed club colors. These are a bit fussy to work with lots of twisted stitches but… Continue reading Year of Projects 2022 – Week 5
Book Review: The Origin of Wizards, Witches and Fairies
Synopsis from Goodreads: This book tells the fascinating story of the origin of our ideas about wizards, witches and fairies. We all have a clear mental image of the pointed hats worn by such individuals, which are based upon actual headgear dating back 3,000 years to the Bronze Age. Carefully sifting through old legends, archaeological… Continue reading Book Review: The Origin of Wizards, Witches and Fairies
Book Review: Spilt Milk
Genre: Contemporary FictionStar Rating: 2 out of 5Synopsis from Goodreads: Centenarian Eulalio Assumpcao has reached the end of his long life. From his modest bed in a Rio public hospital, as his mind falters, he grandly recounts his past to passing nurses, his visiting daughter and the whitewashed ceiling. His eccentric stories are seemingly nothing… Continue reading Book Review: Spilt Milk
Book Review: The Last Mona Lisa
Genre: Fiction, historical fiction, art-history thriller.Star Rating: 4-1/4 out of 5Plot Summary from Goodreads: August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now… Continue reading Book Review: The Last Mona Lisa
Year of Projects: Week 4
This week, I'm working on a new spinning project. I have a lot of handcarded batts in stash and I decided that I would tackle a set of those next. These are from KCKnits on Etsy (although I think her store is permanently closed) and the colorway, Princezna Hyacinta, is inspired by an Alphonse Mucha… Continue reading Year of Projects: Week 4
Book Review: All of Us Villians
Genre: YA/FantasyStar Rating: 4 out of 5Plot Summary from Goodreads: The Blood Moon rises. The Blood Veil falls. The Tournament begins. Every generation, at the coming of the Blood Moon, seven families in the remote city of Ilvernath each name a champion to compete in a tournament to the death. The prize? Exclusive control over… Continue reading Book Review: All of Us Villians
FO Friday – Sonoran
Project Details: * Pattern: Sonoran shawl design by Makenzie Alvarez (Ravelry link)* Yarn: Knit using 4 skeins of sockweight yarn: A Homespun House Stellina in Pinky Promise (pink multi), Less Travelled Yarn 757 Sock in Toadstool Problems (light green), The Unique Sheep Luxe in Sinful (brown) and Cascade Heritage Handpaints in 9824 (dark green). Total… Continue reading FO Friday – Sonoran
WIP Wednesday – January 19, 2022
I'm trying to finish up some languishing WIPs this month since I have two fairly large projects (one big stole and a sweater) I want to start in the next couple of weeks, so I pulled out all the things sitting in my basket to see what I could get off the needles before then.… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – January 19, 2022
Book Review: The Forgotten Sister
Synopsis from Goodreads: In the tradition of the spellbinding historical novels of Philippa Gregory and Kate Morton comes a stunning story based on a real-life Tudor mystery, and of a curse that echoes through the centuries and shapes two women’s destinies…1560: Amy Robsart is trapped in a loveless marriage to Robert Dudley, a member of the… Continue reading Book Review: The Forgotten Sister
Knit One, Spin Too 