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Lately.
It seems like it's been a long time since I wrote anything other than a Yarn Along post! Things have been busier than usual lately, in the best sort of way. But I feel like I've been knitting on the...
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The Peanuts Movie.
I've been a Peanuts fan ever since I was a kid. Like most everyone else, I grew up watching all of the different holiday specials. Peanuts has always been my favorite comic strip and for a long time,...
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What I Read: March
Unfortunately, with a couple of exceptions, March was a rather lackluster reading month! As usual, click on the title for my Goodreads review. Breadcrumbs, by Anne Ursu. This book seemed to borrow a...
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Knitting: alpaca socks.
Finally, a finished project! It seems like it's been a long time, and it has been two months since I shared one. These are plain vanilla socks, though I did make a few changes. When I first started...
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Reading: The Dirty Life, by Kristin Kimball. It's a memoir written by a woman who fell in love with a farmer she was interviewing for an article. She ended up moving from the city, marrying him, and...
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Good books (that I don't talk about enough).
My favorite books come up quite often around here, but there are other books that I love that I rarely, if ever, talk about. Rissi's post last month made me realize that, though I'm just now getting...
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Reading: The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion. Monk is one of my favorite TV shows, and this book reminds me of a romantic comedy starring Adrian Monk. I know that sounds weird, but I can't help but...
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Olde Liberty Fibre Faire {2016}
It seems that going to the Olde Liberty Fibre Faire has become a yearly tradition. {See 2014 and 2015.} It happens to usually fall very close to my birthday, so the fiber festival has become an...
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Knitting: Jaws socks.
Another finished pair of socks! Apparently I'm incapable of completing larger projects in 2016, but at least I can still knit socks. (Even if it did take me nearly a month.) There's not a lot to say...
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What I Read: April
What a sad little pile of books! Yeah...I definitely didn't get a lot of reading done in April. As usual, click on the titles to read my Goodreads reviews. Meant To Be, by Lauren Morrill. I bought this...
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Reading: The Rosie Effect, by Graeme Simsion. This is the sequel to the book I was reading in my last Yarn Along post (The Rosie Project). I can't say too much about this one without spoiling aspects...
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Reading: A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle. I read this book as a kid, but I remember absolutely nothing about it except that it involved time travel. I bought this copy at least 10 years ago and...
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Knitting: natural handspun shawl.
Last spring, I bought three batches of minimally processed roving from small farms (all American wool). Between last October and February, I spun the fiber into several skeins of bulky handspun. (I...
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What I Read: May
After a rather slumpy reading year so far, I feel like things got back on track in May! I'm excited about reading again. As usual, click on the title for my Goodreads review. Beezus and Ramona, by...
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All the fiber things.
There has been a lot of making going on, and amazingly, even some completed projects! I finished my sweater and my shawl within a few days of each other, and both of those had been on the needles for...
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Reading: The Lottery and Other Stories, by Shirley Jackson. Last fall I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle and absolutely loved it, so I want to read more Shirley Jackson this year. I'm really...
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Knitting: In Stillness sweater.
Finally. That's about all I can say for this sweater. I started knitting it on January 24th, planning on finishing it soon enough to wear before the weather got too warm. I finally finished it a couple...
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Reading: All Roads Lead to Austen, by Amy Elizabeth Smith. I picked up this book in Goodwill years ago. Since I'm a Jane Austen fan who also loves to read travel memoirs, it seems like something that I...
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Spinning: merino handspun.
Just some yarn I finished recently. The fiber was 4 ounces of hand dyed Merino that I bought at the fiber festival last year. Merino always spins up into a soft, squishy yarn, and this was no...
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Sewing: my ideal dress.
I've always had this idea in my head of "the perfect dress": fitted bodice, full skirt, made from cotton. No facings or collars or anything fiddly, and a good fit so I can move around without...
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