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What I Read: August
August was an okay reading month. For the most part, I enjoyed what I read. I just feel like the month got away from me and I didn't make as much time to read as I wanted. As always, click on the book...
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Agatha and Violet.
This week, a pretty important fiber-y thing happened: I got two wool sheep! I've been wanting sheep for a couple of years now. Back in the spring, I started looking into nearby farms and who had lambs...
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Spinning: Malabrigo Merino.
Some finished yarn! This is yet more fiber that I'd originally purchased to spin for myself, but decided to sell instead. (Because I'm knitting down my stash and it feels good.) If it doesn't sell at...
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Reading: I'm rereading Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell. I really enjoy her books in general, but this one is my favorite. I first read it about four years ago, and thankfully it's just as good as I...
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A question answered.
This was going to be a post about the little pile of hats I've been knitting, or maybe about the books I've bought lately (I seem to be on a nonfiction kick). But any of that would have just been...
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Reading: French Milk, by Lucy Knisley. I'm only a few pages into this, so I'm not sure how it'll be. It sounds interesting, though: it's a memoir about a girl who travels to Paris with her mom for 6...
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What I Read: September
Once again, September was a pretty good reading month. I liked or loved everything I read, with one notable exception. As always, click on the titles to read my Goodreads reviews. A Man Called Ove, by...
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Spooky reads (sort of).
I rarely, if ever, plan out exactly what I'm going to read next. I just pick up whatever I'm in the mood for. But I thought it might be fun to read some creepy, atmospheric books in the month of...
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Reading: The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, by Claire Legrand. I'm trying to read some fall and Halloween-ish books this month, and this is one I've had on my shelves for a while. I was originally...
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Sewing: Stella's skirt and doll dress.
Sunday was my niece Stella's birthday...she's three years old, can you believe it? Like almost every other little girl in America, she's obsessed with Frozen, so I knew that should be a theme with my...
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What I Read: October
October was a decent reading month. Nothing too amazing, but nothing bad either. I actually got around to all of the books on my spooky reads list except one! (I'm still reading Halloween Party so even...
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Reading: Flora & Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo. I love her books, even though they usually make me cry. (The Tiger Rising? Very good, but I have vivid memories of reading that book in one sitting,...
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Spinning: local Rambouillet fiber.
This is the most recent yarn I spun. I bought the fiber at the Olde Liberty Fibre Faire back in the spring, and it's 100% Rambouillet from a somewhat local farm. I love spinning Rambouillet and these...
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Cozy and thankful.
This is my absolute favorite time of the year, when it's still fall but heading into the Christmas season. Everything is so cozy. The crunch of leaves, and the smell of woodsmoke outside and our...
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What I Read: November
Like my "spooky reads"in October, I also had a bit of a theme with my reading this past month. Lesley of Words of a Reader, one of my favorite bookish YouTube channels, hosted a children's literature...
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Spinning: autumn-colored Finn.
I started spinning this fiber last month when I was selling at a craft show, and finished it a couple weeks ago. I had every intention of selling the finished yarn, but I loved how the colors were...
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Knitting: Christmas gifts.
I can finally share everything I've been knitting over the past two and a half months! :) Here are the Christmas gifts I made this year. I apologize for the bad quality of some of the photos...I'm...
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What I Read: December
This month's pile is a little sad! I was in a reading slump for most of the month. Because I was spending every extra moment knitting Christmas gifts, I didn't get a lot of reading done, and I wasn't...
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Best of 2016: Books
{Far from the Madding Crowd, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Summer of the Gypsy Moths, A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside, The Lightning Thief, Flora & Ulysses, 84 Charing Cross...
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In 2016.
I keep hearing everyone talk about what a horrible year 2016 was. But to be perfectly honest, it was the best year of my life and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. :)I fell in love with a really...
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