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In progress: November 2012



First Draft

“Fairfax”. Around 140K. I managed to keep working on this guy even through Nano. I was somewhat distressed this morning to realize that the ending (which WILL happen in December) feels a bit deux ex machina to me. Well, there are other drafts to go. And I have to get to the end.

NaNoWriMo Yes. 82,235, and the end.More on that later maybe.


Editing

Ha, yeah right. 




Knitting

Biohazard (pullover) Did a few inches on the first sleeve.
CTH’s Marielund. Back (not really finished in October like I said – I wrote that in the middle of the month before I realized how long the edging on Night Garden would take), part of one front. 
“Ceremonial Armour”. KF cardigan.  Did half of one of the five pattern stripes.
"Tinker" socks.  2 1/3. The first one I knitted twice, in fact. The yarn is way over gauge, and due to the sideways-ness of it all, I couldn't tell how gigantic the sock was until I'd seamed the side, alas, and had to rip the whole thing out. I did one pair and enjoyed it so much I'm doing them again in the inverse colorway. Christmas gift.

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