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In process, june 2015



First Draft
 “Wind/Water/Salt”. Wrote three missing scenes, adding characters, making tension.
“The Dead belong to Me.” Short story, started.

Editing
“Wind/Water/Salt”. Chapters 39 to end edited. Put in some missing scenes, and added a ton of missing characters. They need to be fleshed out at the beginning too now. How can I have written so much without defining so many characters? Seems like I knew all sorts of stuff that happened, but I didn’t write it down until now. This draft is so much better than the previous. I love editing.

Connecting
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Circulating
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Knitting
“Ceremonial Armour” (Kaffe Fassett, knit from a photo). Did not finish tying in ends. Did not buy beads. Did not crochet edging. Maybe next month.
“St. Anthony’s Ribbon” (self-designed). Got the needle from Rust Damask Jacket so I could do the neck edging. Finished and blocked and put in a box. Not sure I’m happy with the neck, but wearing it might make it better, and I can’t do that right now because it’s summer.
Vinterlys (Norsk Strikkedesign). Did the last 26 rows of the “front” of the sleeve so Rust Damask Jacket could have the needle, then finished the “back” so I can figure out if I have enough on the fronts. Still can’t tell – need to steek and cut and seam first maybe, then pin it all out.
Rust Damask Jacket (Takle & Kolstadt). Started fair isle portion of body.
Honey for the Bee. Socks. Carry-around project. Finished, mostly in the car while driving back and forth from New Hampshire. 
Prow pullover (IK Summer 2014). Started, for an easy project; did about 2 inches.

Finished sewing a dress. Started a tunic, learned to make bias tape.
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