In process -- December 2017

Daily efforts

Wrote two short stories. Started that horror novel.

Accomplishments

ha

Connecting

Critted 6

Got back --

Circulating
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Knitting
Ann Boleyn (1998). Still on the hips, knitting downward. Ignoring until Ocracoke is finished.

Okracoke cardigan (Shirley Paden). I had to put this on hold for Christmas socks. Then I ran out of yarn two rows from the start of the hood decreases. Fortunately I have tons of scraps of handpainted purple sock yarn so I’m going to try to finish the hood with that, and then do the edgings and underarms in burgundy, we’ll see how it works.

High Voltage socks (Knitty DF17). Finished. I utterly suck at duplicate stitch, but these have arrows, and the recipient is into archery so he was happy with them anyway. I wonder if they’ll fall apart in the wash.

Vinculum socks (Knitty FF17). Finished.

Battle of Wills (Knitty w17). Finished, a couple of days after Christmas but whatever.

Vinculum II (for me!). Started first.

Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). Still on the back, still need to plan out intarsia. Ignoring until Ocracoke is finished. My life will be so much better when Ocracoke is finished.

Best TW feedback ever

Over at the dayjob, SMEs are feverishly trying to get documents back to me all marked up, in preparation for the release that's supposed to happen the week I'm back from VP. Today's best comment: Unfortunately not true. SMEs, they're so cute.

What I read: January 2024

"Morgan is my name" by Sophie Keech. Office book club selection. It gets exhausting to read about plucky young heroines who are terrible at needlework all the time. I should probably read some Jo Walton. I mean, you can be good at needlework and other things too! I didn't find this book very surprising. The first half was kind of boring, but it got better towards the end. LHC #233: "The Shifter" by Janice Hardy. I read her writing advice website regularly, so I thought I should maybe read an actual book to find out if she was worth it. Oh my, the voice of this book grabbed me immediately. The worldbuilding seemed shady but the voice was solid. It wasn't very subtle, but I might not be the target audience. LHC #234: "Ragnarok: The End of the Gods" by A. S. Byatt. At this point with my library account, I'm just guessing. I know there was something by Byatt there? I suspect there was. I did not know what to make of this book. Strange, but it w

What I read: March 2024

LHC #240: "Vita Nostra" by Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko. Translated by Julia Meitov Hersey. All I knew going in was dark academia. This was a neat thing to read after A Deadly Education last month. The students can leave this school at summer and winter break, but maybe they shouldn't. Also, interesting education method, providing Sasha with a CD player and punishing her if she leaves it in the mode where it plays all the tracks in sequence. "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman. When I finished Ragnarok by AS Byatt (last month? January?) I was thinking it might have made more sense if I had any knowledge of the subject matter. The boy had left this lying around, and it was not a tough read. LHC #241: "Science on a mission: How Military funding shaped what we do and don't know about the ocean" by Naomi Oreskes. I deferred this once because it was so long. History of science is challenging for me to read, because of the need to get a grasp on dispr

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