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In Process -- January 2018



Daily efforts
Kept writing that horror novel. I might have 10%.
Wrote on a short story thing not sure what exactly it is, but it made me happy.

Accomplishments
“Wind/Water/Salt”. Posted chapter 7 to OWW. 

Connecting
Critted  6
Got back 1

Circulating Subs (I’m changing this because it might motivate me to do more than send out something at the end of the month in order to get that coveted single point. Aim higher in 2018!)
1

Knitting
Ann Boleyn (1998). Still on the hips, knitting downward. I actually worked on this!
Okracoke cardigan (Shirley Paden). Finished.
Vinculum II (for me!). I’m on the foot of the second one, so almost finished.
Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). Still on the back, still need to plan out intarsia.  Kind of ignored.

Arnhild (Elsebeth Lavold: Viking Knits and Ancient Ornaments). What happened was this: I was working away on Ann Boleyn while watching Game of Thrones, and I realized I'd made a ridiculous colorwork error. My first impulse was to rip out four rows of body and do them again, but well, ripping out colorwork with shaping is always dodgy. And four rows? So I put that in time-out and started something else. I’m doing some length and shape modifications, we’ll see how it goes. I want something that will cover my butt completely, not just a little bit, in leggings. 

The next day, I decided to just keep going with AB as set. It will be a conversation starter. 
 

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