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In Process -- April 2018


Daily efforts
That horror novel: Maybe 30,000 words.
That short story in my email isn’t really a short story anymore. Mostly it’s a huge pile of notes. I don’t know what to do with it, but I like it so…

Accomplishments
“Wind/Water/Salt”. Posted chapter 9 to OWW.

Connecting
Critted 9
Got back 2

Subs
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Knitting
Ann Boleyn (1998). Started the month with roughly 82 rows to go on the body. Now 25? I find this hard to believe. There must be a math error somewhere? That makes it seem like I’ll be done with this project someday, and well, that just doesn’t seem true. Of course, there’s the possibility that I cut the steeks and it doesn’t fit at all. Quite likely. I don’t know that it’s going to be wide enough. It’s certainly long enough though.
Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). I erroneously said I’d planned the instarsia for the back in March. That was a lie. 
Nukumori (Knitty Winter 2017). Finished the first one. 

I also sewed a slip-cover for one of our ikea chairs. It looks amazing. 

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