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In Process -- June 2018


Daily efforts
Bonechill (that horror novel): I stopped working on this because I don’t know where it’s going, and I worked on WWS edits instead.
That huge pile of notes: still making notes

Accomplishments
“Wind/Water/Salt”. Posted chapter 10 to OWW.

Connecting
Critted 6
Got back 4

Subs

1

Knitting
Ann Boleyn (1998). Finished all the knitting and sewed the danglers in, sewed on clasps. Blocking was a strange challenge.

Celtic Gang Girls of the 70’s (Rowan and me). This needs to be finished by November. The sleeves are done. Started the month with 3 inches of back. Now I have 6. The finishing will be brutal!
FI Corset belt. To use up some sock yarn, and make some of my elastic-waist pants more wearable. And to see if I’ll wear it. Sometimes I covet things I won’t wear, and this might get me in the habit of wearing some other things I have around… anyway, I made a swatch and started knitting with black and midnight blue, which is tough to work on. The first inch looks good, though.
Socks. Started one.

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