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In progress: October 2022

 


Wind/Water/Salt

Chapters 39-51: Still need to take up comments and revise. 

Persephone (probably not its real name): Finished rewriting the the scenes near the ending. Much better now. Now I just need to write most of the Lindsay storyline. The boy asked to read it when it's done, and I said it might never be, which might have been too honest. I think I can finish it. 
Short Stories: I had to put something on OWW, so I forced myself to finish reading this and taking out the really obvious problems. This took about 10 hours longer than I expected. 
Critted 9 Got back 4 I need to keep putting things up for review! I had to reorganize my time a little bit to work on my own stuff and not just other people's. Which was a net good. 
Submissions 0 Out there 1 Rejects 0

Knitting
  • I Yam pullover (self). Done. It came out awesome. See the picture above. 
  • Striped long-sleeved t-shirt (self).  Since I Yam is done, I worked on the first sleeve. When this is done, I have some ideas for other things in the same vein to use up some loose ends of sock yarn. 
  • Tay Tartan cardigan (Martin Storey). I'd forgotten how pleasant fair isle can be when it's not a sleeve. 
  • Extra Whip socks (Coffeehouse knits). Finished the eighth sock, started the ninth. 
Sashiko project: Ironed and then sewed inside and outside of the skirt together, for real this time. Now I have to figure out how to put the zipper in, and draw the sashiko pattern on it, and... well, maybe I'll start something else, this looks like it will take forever. 

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