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In Progress: December 2025

Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Actually wrote that funeral scene. 

Persephone (probably not its real name): 
Vinterlys: Worked on Chapter 2 some more, but mostly planned and wrote backstory. 
Critted 4 Got back 1
Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 0
Knitting
  • Hamilton (Self). Started the month with just a tiny bit of knitting a hem and then the endless finishing. It's done. I'm so sick of this sweater. 
  • Georgia (Norah Gaughan). Started the month with one sleeve, one flounce, and the back done, and a front started. Finished that front, attached the sleeve, started the other front. The balls of yarn are like basketballs, so this is not a portable project. 
  • Ankylosaur socks (knitty). Started the month with half of the first one done. Finished. 
  • Aberlady (AS Celtic Collection). Started. I took it away for a week to relatives' for Christmas as my only project, and this was probably a mistake. But not for the reason you'd think! I had started on a US 2 needle and after a couple of inches I was clearly not getting gauge, and I didn't have any smaller needles with me, so on Boxing Day we had to do an emergency trip to a yarn store in another town to buy a US 0. This will probably take the whole of 2026, and that's okay. Currently very portable. 
Sashiko project: Nothing. 

Ruffle skirt: Nothing.

Purple Romper: Nothing. 

Nikka Pants: Nothing. 

Pyjamas (repair): Finished.  

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