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In progress -- October 2023



Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51: Still need to take up comments and revise. 

Persephone (probably not its real name): Thought thoughts mostly. 
Short Stories: Started one, have 90% of a first draft. 
Critted 4 Got back 0  
Submissions 0 Out there 0 Rejects 0
Knitting
  • Cathar (self). Started the month with the fair isle portion barely started. Did not progress.
  • Braids (self). Started divided for the neck and done 3/4 of the back I'd guess. Finished the back and front neck and rejoined and did about an inch of the left shoulder, so five inches to go, then the hood, then done. It would be cool to finish this this year. 
  • Owlie athletic socks. Started the month with one toe and two heels to do. Finished. 
  • Beady-eye owlie socks. Started the month with part of one leg. Finished both socks. 
  • Scarlotta socks. There was a disaster with the second beady-eye owlie sock, where I encountered a factory knot in the yarn where the beads were threaded mere minutes before I was going on a road trip, and the passenger seat is nowhere to be opening the knot the beads won't pass over, so I can rethread the beads on the other side of the break. So I grabbed a skein of yarn and wound it into a ball in the car, and started these. 

Sashiko project: Thoughts and prayers. 
Ruffle skirt: Thoughts and prayers. 

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