Posted in Hobbies, Knitting, tagged aran scarf, fair isle, Knitting, saranac, skull isle on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Alex and Mike, you are not allowed to read the last half of this post. Mmkay?
Anyway. Finally finished the Aran Scarf for Ashley, but she needs to pay me.
STATS
Pattern: Aran Scarf (found on knittingpatterncentral.com)
Needles: US 8 (5 mm) straights
Yarn: 2 skeins bulky weight – Lion Brand Homespun, “Edwardian”
Length: Probably about 75″
Width: 7″
Mods: I cut off [...]
Posted in Hobbies, Knitting, tagged Knitting, liesel, scarves on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I actually finished this back in September; I just never took the time to upload it.
STATS
Pattern: Liesel by MJ
Needles: US 8 (5 mm) straights – I need to branch out a bit, I think
Yarn: 1 skein worsted weight – Caron Simply Soft, I’m guessing this one was “Orchid” (no label)
Length: 75″
Width: 6″
Mods: I used the [...]
Posted in Fantasy, Genres, Media, Reviews, books on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. No like, no read.
People need something to believe in. It’s only common sense. Most people fulfill this need in the form of one god or another.
People need gods… but do gods need people as well?
They do in Discworld. In this bizarre world, gods feed off the belief of [...]
Posted in Dragons, Fantasy, Genres, Media, Reviews, books, tagged books, Brisingr, Christopher Paolini, Dragons, Eldest, Eragon, Fantasy, Reviews on October 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (book 3 of Inheritance cycle)
Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. No like, no read.
I’ll be perfectly honest here. I loved Eragon. Eragon was the first dragon-centric book I read outside of the Pern series, and I thought it was fantastic. I was young enough to overlook plot holes and flaws in the writing style, [...]
