oh. good point.

what is it you're wanting to make?

Tbh, the one thing I've wanted to make more than anything is a book colors Ravenclaw scarf.
But I don't think I have a bronze in my stash and the whole point of the projects are to use my currently owned yarns without bringing any new ones in.
BUT I also have a really lovely shawl pattern I could add to my list as well that I've wanted to make for a while as well. And can reward myself with bronze yarn at the end of the year (or maybe for my birthday) for my scarf.

ah cool. and i understand about (a)not wanting to get new yarn and (b) rewarding yourself with yarn when you're ready for it,

and i made a book-color scarf some years ago for my younger daughter.... but i ended up with it myself. XD

https://images4-g.ravelrycache.com/u...3_005436-1.jpg

That is lovely! Any chance you remember what yarns you used for it?

I'm thinking of going with the other scarf version. I think in the movies the first year or two they had the larger color blocks and then the later years they had the thinner accent color stripes. So I'll probably do the one with the thinner stripes. Or both if I get enough yarn for it. Or matching hat and fingerless gloves. Lol.
We'll see.
I should put it on a different "long term" project list. For once my current WiPs and stash busting is finished.

yeah, i've thought about redoing it with the thinner stripes.

the colors are Lion Brand Heartland yarn - the blue is Olympic and the bronze is Yosemite.

i finished reading Stephen King's On Writing, my first book finished towards this year's challenge! my favourite quote from it is: 'Life is not a support system for art. It's the other way around.'
currently i'm reading Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir and loving it. Really beautiful use of the graphic novel form, and just great storytelling all around. i hope to finish it in the next few days.

oooh awesome quote!

i know right! it's what i needed to read, to stop making excuses for myself and just write.

i generally just write in november. :D

I have On Writing but I've only made it half-way through and that was a while ago. It's still on my shelf here, somewhere, in wrapping paper so when I pull it out it will be a surprise.

Do you happen to do finger puppet, Kaderin? I picked up a bunch of felt last year to make felt boards for library storytime and such but I've yet to get to it. Finger and hand puppets are great for kids entertainment, and not as easily found as they used to be.

I still have it in my head to gather my friends and family that craft and all do a stuff swap between each other. We all have things we don't have ideas for, but don't want to get rid of because of cost. One day I'll use my yarn...one day.

Finished Wayward Son. It was a step up in intensity from Carry On but the cliff hanger wasn't actually that bad (but then, I knew it was coming). Baz remains my favourite character. "Go ahead and shoot me. This isn't my favourite shirt."

NOW I'll have to wait for book three to come out. I guess I'll finish Abalone Summer. It's not very engaging so I'll be passing it on once I'm done.

I do not do finger puppets. Mostly because I don't think a loom knit pattern for them exists. And also because I am not sure that I even have any glove pattern currently that would help with the finger part of it.

Is a loom knit a loop or something? Like for little tubes? I know very little about knitting beyond knit and purl and...not sure I know any other terms. I just make a square and sew it shut.

No further progress in reading. Distracted my a mouse in my supply drawer. At least it dodged my bag of felt an fabrics.

So...loom knitting is different (yet similar) to needle knitting. However, a lot of the smaller gauges are hard or even impossible to do with looms at the moment. But as loom knitting gains more crafters, there have been a lot more loom varieties coming out.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....1rYv0i1mZL.jpg
These are all looms. Most of them are only really suitable for bulky or super bulky yarns unless you want your project very lacy. A few of them would also be fine for Dk to worsted weight yarns and one or two could possibly be okay for sock yarns.
If I can find my extra fine gauge sock loom, I could possibly use your method for finger puopets. Not sure what I'd do with them after that though...
What size/dimensions do you make your square?

finally got Twisted Twenty-Six! woot! and i'll be starting reading it tomorrow. :)

finished reading Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich.... the next book doesn't have a twenty-seven in the title! :O

wait so like she wrote more than twenty six books in a series? :s-yell: or?

while reading munnu i'm also reading academy girls by nora carroll alongside. cause i'm used to reading novels alongside graphic narratives. the way i read webtoons alongside fanfic

well, i just read #26. #27 comes out in the fall. :s-smile:

Found a cheap copy of Fangirl while I was taking in some used books, so I'm on that now. I will finish Abalone Summer.

i'm back to rereading the Hitchhiker's Trilogy. i'm on book 4. XD

Read some the other day. Need to remember to update my progress soon. Still a good bit left before I finish anything though.
But after I finish the custom leash I'm making, I'm for sure taking at least a week off from looming because my wrist and fingers are angry. Because the person wanted it to be a very tight stitch. Which is really hard on my wrist and fingers to do.

But then I have to get back to making stuff soon to figure out how long it takes to make certain things so I can plan for either a workshop or class at the museum. Or both.
xD

I feel like this year may be a pretty busy year for me.

i'm almost done with Mostly Harmless. then i'm starting on my reread of my Sidney Sheldon books. some light reading. heh.

Stop reading so fast!
Lol

LOL? ;)

Library book event! Weeee!

Okay, I actually tend to forget the Tris events of late and have missed pretty much the lot in the past year, but books! It's calling me.

Still reading Abalone Summer (just a few pages left...) and Fangirl, off and on.

I picked up a beater copy of Good Omens at the used book store, and an anthology of recent horror writing inspired by Lovecraft.

i know, i'm loving the currency for this event! books!

my current book is the last book in the Murdoch Mysteries series. the character went one way in the books, and a different direction in the tv series, so that this last book is set like 20 years after the previous book (1917). but i think it's still about 10 years later than the current of the tv show (1908?... i think?)

The currency is fun.

Has anyone here read Red, White, and Royal Blue? It's recommended to me all the time since I read Carry On but I spotted it on a Canada Reads list and now I'm curious.

update: i've finished reading academy girls by nora carroll. i really liked it. it had a gothic feel even though its setting isn't gothic.
still reading munnu though, and trying to keep up with reading for classes as well.

@Quiet: it's on my goodreads TBR but i haven't got my hands on it yet!

Well Abalone Summer is done, and making it's way to the used book store methinks. I doubt I'll open it again. Debating what to read now, or rather, do I start a new book or finish the one that's already on the go? And if I pick a new book, do I read the new one I'm thinking about, or one of the ones on my "read this year" list?

the other day i finished the last Murdoch Mystery book, and i'm back to working my way through my Sidney Sheldon rereads. somewhere in there i'll have a few library books too. i'm not sure when i'll read the Poldark book series, but my library has them all, so i can start them whenever. :D

I've been way to absorbed in fanfiction lately so now I'm leafing through the actual book so I can remember what actually goes on in it.

Maybe I'll pick up Castle of Otranto since it's itty bitty. Haven't read Gothic in a while.

i've downloaded some longfics to read on my kindle after exams are over. i can't wait to read them!

I might finish a book tonight! Wooo!

yaay Kaderin!

i'm almost done my current book too

You're always almost done with a book!
8P

Lol

Yeah....only a lot more to go to finish my books! Though I recently discovered that one of my books is actually one of those big books that actually had multiple books from a series in it. So if I count those separately instead of as the full tome, I'm almost done with another book too. XD

not when i just start a book, i'm not almost done with it! XD

but that's a fun discovery too!

Finished a book last night! Time to work on knocking another out! Thought I might work my way through Frankenstein next, but omg it is so dry. For me anyway.

woohoo!!

i do want to read Frankenstein, at some point. Mary Shelley and i share a birthday!

I think I find it so hard to get through because I tend to read more modern novels, so the writing styles and even the English are vastly different compared to today's so I find the stories harder to I guess find relatable?
Or I just am a plebeian who has no respect for the classics. Idk.
XD

Also, I can only ever remember one famous
...being(?) who I share a birthday with: Garfield the cat. We're exactly 10 years apart.

lol? i've read Lovecraft. that takes some patience and deciphering to make out what he's actually just told you, so...i'm hoping i can read Shelley.

You'll probably be just fine with Shelley. Having the Hollywood versions of Frankenstein/Frankenstein's monster, the book much more subtle in comparison. The big, dramatic reveal is...not really so big. Or dramatic. In fact, it was almost a letdown.