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I’ve been knitting a lot recently. Even more than is usual. I know! But I promise, this isn’t going to turn into a knitting newsletter.
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As I mentioned in my last newsletter, there’s a gorgeous octopus sweater that I’m eyeing. However, it’s too advanced for my level currently.
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While I consider myself somewhere between an intermediate and advanced knitter, I’ve never done colorwork, or what’s also called stranded knitting. I’ve done a lot of lace work and cable work, as well as lots of socks.
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I knit holding the yarn in my right hand, which is referred to as English knitting. The other main style of knitting that generally gets talked about is continental knitting, which is where you hold your yarn in your left hand. (There are many, MANY other styles of knitting as well.)
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To do colorwork, and to be fast at it, I decided to teach myself not only how to knit continental style, but to be able to hold two strands of yarn at once, a different color in each hand.
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I’ve been knitting for decades. It’s been very interesting teaching myself a new way to do something that’s already so familiar.
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While I admit that sometimes I get frustrated with my left hand, and I end up just grabbing the yarn and making the stitch using my right, I’ve seen glimmers of what knitting continental might mean in terms of speed. I don’t know if I’d ever switch to it completely. It’s been frustrating but fun to learn.
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I started this hat this week. After watching a bunch of YouTube videos, I understood how to pick an easy pattern. This pattern, despite how pretty (and complicated) that it looks, is actually really easy to knit.
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I’m going to do a couple more smaller colorwork projects before I tackle the octopus. I’m hoping that by this time next year, I’ll be ready.
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Anyway, here’s a picture of the hat I started this week, that I’m about 3/4 through.
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As some of y’all may already know, I’m planning on dipping my toes into live sales. I’m uncertain if I want to make it a lifestyle or not. Though, knowing me, I’ll probably dive into it for at least a couple of years, then back away slowly. So you might see a lot more of me actually in person. I’ll let y’all know.
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I have three events coming up. One is on Sunday, Oct 26, at Island Books, on Mercer Island. (3014 78th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA) The event is from 2 – 4 PM that day.
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There’s the Enumclaw wine walk, at the Dusty Shelf. (1456 Cole Street, Enumclaw, WA)
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Saturday November 15th, from 4 – 8 PM.
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I also believe I have some sort of holiday fair at a bookstore in Monroe? More on that when I get details.
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In addition, I’ll be at Hearthcon, which is a virtual cozy fantasy convention. That’s happening October 11th and 12th, all day both days. I’ll be on the indie publishing panel. If you read or write cozy fantasy, you should check it out!
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I went to an event yesterday, the Puyallup Book Fair, which was hosted by Bundock books. It was fun, lively, and loud. That’s my primary concern about doing events, how much they’ll drain me. We’ll see.
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AND...The Death By Brisket kickstarter launches on October 1!
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A brand new cozy mystery. With magic. And MEAT.
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🥩 Love cozy mysteries with strong, bantering, female leads
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🥩 Think quirky characters and delicious BBQ are the perfect backdrop for murder
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🥩 Want charming small towns and a light sprinkling of magic in your mysteries
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Then this is the next book for your TBR pile!
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Launching October first! Be the first to be notified when the campaign goes live!
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Daring starship captain? Check.
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Best friend/deadly assassin? Check.
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Aliens? Still searching...
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Rosey builds personalized racing starships for a living. She doesn't care about finding live aliens.
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However, she will go and check out this supposed alien wreck for her best friend, Jamaal.
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What she discovers may change the galaxy.
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Alien Wreck—the start of a new, fast-paced science fiction series by master storyteller Leah R Cutter—leads the reader on a daring galactic treasure hunt, with everyone racing to find the missing pieces of the alien puzzle.
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Be sure to read the rest of this finished series!
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To celebrate the release of the NEW science fiction series by Leah R Cutter (Live Alien Contact) the first novel in her other science fiction series (The Long Run) is on sale for only $0.99!
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The Universal Trading Cartel has Judit trapped.
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Her choices stink: prison down on a planet, or serving the Cartel as another peon in their soul-crushing machine.
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Her savior? An alien trying to break the stranglehold the Cartel has over all trade.
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Her job? Command an experimental spaceship containing more secrets than anyone will ever imagine, let alone believe. Enough to get them all killed if the truth ever comes out.
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Her shadowy boss calls it Project Nemesis.
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She’ll be free of the Cartel or die trying.
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Project Nemesis—the first book in the space opera series The Long Run—takes you on a wild ride with aliens, corporate espionage, and, oh yeah, lots of snark.
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Be sure to read all the books in this completed series!
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