"The Assassin's Riddle" seemed like such a promising book to start with, but it took half the book to get interesting! Now, I can handle slow starts - I read "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - but half a book?!? After that, it moved along quite well, and then, in the last three pages, it made me cry!
I crocheted another beaded necklace - this one is about 13 inches around, I'm getting better - and I made a bunch of bottle cap earrings. One thing that I did do that was different, I made a filigree wire bracelet. I like it and want to make more - they can only get better with practice.
I completed reading a magazine, but more importantly, I crocheted a beaded necklace. I stayed up late last night working on it, and it's quite intricate for a first time thing. I like it, but there is something wrong with it - the pattern says it should be 15 inches long, and it's only 11. Maybe I'll make another one, but with a bigger hook.
I crocheted a scarf out of Red Heart's Boutique Sashay Metallic and two more motifs for a sachet. I also made two more rings out of vintage earrings, and three sets of bottle cap earrings. I stopped early with those because it was late, and they involve making a lot of noise.
The book was okay. It was "Face Down Upon an Herbal," the second book in the Lady Appleton series. I didn't like how one of the characters had developed from the last book. The rings turned out pretty well, and were rather easy to make. I hope to get a bunch of those made for the craft show in November, as well as some sachets. I made a bunch of those for a swap at Silver Bella a few years ago, and while I was putting the finishing touches on them at the group dinner before the swap period, someone asked me if I was selling them. Well, hopefully I will be at the craft show. I just need to get to work!
I enjoyed the book. The heroine was too forward thinking for her day, but it wasn't too annoying. Sometimes, in the Regency era romances that I read, the heroine is too much like ladies of our century, and it annoys me. I read those types of books because of the romance, not how head-strong and independent the heroine is. No, I don't want them to be simpering or wilting violets, but I do want them to need the hero. The book also helped to remind me of my interest back in college of using herbs and natrural remedies, which I never did more than by a book about, but really wanted to read. Maybe I'll try to find it and see what I can learn.
I also did a tiny bit of crafting while on the beach - flaring out bottle caps and starting to crochet a sachet. I forgot to bring scissors, so I couldn't complete very much of the sachet. Overall, a good day.
Tom and I both think that it turned out quite nicely, and I can't wait until cooler weather so I can wear it.
We're having a shower for Josh at work on Thursday, and I was under a time crunch finishing this gift, because I had to order the yarn, and it just came in earlier this week.
I like how this blanket turned out, even though it's not complete by what the pattern says. The blanket isn't as big as the pattern says, and I couldn't finish the blanket with two rows of the same color, even though I ordered/bought the required amount of yarn. Regardless, I love the feel of the blanket. It's made with Bernat's Baby Blanket and it feels so soft, like a stuffed animal.
