The Girdle of Melian

ravel time! Here's how the year went: January The travel roundup for 2024 , including Athens and Montreal, and more! February Ireland part 1 March Ireland part 2 April Ireland part 3 Ireland part 4 Ireland part 5 Ireland part 6 Ireland part 7 May Ireland part 8 Tolkien in Paris June Paris part 1 Paris part 2 Backyard adventures part 1 July Backyard adventures part 2 Vegemite ! August Rhys Darby live in Manchester ! Pulp and Bloc Party at the Montreux Jazz Festival September Geneva and fire station On the Border of France and Switzerland... October Prague and Zurich Prague part 2 Prague part 3 November Geneva opera ! Wee Con and Edinburgh Part 1 of 4 Fun Wee Con and Edinburgh Part 2 of 4 Arts and Crafts December Wee Con and Edinburgh Part 3 of 4 Edinburgh Part 1 Wee Con and Edinburgh Part 4 of 4 Edinburgh Part 2   I have various lists here and there of places I would like to visit, I might do a post about that! Here's one: W...

y crafts of 2025 roundup! This is blog post 1555 on my writing blog! I've been inspired by this 2025 in Review post by Osborn Fiber Studio Here's my roundup of crafts in 2024 ...and an overview! Winter Our Flag Means Death knitting, Swiss porcelain, and more Crafts in progress , and OFMD frame! Spring Tolkien's art in tapestry form ! Hodge podge , featuring yarn chicken! Summer Baking and other adventures OFMD baking fun Crochet, knitting, nature, dessert Autumn Baking, colouring, and other crafts Edinburgh arts and crafts I kind of seem to stay at the same level each year... My goals for 2025 were: "For this year, so far I've got a knit-a-long planned, for a pair of mittens! I've had the same goals for ages, to improve at crochet, to try spinning...but I think just making it a habit to knit more regularly will be enough!" I sort of accomplished this. Finished the mittens, practiced crochet some more (my granny squares were more ...