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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 2h

And they have people who teach how to do it if you're left-handed, which is harder to find IRL.

fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 3h

Charles de Lint is hands down one of my favorite authors. The tone and pacing tends to be super soothing, even if there is some great evil on the horizon. Unfortunately, most of his works are out of print, so you have to search for them.

Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 15h

Years ago I gave my kid a copy of THE CATS OF TANGLEWOOD FOREST by Charles DeLint and they read it in a day and loved it. What I didn’t know is that they STILL HAVE IT and they’re reading it again now and I’m like awwww I gave you a comfort read awwww

It’s a very specific happiness

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 3h

Very different if you're doing it as a business. I could never.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 3h

A lot of people do. They might have a smaller project like a hat or scarf or something they work on on the train or in the doctor's office. It's honestly kind of nice to have something to do with your hands sometimes.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 13h

Smoked teas, like a Russian caravan or a lapsang souchang. They're a bit of an acquired taste, but like drinking a campfire. White2tea's northern grown is going on my Christmas list this year, as it's both smoky and fruity.

fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 13h

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Classic fairytale, only escape from the forest is far from assured.

This is on the list for its child stealing, beguiling, horrific forest, the one woman who has navigated it once before, and the child she's brought out that's *changed*.

Fantastic bit of fiction and a quick read.

The cover of The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed. Skull-faced animals lurk among trees almost as dark as the background bearing bright red apples. There's a rabbit, a fox, a unicorn, and raven.

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CrouchingPenguinHiddenSword @sgtwaddles42.bsky.social · 18h

Iunno, bruh. I keep finding myself disappointed with both the romance and fantasy sides of the Romantasy genre. The fantasy bits are usually blah, and the romances constantly have me wondering wtf is appealing about these asshole MMCs and/or where/when did the romance occur in the story

📚💙 📚🌶️ 📚🪐

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 18h

Vigilante Labs might be a good bet as they do both women's wear and structured men's wear styles

Also look at alysia cole styling (she's on insta, tiktok, and has a website) as she often shouts out more unconventional designs and options for weddings

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 20h

Finished my first higher vis crochet hat for winter evening walks. I want another one that's a little lighter weight, too.

Pattern: diamond ridges by Kristy ashmore on ravelry
Yarn: Minnie DK in suncatcher by @dyemadyarns.bsky.social (technically discontinued, but can custom order)

Close up of the diamond texture of a neon rainbow beanie, demonstrating how the reflective thread is less visible in normal light.

Photo of a hat taken with flash to demonstrate the reflective thread in the edge

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 1d

Clearly Farimar thinks the tea smells good too

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 1d

This is literally only on this list because pirates and I feel like it should be.

It's been a LONG time since I've read it, so ymmv

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 1d

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Bit of an odd one from the author best known for the Redwall series (peak cozy).

The MC is the ship's boy on the Flying Dutchman, a ship that's been cursed to haunt the seas down the centuries. And while most of them are rogues of the worst sort, the boy and the dog deserve redemption.

The cover of Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques. There's a ship in the background against a stormy sea and a boy in ripped clothing with a dog in the foreground.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 1d

They're bells! They're used by necromancers to control the dead, or in the case of the abhorsen to put the dead back down. It's a really cool magic system.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 1d

I finished a reread of this yesterday lol.

I hadn't realized that the old kingdom is canonically a part of another world just kind of stuck onto Ancelstiare, but it is.

I'll be into the ones I've not read before soon.

Daily Book Covers @dailybookcovers.bsky.social · 2d

Book: Abhorsen (2003)
Series: The Old Kingdom #3, Abhorsen #3
Author: Garth Nix

#BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #GarthNix #Abhorsen

This one is pretty well known, but I've never heard of this series. Maybe it's not very well known around here.

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Daily Book Covers @dailybookcovers.bsky.social · 1d

Book: Abhorsen (2003)
Series: The Old Kingdom #3, Abhorsen #3
Author: Garth Nix

#BookSky #Books 💙📚👀 🪐📚 #bookskyES #GarthNix #Abhorsen

This one is pretty well known, but I've never heard of this series. Maybe it's not very well known around here.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 1d

That's the one!
I also recommend Harts fabrics, even if you're not in the US, they have such a well curated collection of indie patterns.

fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 1d

The estuary skirt is super cute, I forget who it's by tho

Lina Piprek's stuff is very up that alley, she's finishing up Kickstarter fulfillment and should be opening that to the public after that's done

Folkwear patterns

Rachel maksy does a lot of that with big 4 patterns

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 2d

This is a very good point.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 2d

It's quite good, although I'm afraid to reread it as the use of AI in it might make me twitchy with the current circumstances.

It's one of those very surrealist scifi, if that makes any sense.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 2d

Realistically, it'll probably only break your heart. Frankenstein was one of the only books we read for lit class where most people came away like that was pretty good iirc. Granted we were honors nerds, but still.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 2d

Yup, like I want to re-read Rose/House, but I'm not sure I can take however many times they say AI seriously.

I do sort of wonder if this will cause a change in the way scifi discusses AI, in order to separate it from what lay people come to understand the current AI as. It'll be interesting

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 2d

No idea what I'm doing here, but it's fine.

How about some malicious AI with lunch?

Technically a thriller, but they're investigating a murder in a house no one can enter except our MC, so this might as well be horror. Especially since the house is haunted and watching them.

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The cover of Rose/House by Arkady Martine. A labyrinthine pattern overlays the sky and centers on the silhouette of a person on a red sand dune.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 2d

I'm at the point where I twitch when I hear AI in scifi. It's not the author's fault and what we're being sold isn't AI. It's crappy machine averaging at best.

Scifi style Artificial Intelligence would be very cool, but we're not there yet and probably won't be for quite some time.

Penguin Ponders @penguin-ponders.bsky.social · 2d

Everytime someone says to me 'AI is inevitable' all I hear is

Corp ownership of all creation is inevitable
Corp surveillance of all activity is inevitable
Corps controlling all information is inevitable
Harm from corp products having no consequence is inevitable

and so on. F that.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 3d

I think the answer is just switch it up, but especially if you're feeling discomfort from a movement or position. It's when you consistently push through the discomfort that you really start getting those repetitive motion injuries. So get up, stretch your hands and wrists, and take breaks.

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fairygrrl97.bsky.social @fairygrrl97.bsky.social · 4d

Twofer today.

Queen Demon's descriptions of horses that are definitely not horses got it on this list. Then it got me thinking of other carnivorous horses.

I've not read Rampant recently, but the venomous, man-eating unicorns, Bucephalus, and the women who slay them made an impression.

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The cover of Queen Demon by Martha Wells. A masked(?) running man in elaborate, jewel-toned clothes decorates the cover.

The cover of Rampant by Diana Peterfreund. There's the classic half a face of a pretty blonde woman and an ornate sword reflecting a unicorn in it.

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