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College-style jacket
When I started this cardigan in early February, I honestly thought it would be a relatively quick project. A classic style, not too complicated, and above all, very nice to look at. It wasn’t until four months later that it was finally completely finished. It wasn’t a gigantic project in terms of knitting, but it was one that occasionally disappeared…
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Fairyloot Adult #50: May 2026
I completely missed the announcement of the May theme for Fairyloot Adult. Probably because I skipped the April box and time seems to fly twice as fast then? Before I even realized it, I received the order confirmation in my inbox. Oops, lol. I actually don’t really know what I would have done if I had seen the announcement, because…
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The Broken Binding SF&F Sub #5: May 2026
In my previous unboxing of The Broken Binding SF&F Subscription, I already mentioned that the subscription was converted from a bimonthly to a monthly subscription after barely six months. This meant that immediately after the April book, a new delivery was already on the doorstep in May. The theme for May was Ghostly Memories and promised a standalone historical fantasy…
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Page & Wick #10: January 2026
It seems like Page & Wick has been having quite a lot of bad luck lately. I had skipped the September and November boxes, but I had no more skips left for the January one. Normally, I should have received a reset for the new year, but that wasn’t the case on their website at the time, and I didn’t…
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Illumicrate #43: April 2026
The teaser video that Illumicrate posted on Instagram for the April theme actually caught my attention immediately. It started with a stately building, followed by a rather eclectic collection of images: old-fashioned keys, a marble statue in a pond full of lilies, an English cottage-style house among the plants, a tiger, a forest, fairy lights, a detail from a carpet,…
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The Broken Binding SF&F Sub #4: April 2026
Although The Broken Binding’s SF&F subscription started in November as a bimonthly subscription, it was converted to a monthly subscription in April. That means the previously expected six books per year have now doubled to twelve. Although I keep saying that I need to be a bit more selective about the books I buy through my book subscriptions, you absolutely…
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On the go #20
While fewer creative updates have appeared on the blog over the past few months, that certainly didn’t mean I haven’t made anything or started making anything at all. On the contrary! The Alley Jumper (@Fabelknitwear) I have a number of Fabel Knitwear’s knitting patterns on my wishlist, and although many look relatively simple, I often see comments that her instructions…
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Illumicrate #42: March 2026
The theme for the March issue of Illumicrate sounded really cool. Additionally, Illumicrate revealed that their next bookpot would be in this box. Although I have collected quite a few of those pots by now, I really have a soft spot for them. So I was happy that such a pot was going to be in a box where the…
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The Broken Binding SF&F Sub #3: March 2026
After taking out this new subscription with The Broken Binding in October, we are already on to the third book in this SF&F Subscription. While the first two books in this subscription fell under the “SF” category, the book for March was set to be a new Fantasy release. The theme for this release was Verdant Demise, with a book…
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Read in May 2026
May felt like a return to an old reading habit. Up until now, I hadn’t read many thrillers or mysteries this year, but that suddenly changed this month. In total, I devoured six books within those genres, five of them as audiobooks. Not all of them were equally successful when it came to ratings, but I genuinely enjoyed the experience…
Charlotte on crocheting, knitting, reading and such
