Gaming
No Man’s Sky: Base Location Guide
The thing about No Man’s Sky is that there are a million ways to play. Playing over the weekend I …
The Ultimate Sandbox Game: No Man’s Sky
No Man’s Sky is the ultimate sandbox game. At its core, it’s a game that you can play however you …
No Man’s Sky Update: Worlds Part 1 5.05
Update Patch 5.05: 8/19/24 I’ve been playing No Man’s Sky a lot lately, and I just got notice of an …
Assassin’s Creed Crochet Patterns
Assassin’s Creed spans over 10 games and has inspired crafters to design Assassin’s Creed crochet patterns since the first game …
Fallout 4
If you read my blog you know I am a teacher. I don’t get time to play video games during …
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
The cinematic trailer for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla premiered today and woah it looks so great. I love AC so much, …
Shopping
Free MM Romance: Assassin by Katy Haye Free Today
Free MM Romance Book Alert! Today & Tomorrow Only! (8/25-26/24) If you are looking for FREE MM romance, you are …
Queer Your Bookshelf Day!
August 16th is Queer Your Bookshelf Day What is that? Over 400 books that all feature LGBTQ+ characters are on …
Glass Jewelry by Local Athens Studio
While out and about, I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with the artist behind some amazing glass jewelry …
Free Book Alert!
Ariana Nash’s Twisted Pretty Things Free Kindle Edition on Amazon! I just saw that the first book in the Shadows …
Back to School – The School Year is Upon Us
Well, summer has been grand but my first day back at work was Friday, 7/26, and students return on Thursday …
Blank Journal for Daily Journaling
I love journaling. I also love notebooks, and when I am writing, I almost always start the writing process on …
Korean
Hangul Learning Resources to Study the Korean Alphabet
Obviously, the Hangul learning pages on my blog are fairly basic and the Internet has countless sources you can use …
Hangul – ㅅs and ㅆ ss
This tenth jamo in the South Korean writing system is letter ㅅ (siot). It is the 7th in the North …
Hangul – ㅂB/P and ㅃ PP
ㅂB/P This letter ㅂ (bieup) is pronounced like the letter B or P depending on where it falls in a …
Hangul – ㅁ M
This letter ㅁ (miem) is pronounced like an M. It is related to the Chinese word for mouth 口. It …
Hangul – ㄹ R or L
ㄹ = R/L This letter (rieul) can be pronounced like an R or an L.. it’s sort of in between …
Hangul Lessons: ㄷ = D/T and ㄸ= DD/TT
The letter ᄃ (digeut) is pronounced like a D or a T depending on where it is found in a …
Crochet & Knitting
Old Shale Knitting Pattern
In 2020 I devised a Modified Old Shale Knitting Pattern, modeled after a sweater worn by Taehyung of BTS, is based on a classic knit motif called Old Shale. The Old Shale pattern used on Tae’s sweater is unique because of the rows in between the one row of chevron pattern that makes …
How to do scblo in crochet
Crochet Techniques SCBLO, or Single crochet in back loop only, is a crochet technique that creates a stitch that creates a ribbing effect when done over multiple rows. To make this stitch, one works a single crochet but only into the back loop of the work. What is SCBLO Used For? SCBLO is …
Assassin’s Creed Crochet Patterns
Assassin’s Creed spans over 10 games and has inspired crafters to design Assassin’s Creed crochet patterns since the first game was released in 2007. Fans of video games love to make things so they can look like their favorite video game characters, and I am no different. Because I both game and crochet …
Crocheting Update
I’ve been crocheting a lot lately. With my after-school class finished for the school year, I’m mourning the loss of the dedicated time to crochet. I am still making the effort to work on my projects but I have to admit it’s hard when it’s summer to crochet on projects, especially as they …
Bee Stitch Dishcloth Pattern
The Bee Stitch is a classic knit stitch that can be replicated in many sorts of patterns. This dishcloth pattern has been “discontinued” on Ravelry. The only way to access the classic pattern is on the Internet Archive’s Way Back Machine. So I am posting the link to the Bee Stitch Dishcloth here …
Fingerless Gloves Crochet Pattern – Stacked Ladder Fingerless Gloves
This fingerless gloves crochet pattern is a quick and easy take on a popular stacked ladder motif. Abbreviations: Blo = Back loop only Ch = Chain(s) Hdc = Half double crochet Rep = Repeat Rnd(s) = Round(s) RS = Right side Sc = Single crochet Sl st = Slip stitch Sk = Skip …
Grandmother’s Favorite Dishcloth
Okay, so this is NOT my pattern, it’s an old classic that probably everyone has knit at least once. But the link to this pattern on Ravelry goes to an archived blogspot in the Internet Archive and that makes me a bit nervous that one day it’ll disappear completely. So, I am posting …
