This scarf would be finished except that I found that I had made an error in it, so I had to go back and fix it, and I am just past where I was before. This is still nearly finished, so I hope to have it complete in the next day or so.

For my year end review I will start with my books:

2023 Books

• January
• Further Chronicles of Avonlea
• February
• The Mother-In-Law
• The Tsar of Love and Techno
• Cheaper by the Dozen
• Belles on their Toes
• The School of Essential Ingredients
• Better Off Thread
• Seven Threadly Sins
• March
• Carbs and Cadavers
• Fit to Die
• Chili con Corpses
• Stiffs and Swine
• Death al Dente
• The Women in Black
• April
• The Other Americans
• Crime Rib
• The Arabic Quilt
• Butter Off Dead
• Treble at the Jam Fest
• May
• How Does It Feel to Be a Problem
• Toe Shoe Mouse
• As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles
• Conditional Citizens
• Carried to the Grave and Other Stories
• June
• Knit One, Die Two
• The Battered Body
• Black Beans and Vice
• The Turtle of Oman
• The Turtle of Michigan
• Pasta Mortem
• Life without a Recipe
• July
• The Art of Cake
• Silent Knit, Deadly Knit
• August
• The Language of Baklava
• A Fatal Yarn
• October
• Paul for Everyone: Romans, Part One
• Knitty Gritty Murder
• The Murder of Mr. Wickham
• The Late Mrs. Willoughby
• Hot Thai Kitchen
• November
• Persuasion
• Thicker than Water
• Death by Christmas Scarf
• Death of a Christmas Card Crafter

Now for my finished objects. It is a little more complicated this year, because two were commissions. I did the swatches and the pattern writing and someone else did the knitting. So, there are two rather larger projects that aren't reflected here.

2023 Finished Projects (knit, crochet, or sewn)

• Rih, Design Sample for Me - knit January 20
• Roger Bear, Charlie - knit January 29
• Tillie Bear, Amelia - knit February 20
• Yathrib, Design Sample for Me - knit May 1
• Togetherness Cowl, Me - knit May 6
• Snowflake Granny Square, Me - crochet July 27
• Nabati, Me - knit November 16
• Ha'il, Me - knit November 28
• Lacy Sunbeam Facecloth, MIL - knit December 2
• Merry and Bright Stocking, Autumn - knit December 12
• Ma Chérie Amour, Gift - knit December 28

One of the things I found interesting about The Mysterious Affair at Styles is that it was written from Hastings' point of view. I had been introduced to Poirot through the television series, and had never read these books, so I found it a fun romp. I'm almost finished with it now. Not much progress in The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris, which probably indicates that I should pass it on to someone else who will love it.

Also, please pray that two of our books would appear again. Saint Athanasius' On The Incarnation has gone missing again. Also, along with it, my study book for Romans. I am about to buy the latter, and just give it away when it arrives, as that will make the first appear again. The former, however, was a gift to Rich when he entered study for the diaconate.

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