Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Spinning on Aug 22nd, 2010
Proof that not all of the bugs are in the garden these days.
She followed me home, can I keep her?
I finally took the plunge and bought a spinning wheel. It wasn’t the one I thought I was going to buy, and it wasn’t the one that I really wanted but the Ladybug will [...]
Posted in garden on Aug 8th, 2010
We’re all hiding from the heat today. The temperature is 98 degrees (36 degrees Celsius) and the heat index is 112 (44 Celsius), the hottest day this summer. Upstairs, the drapes are all drawn so there’s a shadowy coolness, perfect for cat napping. Me, I’m in a sweatshirt downstairs where it’s at least 5 degrees [...]
Posted in Spinning on Jul 18th, 2010
In Tour de Fleece news, I’m still madly spinning, just not posting my progress. This is the 2-ounce bump of cormo from Strawberry Moon Fibers that I bought at Shepherd’s Harvest in Lake Elmo, MN in early May.
The spinning is rustic at best, veering from fingering to worsted weight and the plying is beginner’s stuff. [...]
Posted in Life on Dec 20th, 2009
We have sunshine today and no snow except a few grimy snow banks here and there. Snow flurries are predicted for Christmas Eve and since we’re not traveling I’ll be happy to see it. But when it’s done snowing, give me back the sunshine.
Today is Christmas card writing, package wrapping and napping day. For some [...]
Posted in garden on Aug 16th, 2009
The first praying mantis of the summer. Along about early August I start looking for these guys, sort of a “Where’s Waldo?” search through the patio boxes.
Normally I find them all over the sweet autumn clematis just before it blooms, but this year’s first find was on the torenia and coleus on the back deck. [...]
Summer with its heat and humidity arrived this weekend so the cats did what they do best, slept away the hottest part of the day in air conditioned comfort.
I, on the other hand, fought with the wheelbarrow and won, hauled 15 bags of mulch around, fertilized all the pots, transplanted lettuce, stopped to smell the [...]
Eleven mitered squares added to my socka socka blanket in the last couple of days.
It grows slowly partly because it takes some time to pick out new colors while I’m knitting. I try not to repeat a yarn within the same row or two and I try to complete the edges with a mostly dark [...]
Posted in Life on Feb 22nd, 2009
Congratulations to Elizabeth at Trailing Yarn for winning the premiere issue of The Knitter in my little giveaway! Promptly at 5 pm today the random number generator picked Elizabeth’s entry number. Thank you to everyone for brightening up my week with your jokes and links to funny websites. Elizabeth suggested watching Mason-Dixon’s video “Pardon [...]
Posted in Life on Feb 1st, 2009
So I’ve decided to take up the gauntlet thrown down by Kmkat and others to reduce the amount of stuff we throw away. We already recycle glass, paper, cardboard, cans and #1 and #2 plastics. We manage to keep our trash down to a couple of small bags each week but there are probably things [...]
