We got some flowers! We have quite a few marigold buds ready to go, but here are the first two to pop! Also, our lilacs have started blooming! They smell lovely 🙂 And we have quite a few buds, so hopefully they will be blooming for us for a while. In knitting news, I finished… Continue reading Finally!
Getting there! I have turned the heel, so just knitting on the legs until I get tired of it or run out of yarn 🙂 Knitting with this yarn is making me so happy!
This week was VK Live’s second virtual event, and this one was as good as the first! My first class at this event was History, Methods and Styles of Lace Knitting with Franklin Habit, which was really interesting! He compared Orenburg, Shetland and Estonian laces, considering techniques and conventions of all three styles. We got… Continue reading Virtual VK Live
I got a start on the webbing on the second sleeve! But I have my classes Saturday and Sunday morning, so I’m not sure if I’ll have time to work on them before Monday. But even still, hopefully the second sleeve will be done by this time next week. Then on to the body!
I suddenly remembered yesterday afternoon that my Virtual VK live classes this weekend have homework! So currently interrupting my regularly scheduled knitting to get all of that going 🙂 I did get a bunch done on my Arachne and a little more done on my socks since last reports, so I will have a little… Continue reading Knitting Homework
Well, everything is surviving outside so far! The marigolds have teensy little flower buds already All four of our lilac bushes survived their first winter and have tons of flower buds And our wild rose bush is blooming away! If you garden, how is it going? Otherwise, have you seen any lovely spring/early summer flowers… Continue reading Garden Report
It is coming right along! This really is just beautiful yarn, and I’m enjoying knitting it up 🙂
If you have ever looked at some plain knitted fabric and thought “this needs livening up”, look no further than Embroidery On Knitting. After a brief introduction with some tips on choosing appropriate yarn to embroider with and some tips for the best types of knitted fabric to embroider on, the book takes off into… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Embroidery On Knitting
Well, most of my seedlings survived to be planted outside this week! I was hoping to get them out sooner, but it was in the 40’s at night up until recently, and they are still pretty tiny baby plants. We don’t have the dramatic flowers right away or the mature plants that we would have… Continue reading Plant Update
Quite A Yarn 