Someday…..
I will finish my sweater, I am hell bent on it. The sleeves are the only thing I have left to do, you’d think it would be a breeze as I just need to seed stitch until I reach twelve inches, unfortunately I continue to find little mistakes here and there that get under my skin.
I’ve taken a step away from knitting for a few days, I need to finish the sandals & sewing a linen work shirt for my husband, then I will finish the bartók tunik, so I can continue on with my Jane Austen project.
In other news for a guild project, I have washed & cleaned fleece. I am now waiting for my hand carders to arrive in the mail so I can move on to the carding, spinning, & creating something special. What am I going to make?! I’m not sure but I’m sure something in these books will inspire me
Now those are not all of my books, however they are the ones that my husband gave my for Christmas, so it would be fantastic to use a pattern in one of these books.
I’m very excited about the carders, my husband was debating back and forth about it as he did not want to pay the shipping ($13), orders over $100 are free. I casually mentioned several hundred times, that we could just add the spinning wheel I want into the cart and bypass shipping all together, that solution was declined. Oh well, such is life.
Carrack likes to free range with the ladies.
Have a great weekend folks.
Oh no!!
I had a nice long post written out, alas it has disappeared. That being said, I will leave you with a picture of the sandal I crocheted. I’m not thrilled with it & plan on starting over.
Have a nice night folks!
Slacker
Ok I admit it, I have hardly started on the sleeves of my sweater, the rain has made me sluggish and I’ve had to catch up on laundry & making chicken stock to fill my pantry for the upcoming Fall & Winter.
Today the sun played peekaboo behind dark ugly clouds, it stayed cool outside and Carrick spent is first day outside in his pen over a week. The baby americaunas had been occupying his pen as they were too little to be around the older chickens. I hope Carrick enjoyed his day in the sun, we are going to have rain for the next two days.
I have started another project, a friend asked me to crochet her daughter a pair of sandals for her first birthday. Now honestly I’ve only crocheted once or twice in my lifetime, so I couldn’t make any promises, luckily I came across Lovely Little Life, she has a fantastic tutorial and I was able to crochet within two hours last night
Of course this sandal isn’t even close to being finished and this one was a practice sandal to see if I could do it. Needless to say, I’m pretty happy with the turn out.
Have a nice night folks!
Slacker
Ok I admit it, I have hardly started on the sleeves of my sweater, the rain has made me sluggish and I’ve had to catch up on laundry & making chicken stock to fill my pantry for the upcoming Fall & Winter.
Today the sun played peekaboo behind dark ugly clouds, it stayed cool outside and Carrick spent is first day outside in his pen over a week. The baby americaunas had been occupying his pen as they were too little to be around the older chickens. I hope Carrick enjoyed his day in the sun, we are going to have rain for the next two days.
I have started another project, a friend asked me to crochet her daughter a pair of sandals for her first birthday. Now honestly I’ve only crocheted once or twice in my lifetime, so I couldn’t make any promises, luckily I came across Lovely Little Life, she has a fantastic tutorial and I was able to crochet within two hours last night
Of course this sandal isn’t even close to being finished and this one was a practice sandal to see if I could do it. Needless to say, I’m pretty happy with the turn out.
Have a nice night folks!
Tick tock
Well, I still have to finish the sleeves. My deadline was yesterday, however I was having fun learning how to spin yarn on a spinning wheel!! I joined a spinning guild and met a lot of awesome people, who welcomed me into their guild and taught me how to spin on a wheel. I also learned the correct way to spin on a drop spindle!
Have a nice night folks!
I should be sleeping
Well folks, we’re into single days for my deadline, two days to be exact, and it seems as if tropical storm Andrea is coming to help out. We are due for rain tonight, which isn’t supposed to stop until Sunday. The chickens will probably stay inside their shed (which is about the size of my bedroom they’re spoiled), Carrick lives with them, the ducks will stay in the barn, and our chicks & keets will stay in the nice warm, dry house with us.
Here is where I am at currently with my bartók tunik
One arm hole left and then the sleeves wahoo!
My kids have been enjoying their knitting and working on it everyday.
And now I leave you with a bit of cuteness
Have a great night folks!!
Mid morning special
Just wanted to share how happy it makes me, that my kids have started knitting.
This is my six year old daughter working on her first pair of leggings! Her three year old brother wasn’t up for having his picture taken today, he is working on a green hat!
Have a great day folks!
Don’t knit when you are sick
This was me this past weekend….no that’s a lie, I wanted to be curled up in bed under blankets, my husband even took the kids for a few hours so I could lay down. However, it was sunny and I have a hard time sitting still unless I am knitting.
Of course knitting didn’t turn out to well, so I took advantage of the weather and the quiet house and went out and did some yard work. Cut brush, weeded the garden, picked up the yard. When my husband came home we put up chicken wire and built a door for the barn for a few new critters and then ended the day stacking wood for the upcoming winter.
In the end it helped, surprisingly I felt a lot better after a good days work. Unfortunately, I wish I had left my knitting for today because I now have to undo nine rows, such is life.
No new knitting pictures today, but perhaps pictures of our new babies will hold you over.
These are our new ducks, Sparrow & Robin
We also picked up four guinea keets, and will be picking up two more later this week.
And finally, we put our chicks outside yesterday.
Have a nice night folks!
Short and sweet
Still feeling a bit under the weather, however I finished the back of the Bartók Tunik, and I am currently working on the armholes of the front!
Hopefully I will return to full health by tomorrow. Have a nice night folks!
Will I make my deadline?!
Yesterday I was feeling a tad under the weather, it should have been a sign to not work on my bartók tunik, however I went ahead and worked on it anyway…..and then proceeded to take everything I had worked on apart.
I have almost finished the heart, and am getting ready to complete the back piece, come hell or high water, I will have this finished by next weekend….and then I will probably put it on etsy.
We are going to be adding several more birds to our little barnyard, two ducks and some guinea fowl! They guineas will be a welcome addition as we are having issues with a fox. Guinea fowl are known to screech when predators come into the vicinity.
Have a great evening folks!
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