it's been a couple of months since i last posted here. quite a bit has happened.
i went to maryland sheep and wool with my friend kristin and her mom and aunt. this was my haul. i see two sweaters, several shawls, two cowls, and the motherlode of wollmeise.
the verdant gryphon had a codex update, and i bought the devil's dictionary. at first i was thinking a shrug sweater but i think it really wants to be a shawl.
clearly i lost the april through june pantsdown stashdown. :/
after many starts and stops and some mixed up skeins, my age of brass and steam shawl is steaming (ha!) ahead...
i'm going to KDO again this fall and am taking a steeks class and a intro to crochet (!!) class. here is my homework (i still have a seed stitch square to do. i loathe seed stitch.)
i took a class at a new yarn shop and learned to do a sweet tomato heel.
i signed up to do tour de fleece this year. i am on team spindler. clearly i am deluded, becos my spinning sucks, sucks sucks! i really need a wheel...
black betty came out of hibernation so i stitched up some project bags...
it's canning time again, so i made two kinds of strawberry jam, two kinds of cherry jam, and black forest jam (cherry and chocolate and almond, yum!). i'm hoping to add some sliced and whole fruit and veggies to my canning, provided i can find a pressure canner.
i got serious about my garden this year and planted three heirloom tomato plants, three roma tomato plants (for sauce!), two pepper plants, two cucumber plants, and a couple of herbs. i have some dill drying down cellar, picked two huge (albeit green) heirloom tomatoes and downed these little beauties. mother nature has been kind to our garden and has kept our rain barrels full, so we don't have to rely on our public water. i also shredded irish spring soap to deter the squirrels (still finding holes, the little dirtballs!) and bought slug repellent to chase the slugs away (might be working?) i also planted my usual variety of flowers and they are flourishing as well.
speaking of rain barrels, i finally painted these after looking at their gaudy blue exteriors for nearly four years. now they blend in with the scenery.
my mojo wavered quite a bit, so i read. a lot. and i have more to go.
the kids keep me hopping. school has been out for nearly a month, and in that time they attended two bible schools (our church and my parents' church), celebrated the end of school with a trip to chuck e cheese and the book store, and play with the neighbor kid.
the kiddos enjoy visits to the park...
they graduated from preschool (the three year old class, anyway...)
and freddie is obsessed with the movie cars. we watch it at least once a day, sometimes twice. the kid can do movie karaoke with it, and i actually have a couple favorite scenes and songs.
the kids are learning to ride bike. petunia quickly learned and often flies past her brothers. freddie is more content with his trike. not to be outdone by the kiddos, the boy is learning to ride too. they ride up at my parents' house, who live across from a large cemetery, the same one where i learned to ride my bike. they ride around in circles and sometimes take a tumble, but i'm glad that they are getting exercise.
the boy participated in his second soapbox derby. he said he didn't care that he didn't place, he enjoyed just doing it.
this summer the boy will be going to church camp. it's his first time away from home without family. he's a little nervous, but i think he'll have fun.
prolly the kids' favorite summer activity - playing in our backyard.
we have other activities planned for the summer - visits to knoebels, summer reading at the library, sleeping over at grandparents' homes and a family picnic with hubby's extended family. before we know it, we will be shopping for notebooks and pencils, new sneakers and jeans, and trading evening play in the yard for settling down for homework and early bedtimes. there's so much left to do, and i don't want to miss anything!
the verdant gryphon had a codex update, and i bought the devil's dictionary. at first i was thinking a shrug sweater but i think it really wants to be a shawl.
clearly i lost the april through june pantsdown stashdown. :/
after many starts and stops and some mixed up skeins, my age of brass and steam shawl is steaming (ha!) ahead...
i'm going to KDO again this fall and am taking a steeks class and a intro to crochet (!!) class. here is my homework (i still have a seed stitch square to do. i loathe seed stitch.)
i took a class at a new yarn shop and learned to do a sweet tomato heel.
i signed up to do tour de fleece this year. i am on team spindler. clearly i am deluded, becos my spinning sucks, sucks sucks! i really need a wheel...
black betty came out of hibernation so i stitched up some project bags...
it's canning time again, so i made two kinds of strawberry jam, two kinds of cherry jam, and black forest jam (cherry and chocolate and almond, yum!). i'm hoping to add some sliced and whole fruit and veggies to my canning, provided i can find a pressure canner.
i got serious about my garden this year and planted three heirloom tomato plants, three roma tomato plants (for sauce!), two pepper plants, two cucumber plants, and a couple of herbs. i have some dill drying down cellar, picked two huge (albeit green) heirloom tomatoes and downed these little beauties. mother nature has been kind to our garden and has kept our rain barrels full, so we don't have to rely on our public water. i also shredded irish spring soap to deter the squirrels (still finding holes, the little dirtballs!) and bought slug repellent to chase the slugs away (might be working?) i also planted my usual variety of flowers and they are flourishing as well.
speaking of rain barrels, i finally painted these after looking at their gaudy blue exteriors for nearly four years. now they blend in with the scenery.
my mojo wavered quite a bit, so i read. a lot. and i have more to go.
the kids keep me hopping. school has been out for nearly a month, and in that time they attended two bible schools (our church and my parents' church), celebrated the end of school with a trip to chuck e cheese and the book store, and play with the neighbor kid.
the kiddos enjoy visits to the park...
they graduated from preschool (the three year old class, anyway...)
and freddie is obsessed with the movie cars. we watch it at least once a day, sometimes twice. the kid can do movie karaoke with it, and i actually have a couple favorite scenes and songs.
the kids are learning to ride bike. petunia quickly learned and often flies past her brothers. freddie is more content with his trike. not to be outdone by the kiddos, the boy is learning to ride too. they ride up at my parents' house, who live across from a large cemetery, the same one where i learned to ride my bike. they ride around in circles and sometimes take a tumble, but i'm glad that they are getting exercise.
the boy participated in his second soapbox derby. he said he didn't care that he didn't place, he enjoyed just doing it.
this summer the boy will be going to church camp. it's his first time away from home without family. he's a little nervous, but i think he'll have fun.
prolly the kids' favorite summer activity - playing in our backyard.
we have other activities planned for the summer - visits to knoebels, summer reading at the library, sleeping over at grandparents' homes and a family picnic with hubby's extended family. before we know it, we will be shopping for notebooks and pencils, new sneakers and jeans, and trading evening play in the yard for settling down for homework and early bedtimes. there's so much left to do, and i don't want to miss anything!
