Author: Laura

  • grooo-oow

    The garden is growing really well these days! I’m sure it could be hotter, weather-wise, for the tomatoes, peppers and eggplant – but I love this cooler weather.

    Garden overview, June 12:

    garden, June 12

    garden, june 12

    The cucumber is climbing! We got exactly 1 cucumber last year, but I have high hopes for this one.

    cucumber

    The sweet cherry peppers are flowering…

    pepper flower

    ..and little ones are appearing!

    sweet cherry pepper

    The zucchini also failed rather spectacularly last year, but this year we have 130L tubs to grow in! Pretty flower with a tiny zucchini behind it.

    flower!

    We have two types of Asian eggplant growing – white and magenta. I also sowed some radishes in there to make the most of the space.

    eggplants

    The peas are giant, and just started flowering.

    peas

    A new variety of tomato for me this year – Riesenstraube. Looking good, nice and bushy.

    Riesenstraube tomato

    The bigger tomatoes are flowering too!

    tomato flowers

    The indoor herbs are doing well too, though the lettuce was over-seeded and got all leggy. This morning I harvested what there was, took out the stems, and re-seeded more thinly for a new crop.

    indoor herbs

    In crafting news, I finally finished this guy – and one row of my Superhero alphabet.

    Kilowog

    And I started a new summery shrug, out of madelinetosh pashmina. I had to take the weekend off to rest my arm, but I’m hoping to get lots done this week.

    summery shrug

  • A Friday

    Spinning up some colourful BFL.

    BFL

    A skirt in progress! This linen one’s been cut out for ages (seriously, years) and I just finally sewed it up. Just needs to be hemmed.

    skirt in progress

    (Whoops, the waist elastic is a bit unruly! Need to tack that down.)

    skirt in progress

    New yarn!

    Indochine by Lantern Moon

    The awesome people at Lantern Moon sent me some of their new yarn to try out. Indochine is 100% silk, sport weight, and 134 yds per 50g. This dark purple colour is lovely! The yarn has a nice silky crunch to it and lots of plies (which I like). Can’t wait to cast on with it! I have a few ideas.

    Indochine by Lantern Moon

    Finally, I have a few more posts up on Craftsy! Check them out, won’t you?
    Essential Hand Spinning Supplies
    Fiber Terminology
    Choosing a Spinning Wheel
    Handspun Yarn Structures

    I hope your weekend is sunny and fun! I’ll be going to a baseball game tonight (my first), and doing some more gardening.

  • Textile Museum Sale haul!

    I didn’t have much time at the Textile Museum’s annual rummage sale last Friday, but it’s probably for the best. I’m sure I could have found tons more stuff to buy! They’re always bringing out new stuff all day long, you never know what you’ll find.

    from the Textile Museum sale!

    I did find some nice stable-feeling knits.

    from the Textile Museum sale!

    Nice denims.

    from the Textile Museum sale!

    Assorted stuff. The tweed has nice colourful flecks in it, the green on top is flannel, and the flowery one should be enough for a light summery dress.

    from the Textile Museum sale!

    from the Textile Museum sale!

    Fun assorted quilting cottons.

    Were you there? I want to see your haul, leave me a link!