Category: everyday

  • a garden update

    In lieu of knitting content, a garden (somewhat) update. These photos are from wayyyy back on Canada Day.

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    This pepper is way bigger now – I think the variety of this one is “Sweet Cherry”.

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    Rouge d’Hiver romaine that we had way too much of and consequently just chopped off and composted. It’s okay, it was just lettuce. I’d never throw away a tomato!

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    Lincoln (shelling) peas – they’re doing very well, I wish I’d planted a lot more. The pods are getting really fat now and I even harvested a few yesterday!

    July 1/07

    I’ll get some more photos today to show you all how far it’s all come in just two weeks!

    In the meantime, I’m knitting away on a deadline piece, crocheting that skirt when I can, and working on patterns – I’ve got loads of faboo yarn on hold for myself at the store, and have told myself that I can buy it once I’m done the two patterns for sale I’m currently working on. So you can bet I’m working hard!

  • photoless

    Er, whoops, the rest of the week swooped by awfully fast! Thanks for all the compliments on the VBC – I wore it a few times on my vacation in May, and it feels great. The rest of the week was just working, picking up some new specs (pictures soon), gardening, and then today I spent almost the entire day working on cleaning up my room. Whew, that’s quite a job. It’s much better now, but there’s still a lot of room for improvement.

    Meanwhile, I’ve been working on a secret project amongst all my various things, and that needs to get done really, really soon. Still working on the pattern for the balance top – which needs a name! And there’ll very soon be a new pattern designed by me available at lettuce knit.

    So there’s lots of exciting things to come! It’s just getting through that big pile of work that’s a bit daunting. One good thing about the rainy weather we’ve been having and will probably continue to have is that it’s a good reason to stay inside at the computer!

  • destashing, blue yarn edition

    Thanks everyone for the congratulations! It’s been a pretty crazy week – I’m looking forward to staying home tomorrow and relaxing (and watching House on DVD!). I was planning to go buy more plants but I think I’m going to try and put that off until Monday. Unfortunately, my zucchini plants are being eaten quite badly by striped cucumber beetles – that’s something I really need to take care of now!

    Meanwhile, as a broke new graduate, care to take some yarn off my hands? Email me at cosmicpluto at gmail dot com if you’re interested in anything.

    Elann Highland Chunky

    20 skeins Elann Peruvian Highland Chunky – five balls have been knit, ripped and rewound into the big ball and small ball you see in the photo.

    Colour: 638 (I think it was Indigo Heather, a very deep blue)
    100% Highland Wool
    76 yards/50 g
    15-16 sts = 4″ on 6.0 mm

    $45 USD includes shipping to US and Canada Taken!

    6 skeins Briggs and Little Regal

    Colour: 50; Midnight Blue
    100% Pure Wool
    4 oz/113g, 272 yards/248m
    20 sts = 4″ (10cm) on 4.5 mm needles

    $25 USD includes shipping to US and Canada Taken!

    There’s also my destashing page at flickr, which I’m putting on “make me an offer” – really (not including shipping).

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