Pea flowers

Garden Notes

What a different a heat wave makes – my peas are finally blooming (and half of those are already pods now – it’s been freaking hot).     I will totally plant these again.    The flowers are so pretty, and they’ve topped out at about waist height.   Here’s hoping they taste good too! The chamomile

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Tursas mittens

Knitting Notes

Pattern: Tursas by Valeria KerkkaYarn: Jojoland Melody Superwash in Apple tree and Valley Yarns Huntington in BlackNeedles: 1.5 DPNs I’m definitely treating this as a practice pair.   It’s really hard keeping the jogs from pulling in when using DPNs.    I wonder if magic loop would be better for this kind of colorwork.     I

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