Cellarium hat

Knitting Notes

Pattern: Cellarium by Rachel IllsleyYarn: Swans Island Ikat Collection Watercolors in the Indigo/Teal colorwayNeedles: Size 2 circs and 3 circs and DPNs The cables in this pattern kicked my butt at first, for no really good reason.    Once I was able to visualize what they were supposed to do, I was fine, but I

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The tree is gone.

Garden Notes

Well, step #1 toward our solar installation is done. The tree on the east side of the house is down. I don’t take cutting down a tree lightly, but this was a junky tree – that side of the house is constantly littered with small branches. Plus, it’s a Norway maple, so it’s been sucking

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