Rose Plank Shawl

Knitting Notes

Pattern:  Rose Plank by Monika Sirna Yarn: Bare Naked Wools Targhee Tango Sport in the Apilado colorway Needles: Size 2 circs The Rose Plank shawl is done and blocked.      The blocking doesn’t do a ton, but if you compare the pictures of before and after, it does firm things up a bit.   

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Palanen kauneinta socks

Knitting Notes

Next project is started! These are the Palanen kauneinta (Piece of The Most Beautiful) socks by Tiina Kuu. I picked them out because I wanted to do some colorwork and get rid of the fair amounts of OntheRound Nimble sock I had left. I also liked the look of the heel. I was not paying

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Garden plans

Garden Notes

This is my first stab at doing a master plan for the yard. The back yard plan is definitely longer term, but the front yard is something I could start on sooner. Really interesting exercise – I’m glad it’s not locked in stone, because I’m sure I’ll change it, but it did help me put

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Coffee Admirers cross stitch

Embroidery Notes

I get the biggest kick out of how big this pattern is compared to the actual product. The translation of the name of this is Coffee Admirers. I suspect it’s losing something in the translation from Russian. (It’s really not the best translation, but I don’t say that to cast shade. It’s a really well

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