Josaqan socks

Knitting Notes

Trying it again – these are Joshaqan socks by Hunter Hammersen, in Koigu Painter’s Premium Palette. Which it turns out I had tried with this exact pattern and yarn last Fall when trying to make socks for my MIL. Now, I’m working on socks for the Dads, and oddly, making these for one of them

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Front garden

Garden Notes

This is the front bed we inherited – the rather lackluster Stella d’Oro daylilies in the back came it, as well as the mum to the right, and a pink clary sage to the left. We ended up throwing together a red, yellow and blue theme for it, and considering how poor the soil is,

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2020 Dumpster Fire Cross Stitch

Embroidery Notes

So in the little interlude as I wait for yarn for the Seaspray, I finished off this little cross stitch piece. I’m going to turn it into an ornament, because it just really seems the most appropriate way to commemorate this past year plus. (And we were too close to the move last year to

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Seaspray Shawl

Knitting Notes

I have lost at yarn chicken. Grrr. That’s like six repeats of the border to go? Fortunately, a kind soul on Ravelry responded to my ISO plea for a partial skein, so I have more on the way without having to pay for an entire extra skein I’ll have to figure out what to do

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Back garden

Garden Notes

I realized I haven’t posted much about the garden lately. It’s been going nicely. The tomatoes have been doing well – we’ve got a bunch of the brandywine cross, and per usual, there are more cherry tomatoes than I know what to do with. I have a fair number of delicata squash hanging out on

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