Posted in BCS Teaching Garden/SotE Urban Farm 2011, Giveaways, Homemaking, Knitting on Mar 16th, 2011
Well, somewhere I’m going to have to find some time to knit this, because I’m going to give one away via the Salt of the Earth Urban Farm Facebook page! When we hit 100 likes, I will randomly select one of those 100 folks to win a mason jar cozy in their choice of colors. [...]
Posted in Knitting on Sep 12th, 2010
The mason jar – gotta love it for carrying coffee, tea, ice-water – you name it. Since it’s glass, a mason jar is non-reactive (unlike plastic water bottles). The screw-top lid keeps drinks from spilling in the car/in my backpack. And they’re super convenient (I’ve got stacks of them in my cupboards).
I used [...]
Another baby wave! Lots of friends are having babies in the next several weeks, so every spare moment, it’s knitting, knitting, knitting (I’ve even been knitting in church on Sundays! I actually absorb the sermon better – multitasking prevents the mind from wandering!)!
My knitting tends to go in a seasonal rhythm – winter babies always [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Knitting, Learning on Nov 15th, 2009
We are feeling a bit like hermits, cooped-up in the house for days and days – the little ones are still wrestling with sickness, and we had to miss church again this week. Little Hen, still healthy, escaped to Grandma’s house for the weekend (a BIG thank-you to Grandma for inviting her up!).
After homemade pecan-chocolate [...]
Posted in Knitting, Moderation and Economy on Nov 2nd, 2009
Sigh… I’m getting a bit repetitive in my blogging and my knitting both, but I can’t stop knitting candleflame shawls!! I think this pattern is this fall what Toasty was for me last winter (and I’m still cranking those out for Christmas gifts again this year). It’s easy to memorize, easy to knit while doing [...]
Look who’s knitting on two needles!
We are all recovering from a pretty awful family-wide bug, so the past two days we’ve taken things very easy. Sunday afternoon, Little Hen said she wanted to get some knitting done and set to work on her first real “project” - a little wool cape for her beloved Waldorf [...]
Another Candle-Flame shawl off the needles. I had just enough alpaca yarn left from the first shawl to make another. This pattern is so addictive and simple – it makes a heavy, warm shawl, especially in this fluffy alpaca (the original pattern calls for Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky 85% wool, 15% mohair), although there [...]
Posted in Knitting on Oct 9th, 2009
We are having absolutely glorious fall weather, and so have been spending a lot of time outside the past few days, working the garden and making chalk drawings on the front steps. The yard work has been a bit daunting – hazelnuts to coppice, wheelbarrows and wheelbarrows of manure and mulch to spread, garlic and [...]
Posted in Knitting, Learning, Outings, Uncategorized on Sep 29th, 2009
Over the weekend, we took advantage of the Smithsonian’s annual free pass day to visit the World Forestry Center, located right across from the Oregon Zoo. The building is light and open, and the exhibits are well designed, educational, and attractive to children.
There were displays appealing to many senses – here Firecracker is smelling the [...]
Posted in Giving, Knitting, Moderation and Economy on Sep 5th, 2009
A day of sorting clothes for the change of seasons found lots and lots of dresses that are too small and will be passed down to a friend’s little girl. Some were handmade for my girls, and It was bittersweet to see how much they had outgrown and to realize how quickly they’re growing up. [...]