Archive for the ‘Gardening’ Category

Fresh Interest

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I guess that at least once, in the life of every blog – there is a gap of time that posts slow or stop altogether. I am sorry blog, for ignoring you. I honestly had a lot of things to do. There were handknit Christmas patterns:



The shawl is from this Knitty pattern – highly recommended it. It was a fun knit! The scarf is a hybrid of Jean Greenhowe-style animal heads and my strange imaginings for a man’s scarf. (it’s a market bull and bear, for those who wondered)

There was also gratuitous fiber purchasing in the form of Louet silk/merino in Lichen.
There was also a garden filled with yummy treats, some of them too soon gobbled by humidity and heat
So you see, there were genuine excuses. Things that were also fun. Reasons for not spinning the alpaca like I was supposed to…….