Beau enjoyed riding out to the meat market to get bones for the dogs this morning, then he “helped” me do some cleaning on one of the stalls.
Because I tired of the other quilt, I started this Spool Souffle quilt. I had it partly cut out, so cut out the background today and
sewed the background onto the sides. And guess what!. The top and bottom of the spools have 144 lovely triangles that I get to draw diagonals on. Not happening today and tomorrow I have gym and cleaning the house. Maybe I should start another quilt – no, maybe I should finish something started.
Just for fun, my brother sent this site for me to add to my blog so you could be entertained. It is a knit village – very interesting.
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There were bowl cozies and pea pods.
Then there were the baby lambs and additional sheep and puppy. I don’t want to forget there was a garden with canning and freezing.
I finished the end of October projects by getting these socks done and
embroidering these guest towels with cute little Hatched in Africa ladybugs. They were a free download several years ago and I needed something quick and easy to gift.
We are home again! and I won’t bore you with tons of photos, but maybe just a couple will be okay.
We missed her mother in this photo as she was in the kitchen serving more food. I think daughter, Jen, took this photo.
Yes, I dropped those two stitches, but decided just to leave them until tomorrow when I was better rested. Sometimes doing something when tired just makes a bigger mess. But I wanted to show you that I really did some knitting on my travels. And when rested, this will be an easy fix.
Leaving Seattle and some rain for
for somewhat sunnier skies in California, where we are veggin out.
or maybe not completely. They came back from Costco and said “make this all fit in the refrigerator” It is food for tomorrow night’s engagement party.
I have started a pair of socks. I brought enough yarn to make two pair, but it seems I haven’t been knitting a lot.
Look how pretty those white coats show up. Give them two weeks and they will no longer be white until washed again.
Today the coats that we took off yesterday were washed and marked with the size ready for wear next time.
And we went shoe and boot shopping. This is all we came home with. Is it really necessary to have all those psychedelic colors on street shoes? It was difficult to find comfortable shoes that were “plain”. I utterly failed on the boots as I need something very “farm” practical that zips up. Another day, I’ll look again.
I was going to make red socks, but since we’ll be doing some travel, I decided on something happy that would have an easy to remember pattern. So this is what I have chosen. I haven’t started them – only selected the pattern and yarn. I made this yarn up last year in another pattern. I absolutely love the way it wears and washes and dries in the regular wash.
October TO DO list
These little shell socks are finished. I love them. Plus this yarn is so good about being tossed in the washer and dryer.
The geese love their fresh drinking water. Remember how small they were this spring.
Surveillance cameras were on our shopping expedition today. We looked at several, but did not make a decision. We still need to figure out if our modem will reach to the barn which is about 150 feet away. The barn is where we need the cameras. Reading the pros and cons of people who have purchased them is educational as I am learning about things I would not have thought to ask. If any of you has a system that works outside, I’d love to hear about it.