Adventures in fiber

2016
04/25

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Life
quilts

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Today we went to the senior yoga class at the nearby gym. It was supposed to be easy and some of it was. There were also many of the balance stretches that weren’t so easy for us. So we decided we will go each Monday until they are easy. Then we hurried home, had lunch and went to the chiropractor in Bellevue – think 60 minutes each way.

Even so with good time management today, this quilt is now quilted. It still needs trimming and a binding, which I can’t find. That is the strangest thing, because I would think that orange would be easily seen, especially since I used it very recently.

Here is an up close of the clouds I quilted

and the backing.

2016
04/24

Category:
Life
quilts

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Now we don’t have Texas type hail, but we had a lot of our little hail today. In fact, it happened twice, which is the first time I can remember that happening. You can see the tiny little icicles on both the chair and on the deck behind it. Just little tiny ice pieces, but it went on and on. It was enough like winter that I spent some time in the studio, quilting.

This quilt is now quilted. It still needs trimming, a label and binding. I am delighted to have it off the machine. By the end of the week, it should be finished.

I then started this quilt. The back is sewn and the quilt is mounted. However, there was a programming error and I ended up removing all the stitching that I put in. What takes 10 minutes to put in, will take two hours to remove. It was very helpful that DH was willing to read some of James Harriot as I picked stitches out. That was an excellent place to quit for the day.

2016
04/22

Category:
farming
Garden

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This is on the other side of the driveway from their pasture and it’s either let them out on days we’re home or we have to mow and weed eat. That’s not a very difficult decision and they are so happy to be weed eaters. It is so interesting to watch them eat. A taste of this, then a taste of that.

And here is what happens when I walk toward them. They think I must be coming to give them grain. They were wrong tonight, but managed to push the gate open and were waiting for me to grain them.

Can you see all the yellowish “weeds”. Really they are tiny maple trees that all have to come out this year. By next year their roots will have buried so deep that they will be very difficult to pull. They are all through the blueberries and grape patch, so I have hired someone to come and pull them.

I tried to do some heirloom sewing today and just cannot see well enough to do the kind of job I like to do. It will be another month before they will check my eyes and write a prescription and then another week until I get the glasses. Right now, if I had it to do over again, I would pass. I’m just a bit discouraged by all this. Maybe I just need some chocolate. Most likely, I need to trust that God knows what is best.

2016
04/21

Category:
Garden
Knitting
Life

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This is the last you will see of these socks this week. I’m getting tired of them, though I’m about half way to the toe, so they will find a back burner for awhile.

These are the peppers that will be going out to the hoop house tomorrow. I forgot to green peppers, so I’ll have to purchase some plants. These seeds are from peppers we ate.

And just so you will get an idea of how relaxing this environment is for some, enjoy this.

2016
04/20

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Knitting
Life

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There was a good bit of frogging on my socks today, so I thought I’d share my friend’s work with you. Mary came with her knitting for a lovely visit. She is making this sweater for her aunt in 100% baby alpaca. It is wonderfully soft.

She is a beautiful knitter as well as her other skills. This is the point at which she left here to return home.

2016
04/19

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Life

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I’m done with the surgery. Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers. Most of today was spent resting. And tomorrow I expect the blurring to clear up by evening. I am ever so glad to have this over. Now life can move onward.

2016
04/18

Category:
food
Knitting
Life

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Since my eyes still aren’t cooperating enough to do much sewing, I’m still working on knitting and gardening. This is Elan’s “Sock it to me” color puzzle. I am using #2 needles and the pattern is K6, P2.

I keep seeing photos of salads in pint jars. So I made enough for us to last until Thursday or Friday, depending on how hungry we are. It is nice chopping all the veggies at one time. It surprised me how much salad can go into a pint. We each had one for supper and my guess is there will be times we will share a salad, depending on how filling the main meal is. In these jars, I started with a couple walnuts, then cuke (though I won’t expect a cuke to last more than 4 days), carrots, celery, red and orange peppers, cauliflower or broccoli with lettuce on top. Then we just turned the jar over into our salad bowls and added dressing. Oh, how convenient! If you look up “salad in a jar” there are many ideas.

Tomorrow at 8, I will have surgery on the other eye. Then in a month, they will check my vision and give me corrective lenses as needed.

For those of you in flooding Texas, our prayers are with you. I know when you asked for our rain, this isn’t what you meant. (It was 88 and beautiful here today)

2016
04/17

Category:
Life
Sewing

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Thinking of Mother

It’s still 3 weeks until Mother’s Day, but I was pulling some pillows off the shelf and found these. I’m not sure how many Mother made – but I think she made one for each of the children (long before Joann’s had that size). They are filled with goose down from her parents farm. She also made the two long thin ones for in the car as well as the corduroy covered “U” shaped ones. Somehow over the years I still have 3 of these pillows, but all the extra pillow cases have disappeared.

I am very short on children’s prints – so did what she did – used what was here. I noticed her pink and white stripe is actually part of an old sheet with the label still on it.

This is another form of pillow she made. It is a 6 x 7″ piece of foam, nearly the length of the door, covered with upholstery fabric. It has a zipper on one side so it can be washed. There are even welts on it. She put these behind doors so door handles did not go through the wall. I know there were several, and I am happy I did get one which brings back memories.

And for those of you interested in the little lamb, he is still being tube fed, but putting on weight. His new mom is a older lab who has had several litters and loves cuddling him. He looks very much like he will soon be on the bottle and placed in his forever home, where he will be able to eat the weeds under the grapes along with his new sheep friends.

2016
04/15

Category:
farming
Life
Shopping

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Interesting creatures

Husbands are such interesting beings. Often times one gets surprised. For instance, we are trying to supplement this lamb. DH comes and asks what he can do to help. I said he could refill the 2 gallon bucket. So he picked it up, promptly tripped over the 2×4 opening and the 2″ of water remaining in the bucket landed where I was sitting. No one was injured, but we were both very surprised. Ah, marriage is filled with such interesting moments, and the only thing one can do is laugh and know that life is a roller coaster of interesting happenings.

The lamb is a fighter, but still quite dehydrated. By this time, his ribs should not show. His little tongue wants to go out the side of his mouth instead of forward under the teat or nipple. He will get a tube feeding again tonight, which he very much hates, but it could make the difference for him. May I repeat that teenagers of any species should not be trusted. These teen moms were a bit young for this, but she is protecting him and doing her best. Her body just wasn’t quite ready.

This morning, daughter #3 and I went shopping. We both needed – no wanted – items from Costco and elsewhere. The guest room is shaping up. Still needed are pictures and books and perhaps a lamp. I think I’ll get a couple of my brother’s photographs for the wall. They are incredible.

My prayer is for each of you to have a marvelous week end.

needed

2016
04/14

Category:
quilts

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Knitted gifts is FINISHED

This quilt measures 64 x 81 and was a block a month by Denise from “just quilting” website. For the batting I used a fabric often used on mattress tops in this quilt. It makes it very heavy and should be very warm for the winter. I’m donating it to fire victims this next summer (there always are summer fires).

Adventures in fiber

Yoga and another quilt

Even so with good time management today, this quilt is now quilted. It still needs trimming and a binding, which I can’t find. That is the strangest thing, because I would think that orange would be easily seen, especially since I used it very recently.

Here is an up close of the clouds I quilted

and the backing.

A wintry day and a quilt

This quilt is now quilted. It still needs trimming, a label and binding. I am delighted to have it off the machine. By the end of the week, it should be finished.

Sheep and weeds

And here is what happens when I walk toward them. They think I must be coming to give them grain. They were wrong tonight, but managed to push the gate open and were waiting for me to grain them.

Socks, etc.

This is the last you will see of these socks this week. I’m getting tired of them, though I’m about half way to the toe, so they will find a back burner for awhile.

These are the peppers that will be going out to the hoop house tomorrow. I forgot to green peppers, so I’ll have to purchase some plants. These seeds are from peppers we ate.

And just so you will get an idea of how relaxing this environment is for some, enjoy this.

Frogging and a guest

There was a good bit of frogging on my socks today, so I thought I’d share my friend’s work with you. Mary came with her knitting for a lovely visit. She is making this sweater for her aunt in 100% baby alpaca. It is wonderfully soft.

She is a beautiful knitter as well as her other skills. This is the point at which she left here to return home.

The second eye

I’m done with the surgery. Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers. Most of today was spent resting. And tomorrow I expect the blurring to clear up by evening. I am ever so glad to have this over. Now life can move onward.

faded blue socks and salads

Thinking of Mother

I am very short on children’s prints – so did what she did – used what was here. I noticed her pink and white stripe is actually part of an old sheet with the label still on it.

Interesting creatures

Knitted gifts is FINISHED

I decided the best way to quilt this was just to put snowflakes randomly over the top, and they are difficult to see on camera.

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