Dusty’s Garden
File this post under TMI…
Over Labor Day Weekend (September, 2009), I was out visiting my buddy Kurt in the ‘burbs. (You remember him, he’s the one with the HUGE dragonfly in his backyard.) As I mentioned in that post, we also have great fun going to the garden centers. Over Labor Day weekend, they are [...]
Food Storage: The Banana Warmer
I have some amazing and thoughtful friends. Even though the Holidays are over, it’s fun to get a little something unexpected in the mail.
Festive postage stamps adorn a very assuming envelope.
And, inside…?
A bookmark…?
A hat for a turtle…?
Such cute details in addition to the wonderful knitting…
How cute, rugby colored green and blue drawstring cords.
Oh, I [...]
Baked Stuffed Chicken Breasts
It was time to hit the kitchen and experiment a little. Winter is fun that way. You want something good to eat, tasty, and not too much work.
Oh, and cheap.
And, using only what I had on hand. It’s too cold and snowy to go outside, so let’s see what we have around.
A few sandwich rolls [...]
Adventures with Kathie
My friend Kathie and I went on an expedition to the western part of the state of Massachusetts. The weather was nothing short of bitter and frigid. Not to worry, though, we wore some of our best handmade woolens.
These are just a few of the highlights of a wonderful day spent together with a friend.
In [...]
Here’s the Beef
There are rare times when I crave a hamburger. In this case, a bacon cheese burger with lettuce, cheese, tomato, green onions and a couple of pickles on the side.
And it was delicious!
Have you had anything "bad" to eat lately?
Going Au Natural
It’s time to get back into spinning. With all the weaving going on, I’m finding my stash is getting low. Really low. So spice things up just a bit, I decided to go au natural and spin up some BFL I’ve had waiting to be spun.
On the Journey Wheel, it spun up quickly, and both [...]
Whatever it is, it’s done…
Way back in my early knitting career, I made the purchase of some rather pricey yarns. Some of those early skeins of yarn are still hiding in the back depths of my yarn cabinet. Since I’ve been on a huge de-stashing kick, their time has come. In this particular case, it’s the Blue Heron Yarns [...]
Woven Hemp Runner
For a few weeks now I’ve had both looms set up. It’s a lot of fun to know that, no matter WHAT I feel like working on, I’ve got options. This also holds true with the spinning wheels, too. I’ve got both the Journey Wheel and the Schacht Matchless set up in the living room [...]
Artichokes
I find artichokes beautiful, interesting, and delicious. On a recent artichoke-making, I discovered just how beautiful they can be, in both color and texture.
They have those nice little thorns at the tip of the leaves.
The best fun was washing them and using a really fast shutter speed to catch the aerated water bubble around the [...]
Dyed + Gone to Heaven
By now, I’m pretty sure you know how my mind works when it comes to weaving/spinning/dyeing/whatever, right? This is another of those cases.
Early last summer I got a cone of alpaca silk lace to play with. I dyed up some of it in pink, blue, and green. The green was measured for the warp, and [...]
HandSpun Gift Wrapping
For the Holidays this year, I went on the cheap with wrapping paper. I have a large roll of craft paper and lots of leftover handspun yarn. You guessed it, that was my gift wrapping.
I didn’t want to do that fussy perfectly tied ribbon thing, I wanted the gift wrap to be an artistic [...]
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