healthy sprouts

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yesterday i took a look in the garden and saw that almost all the root vegetables we planted last weekend had sprouted already—yay.

we’ve got potatoes coming up in two long rows and surprisingly great germination in the carrot rows as well

considering how dry it’s been and how much damp they need to get going. i’ll have to do some vigorous thinning next week. no sign yet of parsnips, but perhaps they are just slow (fingers crossed). i do have an extra supply in case the first ones don’t come up.

even the spinach germinated well—wonder of wonders—i’ve never any luck at all growing spinach, but maybe this is my year. these sprouts look very strong.

so what we do have in the ground is doing well. however, i still haven’t planted the majority of my vegetables. my travel this month has not been in very good sync with the biodynamic planting calendar and i’m a little bummed; the time i have at home has not been on planting days for fruits or leaf crops (which is what i have left to go in the ground). this last weekend was ideal for those in, but i wasn’t here and this whole week planting of any kind is contraindicated on most days. hmmm. it’s looking like i’ll have to wait til sunday or monday to do anything. maybe i can sow seeds now and save the transplanting for the right days . . .

now, all that garden talk doesn’t mean in don’t have knitting . . . yes, you read that right—finally, i have something to show for all my closet knitting time. so much in fact, that i’m going to spread it out over a few days so as not to send us reeling from the shock.

i mentioned this baby jacket the other day in the post about erica’s shower; i knit it during my trip to san diego. so kim and beckie and sam and kade (and my knitting students at home) knew all about it, but it we all kept it secret from everyone else, even erica’s mom, who knit the little hat from the BNK club’s february bonus pattern.

she enjoyed knitting the sky ladder blanket, hat, and wrap so much that i was afraid she’d beat me to the punch and dream up her own sweater pattern, too.

if you haven’t seen the february patterns, which were designed for the mountain meadow wool cody sport yarn we shipped that month, here is a peek, modeled for us by my friend debby’s daughter, hannah and her grandson, graham.

(ps: these patterns are exclusive to our barenaked club until next february, BUT you can still join as a pattern-only member by purchasing the eBook option in the club shop. you will receive all the patterns included in the BNK club, plus a beautiful portfolio of designer notes, fiber research, and photographs.)

erica’s mom, candy, knit all three pieces for her shower gift—the baby blanket, the hat, and a wrap for erica to wear to the christening, which will be in the fall.

she really rocked the set and she deserves a big hand—it’s splendiferous, candy!

anyway, i really like the way the sweater turned out and erica likes it too. i think she’s going to use it for the christening, along with the blanket. we decided it does need some booties or leggings to go with it though, so i’ll probably work on that . . .

the sweater pattern is forthcoming, but i need some time—i have all my sketches and prototype pattern organized, but none of it is in a state which i can submit to tana for tech editing and sizing—yet. i am terribly backlogged on pattern work at this point . . . i’m doing my best, but don’t lose sleep waiting up for me.

 

7 thoughts on “healthy sprouts

  1. The baby jacket is lovely, I especially like the cable detail on the yoke. That’s great news on the germination – perhaps you’re going to be getting a bumper crop this year.

  2. the jacket turned out just lovely! It will make a beautiful christening outfit!

    Graham is such a cute little sprout!

  3. I am completely in love with this sweater. I made the hat for my gym trainer who just had a baby girl. It was adorable. Looking forward to the sweater pattern to make a complete set the next time around. Now, where are the soakers? mary in a2

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