short and sweet

Posted on 19 CommentsPosted in food and garden, lace/shawls, projects

again, i have pitifully little knitting to share today, sigh. i’ve been working late into the evenings on patterns, so i’ve only managed to cast on the lace stole and finish a few slow rows of knitting. but soon there’ll be a little fabric on there and the work will go much faster. i worked […]

poised

Posted on 31 CommentsPosted in designing, lace/shawls, projects

plants to go into the garden in a couple of weeks are starting to pile up around here—it’s still just a little early to put them in the ground but they are hardening nicely on the sun porch. i need to get some more tomatoes, and my friend kris has pepper and eggplant starts for […]

back to work, you

Posted on 36 CommentsPosted in book reviews/events, designing, lace/shawls, projects

we finished up our maryland weekend with a trip to a nearby asian plaza to visit nupps as i like to call them. the fiddleheads are uncurling from the last bends of their fetal shapes unfurling their fans. i missed the fiddleheads for the painted ferns—they snuck up on me, being so tiny and i […]

reeling

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wow, that’s a lotta cars. here we are at the entrance to the MDS&W show—my first time back in five years. before we left for our fiber adventure, james made us all a farmer’s breakfast and served it up he might live in a man cave but his manners as a host are thoughtful and […]