garden update!!

The gardens going well,I had a look around McBrides nursery on Wednesday while gathering a few things for work and found some Shallots on special so grabbed two punnets,never grown them before but looking at the web Ive got some confidence in getting to harvest or propgation,either way its fun to be working in the garden again,big hopes of maintaining this push right through to spring so the summer garden bed will be easy and productive to some point if only for sanity!

Even Fluffa Bunny approves......

The garden at the moment,the stock planted has transplanted well with only one sugar loaf looking a bit sickly,hopefully a warm few days will help there,the silver beet well its easy and the beetroot is also going well and the leaves are standing up and getting bigger,after washing out some peas yesty (by accident) they are germinating and I hope to see some green shoots before I leave on Monday morning,the boys will be given strict practical instruction how to water without drowning or killing anything...

Its quite chilly today and I think the cool snap that came through last night will probably follow me over east so Im trying to get the pink vest done today,just have one sleeve to do and I can tie off and sew in ends and wash and block, it will need blocking to pull the frillyness of the edges out but couldnt do it anyother way due to the small neck opening,Ive modified the pattern as the original was apparently a bit more chunky but Ill try to take note of what Ive doen and will makeanother for work in Clinker,heaps of black stashed away unless I do a jumper,me thinks a vest will be more usefull for when its cold only an over coat will do but a vest ill wear much more with our long Springs and Autums. No picks yet,maybe tomorrow ")

My night off

Its nearly time for bed well it feels like,count down to when I board the big hairy plane and whizz over to Mother,hate the idea of leaving my boys behind but Im sure it will be a lovely wake up call on how much I do for them,they have to contend with Daddy,the Grumpy One.
The last time I went away for a period of time 6 days I think,Mums clearing sale,he refused to wash if the clothes werent in front of the machine,they recyled well apparently
Anyway Ive just learnt more about Office Word in making up a pamplet for Son no 4 for STIs,he had a search for images to go with it and the images were enough to make ones tummy uneasy,gruesome is the best decription,even S. was lets say uttering applicable oaths,boy he can swear for a kid with a learning disability
In short we talked about it and I did it up,took 45 mins and his assignments done,do hope the teacher understands his shortcomings,I "did" one another son a while ago and he neglected to tell me it wa in report form,oops,I cant do reports,but his teacher was quick to return with big words "this is NOT a report" then told B how to do it,he took the original changed it and bingo its gone with the promise of a pass,want to for the cost of the place...
Anyhow back to my heading,my only real night off for the whole week,up at 5.15am,rattle a few sangas and bits and bobs together for the schoolies,throw a half bottle of milk into my soft esky into back pack with a fav Bike mag,Classic Bike Australasia,a knitting project and off to work on my trusty steed,the Yammy 200.They took my fridge last year and gave it to the other person so my shoulders pay the price of carrying a load to and from work each day...at least I get peace in my office, dark corner. 9 hours later I pack up again a tear off home,today I had an errand to do but got home not too late to find an email from insurance peoples who tried to tell me I live not at this address..WTF? Lets see how my reply works,I dont like giving out my address when Im pretty sure they had it in the first place and that I think they re trying to put it over me,considering they have to pay for another air ticket I dont blame them but Doctors orders.
Knitting
Anyway I have about 20 rows to finish the back of the pink vest,Abalone is sitting there looking me while Ive gone off on another tangent,the SeaShell Cowl  on Ravelry,I could pinch a photo but I couldnt be cruel to the designer,gorgeous though with Kid silk haze and madeltosh tosh light,2 balls of each,I already have a ball of the marmelaide colour with the Rowan kid,I think dark grey for the tosh,so I need one more ball of the marmelaide and two of the Tosh!
Garden
Its looking pretty good,a few Sugar loafs are a bit sad but I torn a couple apart in their punnets,hopefully theyll perk up before I go!!
Spinning
still working on that top
Sewing
still looking at four pairs of jeans to chop and hem
Now Im off to watch a bit of TV and spinning before I die in bed...
Ok lastly a puzzle
Son did a job for a person,that person gave my DH $100 to give to said Son,now DH got Son to do a job for him for $100,now Son gave me a $100 to help me pay for hire car,I gave it to Hubby to pay him to put sterio in Cruiser,so then DH then passed to Son for doing the assembly,said son is now confused and thinks hes missed out on on $100.
Can anyone work it out and understand?

Heres a link to a wonderful person,sending good wishes and prayers  a speedy recovery
http://artdomannie.blogspot.com.au/
Although I dont know her and have only just come across her blog,I feel a connection as we all do when the dreaded "C" invades our world whether it be ourselves or loved ones,I too have five children and while expecting the youngest I made the same discovery as Annie,after months of tears and doctors and seemingly no support it was determined not that thing but rocked my world,since then I ve had three more instances of cause for worry to the point I thought I was becoming a hypocondiac .I see every year as a bonus  and the older the boys become the more they can care for themselves and less I worry about them going without me.Sometimes I find myself nearly hypoventilating,anxiety and all the rest,stress is at the all time high and I think no!! Im well and there are others for which the reality of illness is there,their families and friends impacted,for now find the goodness,strive to live as never before for one day it could be me.

Update

Ok I got off my Butt and raced and dug and weeded and aded a second trellis so now I have

• Fordhook Giant Silver beet,10 plants
• Melting Mammoth Snow Peas, seeds
• Sweet peas,Sugar Snap, seeds
• Sugar Loaf Cabbage,seedlings 10 plants
• Beetroot (Fairy Seedlings), seedling 10 plants
• Spring Onions, seedlings, dozs
• Broadbeans (waiting for Hubby to remember as he has the box of goodies from the Kambalda Seed Savers Group) Seeds

All watered in but too dark for a pics,Im hoping this small plot will help supplement our groceries and with fresh is best and the harvesting comes personal satisfaction,If I can look after these and the plot,it'll be ready to start a summer garden too,imagining corn,tomatoes ,lazy house wife beans,zucchini and cucumbers and Ill see if I can fit in a couple of stone fruit,apricots,plums or Alberta Peach but have to be careful of space as theres need for pollinators...

Whats in a name..

Hmmm all my life I had trouble with people automatically writing my first name with a "K",theres so many veriations that its normal to expect to have the spelling confirmed... now I was named after an ancestor on my Dads side and am probably a bit over proud that he thought enough of me as his first born to pick my life time label.
Anyway to carry on I usually tell people the spelling you know the Russian Queen,"Catherine the Great",I was an avid history person and the story of that Queen always fasinated me...theres is also the other great heroine Henry the 8th first wife, Catherine of Aragon,I loved her story too and how she hung on in dignity and pride to die of old age!
With this bit of history lesson stuff Im sometimes a bit alarmed that Im maybe a bit ,I dont know ,"up myself" to refer to a Queen name as a reference of spelling but I then think bugger it,these people probably dont even know who Im talking about,lol
Right spinning,I nearly through the braid of the last SCF,I intend to finish the pink vest to sart of the green one
I finished those greenish socks and by gum more arrived in the "Icehouse" colourway from the lovey Kylie in Cobar,hope I spelt your name right,she came to the rescue with a beaut green blue Lornas Laces stripe sock yarn for that pattern out of the lastest Knitty,not sure if I linked it before but here goes,new project to knit on the flight over to Sydney,now it will be interesting if I can knit on that flight but the security lady on the way home from Perth to Kalgoorlie did confirm yes I could knit in flight,maybe I should ring the locals to make sure or be prepared to lose my needles...


Off mouse ahuntin in the vegie patch

and random stuff

my summer experiment that the bunnies nearly annialated but they grew back and now Im wondering how many spuds I will end up with,I should put more potting mix in to see if I can squeeze a few more but the weather sslowing to cool quickly...whats in there will be used wisely and carefully as Ive never grown them before!

The orange tree is loaded and I hope this time next year the Blood orange will have a couple and the ruby grapefruit will have one or two as well,these are as organic as I can get at the moment!!no sprays and only water goes on them...well may chooky poo in pellet form and agin hopefully this time next year real ones will be scratching around under it.
And the vegie garden at moment,in it today will be more digging and hopfully sugar loaf cabbage,peas,silver beet,beet root and spring onions,after 8 and half hours yesty at work and twos following at teh shop I came home jumped in and put a rough bunny proof fence up and dug a little before the mossies drove me inside,my son,No4 gave a brief help til he too nicked off declaring fencing boring..

 

Im gradually getting the stuff cleared from this side of yard,Hubbys spare cruiser motor or gear box cant remember is still near the clothesline,the blue tarp in first photo and he still has his pile of timber,jarrah that he has hopes of furnture one day though we plan the chookys new abode there behind the shed and theres still the other half of the patio on the other side near flower beds and I have two more fruit trees to get in as soon as possible but I do have a revived spirit in gardening here as apart from work so Im glad as I was seriously thinking a little extra help have been on the cards

This particular spot Im eyeing off to make a little pretend hidey corner where I can sit and maybe knit with a glass of wine ,imagine a wrought iron chair set,i have to trim the trees back a bit.The Champayne Bottle brush grew faster and bigger than I thought but it flowers almost all year so Im learning to love it more,the birds are visiting more often too,its getting quite busy in the early morning(6am) and late arvo!

Heres Taffy zoned out,a bit worried at first thought she was sick!!

but a scruffin had her awake and a bit peed off methinks

Simply

Chill pills work...I just paided $1252.00 (one of three payments) to give No Five Sona better start seeing this school failed to let him thrive and when I get home I find a letter in the mail to say that hes on detention next Wednesday for not handing in an assigment( a simple photoshop portrait that took he and I three days to work out) I rather like it actually...anyway it will mean he will miss the bus home 65kms away. I will be in town to pick up Son no 3 for Hockey but No Five wont get home til 8pm so makes it a late night for him(Bus picks them up at 7am..).methinks a conversation with Principal may see common sense of moving detention to school hour instead
Breathe just breath....crappy week,crappy month.crappy whole F......g year.....................................

Sunday nearly gone

The last day before I go back to that place,Ive cooked and spun and tryied to make something of the garden ( I mowed and Son No 3 dug and pulled out rabbit proof fence)
Its over cast and very mild today,perfect movie watching knitting day but son 5 is having issues with science homework for which he left all his notes at school 67 kms away,hes goign to be introuble but at least he will ahve the requirments such as draft,good copy which hes going to get to the library and add his figures from experiment some how tomorrow and another third component? hmmm cant remember something like a self check,experiment writing is certainly different to what I did in year 11 and 12....variables dependant,independant and what ever,gee we just wrote up our experiments,simple and easy to read,this is year 8,it goes to show how little that school prepares its students
Today I have succesfully made these

And washed these..

Some are old ones and one is Hubbys new ones ,in 8 ply Patonyle and theres a gift set in there too,hopefully there ll be a few more added soon as I knit my way trough the stash,still have a years worth of STR club,havent had time to knit the gorgeous patterns that came with them so keep putting them off but will probably just use a simple one of my own as I cant have them sitting there languishing,time is the worst enemy

Also in the middle is my lovely new BFL hand spun dyed socks,cant wait to wear these....

Theres another two balls of SC green brown Corrie but I forgot to get a pic of them so maybe when dry.. Ive started the last top so will be ready to knit them soon...

I better go crack the whip so Benji can at least get what he can together to print out for assignment,he has a biograghy to write Monday and Tuesday,800 words,and he cant remember if hes done the draft yet or if only the draft he needs by Wednesday..talk about absent minded,it like beating my head agaisnt a brick wall in this house....

Oh I found this too,very handy to twig the memiries a bit....

Off for 4 days

Got up early yesty on my monthly RDO transfered from last Friday and had big plans to bi og out certain areas of the house,then I just went down hill with something akin to severe hayfever or a fluey type thing,Im right into the Nyal Sinus and the Cold and Flu tablets the  herbal ones and they seem to work much better than the medicated stuff that seems to make me sky high.The good old Liquid Sudifed for Children was the best one out til the druggos got it and made impossible for us poor souls to have it for medical reasons,the tablets make me ill even though it was the same constituents...anyway im still feeling down energy wise and just want to sleep.I got a bit done though and tomorrow Ill do the vegie garden and plant some new winter stuff next wednesday. Thinking broccolli,peas, beetroot,carrots and parships,broadbeans,Im at least a month behind but the weathers been so dry and with my long hours I just coudnt get to it
My garden

Disgusting considering I had heaps of flowers and pretty things before I started work! Anyway son 3 dug it up this summer then Hubby decided to add  his bit but both let the lawn get rightinto it,took me two hours to cut it down and  pull out a much as  I could

Spinning front,Im endevouring to get the last of this SC top finished so I can wash this lot and I found another one tucked in the cupboard the Ill do another of Charleis bunny tops that I found,its rainbow which I want to ply with some turquoise top,I should get enough for a wrap or top down of some sort

Kitting I did the ribbing for the pink vest but until I see it on Ill reserve my opinion whether to redo front and lower the V,it is quite high and measurement are pretty close...anyhow Im kitchener stitching the shoulders of Abalone tonight and trying it on before I pick up and do the arms and neck. Then I hope get Atelier out and make some progress there too,rehomed some gorgeous Malabrigo in Smke that arrived today which I need another 5 I think to do another Atelier,love the casual style of that sweater cardigan,well I do at the moment,Ill be firmer on that when I finish the Envy one from Skein!!

This lot Im thinking of a shawl pattern that I down loaded last night but forgotten the name of,rich colours

Heres another........

Rain rain rain

It hasnt stopped since about 5am yesterday morning,mostly dizzle but some heavier stuff in between,I think we re up to about three inches so far and its cool and damp the sortb that acan make a house a little musty but wonderful for baking and knitting or spinning

 

I finished plying the SC Enchanted top braid last night,I thinkn theres one more hidden in here some place,I hope to cast on for a vest of some kind very soon,maybe Ill take it with me and knit the nights away while on my trip back East. Abalone is nearly done too,so hope its a good fit!
I wish I had a craft or studio where I cold keep my body form set up for sizing,trying to fit a knitted item up against one self to see if it long enough or the arm is deep enough is funny awkward and totally a waste of time........
Ive got a ball of blue green Tanis Fiber Arts ,merino cashmere fingering at 375yards ,thought this one might work....
PS I managed to edge the garden both front and back too yesty in and between the storms

A little damp

Today I was going to spend a few hours snippering and mowing my back yard and doing something towards a winter vegie garden even though its getting late in the year,then Cyclone Lua decided to come our way and if it was decent rain I would be happy but its light damp cool rain(not soaking rain either which so desparatly wanted here,bull dust everywhere) that you cant really do much in and makes the whole day an inside knitting sewing day,cant complain really thats what I would love anyway but the whole yard and house is sooo scruffy AND i think Im coming down with something.
My days are so full of everything else that I dont get more than one night to myself now,frustrating,theres surgery looming so wanted to finish a few UFOs and clear out crap build up,oh well just keep working it could pull togther...

Earlier I heard a few brave boys going out to do this...bet they ll be a different colour when they get back,so glad Son no 1 is out at work,"Wattle Dam" hes mending broken buckets..he was late this morning and I dont think he got time to get his crib before the bus came so Id better get something nice together tonight,I rather fancy a roast with pudding to follow lets see if i can wing it...

Oops forgot a title...

Its been and up and down week but it ended well with a trip to the Rec Centre for a lovely meeting with a equally nice group of ladies to make some cards for Easter,I was so tired I just made two of the four activites,but was just as happy to sit and talk,came home to a messy cluttered house but didnt cry just took my cuppa to bed and finished off this book I picked up on Wednesday.
I vow over the next few weeks Im going to start decluttering house, pass my extra art supplies onto art teacher a school,donate the bit os craft stuff to Home Ec so they can make use of it more than me, and start weeding out craft magazines,thinking of taking a few down to the swap destash pile at Toodyay,also go through my bulging cupboard and see if I can whittle down that area too

The man card isnt finished yet,I have to find my foam stickers to lift the two pieces (the black and stamp bits) and hey,they are very amature but it was still fun,I have far too many hobbies now but stamp and card making is something Id love to do,the machinery and bits to go with this hobby are quite expensive... I have a small collection of stamps and a bit of paper collection and will ad as I go.I dearly would like a few sheep stamps...

Proof of spinning too,trying to get a few UFOs out of the way before the specialist gets a hold of me and also to take on my trip,trying to work out how I can carry my Victoria,camera set up and backpack on the plane,have a sneaking suspicion the spinning wheel wont fit their size thingy...though I just checked and they are popular wheels for plane carry ones!

A wattle bird and a ring neck or "28" parrot in the same tree

Well they usually hate each other!!

Auto Knitter Simplex

Well Ive got as far as making a tube but the heel proved a bit more hmm lets say back to the drawing board,I think it needs weights more on the heel than previuosly thought but I wont be playing again til next weekend..

 Ive shredded too much now but hopefully Ill have a product to show soon!

its quite fascinating to watch and with use and much lubrication runs smoothly enough,the clicking of the cams is mesmerising too!

Oh and a flat rabbit for something different

Taffy Girl being spoilt just because shes allows it for now

I found ...

an inspiring blog,this one is patchwork and sewing with links to so many others,theres so many talented peoples out there..

Im off to see if I can salvage more needles for autoknitter and hopefully  get some sort of result today before I have to go to shop to check its state for tonight....oh and finish seconf bobbin of Southern Cross Corrie in the delightful greens browns and teals,should have enough for that Noro round neck vest very soon..its the one in top middle row,think its DK in weight but I should be able to tweek it to my favour!

Wow!!!!!!!!!!

I have got to try this..........
 http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss12/PATTcarousel.php  
Ill start this weekend

Hmm missed a few days, me thinks

What a week,I spent most in a dream, tired and run down and panicking at our future,still aiming to get back to see my Mum,really hoping I can cause I want to see them all and spend time in female company,I haven t had much time with Mum as an adult,she still treats me like most Mums I suppose that I dont know what Im doing,lol a week should help us get along as two girls not one over the other
Im nearly done with Abalone,pics tomorrow when I have light,Im nearly done with second Lorna sock and Ive done with main body of vest just need to sew shoulders and ribbing on arms and neck,so hoping it will fit...
Found a beaut online shop to buy some fabric too,silk cotton voile style at $11 and fine linen all in white for $10 approx at 150m a metres,I want need, will have a white upmarket shirt,a classic style so I can have a choice of classy or formal choice. Oh the shop is Rathdowne Fabrics Remnants,might look at some fine wool from later for a pair of pants...

Just a little Velvet Gecko,a pretty good close up from my new phone!

Sunday long Weekend in March

Well i did get called to shop on Friday the girls were having a bit of trouble catching up and I did come down with a bug that appears to have gone away and left a mild sense of unwell and a touchy nose,Id like to think it was the zinc tablets I got into, 2 twice a day plus these natural things with Horseradish 2mg,Elderflower 2mg and White willow 1mg from Ethical Nutrients,very similiar to the Nyall Sinus relief. ZRoughly teh same ingredients as well, This morning I got the vitamins outs with more of the herbal stuff and tonight its zinc again,dont mix zinc and multivitamins as theres been a suggestion that together they can speed up senile dementia,forgetfulness etc
I made inroads into my very disgusting house,cobwebs everywhere and general clutter,i actually threw out some yarn today just a few balls of stuff I found at the op shop ages ago... i did repack the Twilleys Freedom denim half finished back for a cardigan started about 5 years ago,(my hands were blue after knitting with it)Im getting through a few UFOs simply due to study being on hold.Today im going trough Youtube for sock machine instructions and having a concerted effort at learning the Autoknitter (mines only a plain black one but it gives a clear idea of what it looks like ,oh and I havent got a stand yet either),if I can get it underw ay it ll put probably at least 120lites of sock yarn into my drawers and out of storage,most of it is Opal and that not very nice to knit,cashmere like Casbah  from Handmaiden has me spoilt now,still have afew left but dont know what to cast on for yet,one has faults in the dye so it will be sockies but the spare will be a cowl,just have to find the just right pattern..
Managed to get to the hair dresser yesty and got a shock at the cost,Ill be doing my own before long,lol,but Im happy with the colour and cut.
This is where I rather be today, this weekend....

Friday, thank God

Here I sit,hopefully a reprieve and the shop can run without me tonight,I think Im either developing my sons bug that kept him home last week for 4 days or a bad case of hayfever,bugger,have to get up early tomorrow too as I couldnt get to town for a hair cut this week, had to take an 8am appointment in the morning,that means up at 6.30 and on the road at at least 7.10 to make in time,and hopefully without being sick and enough time to grab a coffee before I get to the hairdressers...
One positive,Im half way up the shoulders on the Jo Sharp Ultra Vest,shouild in theory have it done tonigh but I cant see that happening,I also started the second green sock AND am nearly finished the first ball of some handspun for the Abalone Vest

Look at much yarn I have left,thats the best thing about Charleys angorino top,its weightless and goes forever.was supposed to be about 180 metres in that ball,I wish I could remember what its name was.This super light and quishy! I have other colours in the stash so theyll be on the hit list this winter.

I frogged this once,it looked like being huge,now Ive measured it(all I did was cast on small size rather than medium,and knit tighter on the 5.5mm needles at a tension of 16 sts per 10cm,the pattern called for 13) and its on par with the small size and although I tend to knit longer in the body with vests etc this time Ive stuck with the design as I thought being the elements of which attracted me Ill give it a crack,even if I dont like it it will be a great weekend top at home over a turtle neck.Valley yarns,Sugar Loaf,48% synthetic microfibre,had to put the nasty first but 52% merino,its soft and drapey so if I dont knit a cowl with the left overs Ill destash on Ravely,wish Id picked a different colour,maybe blue or deep red...

Look what the neighbours are sharing over the fence

 and even better look what on my Brown Turkey fig tree has....had to show DH what a fig flower was heheh!

 

Oh and a quick pic of green socks to refresh memory,such a pretty colour!

Wordless Wednesday

Many legs!

The boys called into the kitchen las night to see this fello sitting presumably incognihto up the corner of one wall..failry common as in its name of a common house centipepde, I get the idea its not endemic to Australian according to Wiki but I may be wrong.. http://esperancewildlife.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/centipede-scutigeridae-sp.html Heres a bit more information about this funny looking insect!! Its really fast and appears to be cause its so mesmerising as it flits across the floor,mind you this one was abit slower as it had been locked up all night so i could get some close photos!

Gorgeous colours!

Heres a good shot of his eyes

And one more for luck!

And the watercolour class was good ,not as good as I hope, we were quashed in and it was a bit warm though I didnt feel as much the others seem to,the part of being squashed is not due to the organisers or the Art Centre but the failure of the Council to provide adequate housing for the arts in this area.Most people wouldnt care as the money could probably better go towards childrens/Teens facilites but to keep many people happy in a often lonely isolated area,it is still a need for well being of the community, the arts centre also catered for the crafts like patchwork and childrens crafts.The hosts provided endless coffee, tea and biccies plus a lovely meal of rissoles hand made for either salad or hamburger style lunch,I wasnt too enthused with the recipie handed out where the description was that to make it go further, shredded potato was added,I realised the need for frugilty to make ends meet but I would have been happy to bring a cold platter or a cake for smoko,maybe next time. It was great to meet others and be in a like minded group though. I do however have to remind myself not to talk about my own stuff like spinning etc cause one person was keen to meet later to learn spinning,I should go to the arts people and get them interested in putting on a spin day one weekend and maybe extend it to the next town for numbers. A bit nervous as per usual as I ve never met any of these people before and dont want to insult them as I simply dont have time to garentee my own participation. working a full time job and managing family business if soul draining,I think once things hot up my weekdays will be up to 12 hours or more on half the week with the weekends being up to 8 hours daily.
My effort anyhow,not very happy with it so will do something else later,a bit of gouche and white wash to recede the back ground and more textures in the forground like rocks and foliage,and I DO NOt like using that masking fluid...

I got in and mowed the three foot high lawn and made ambitous plans to resurect the vegie garden to compensate for the lack of quality of local shops and money,Im hoping Dh wont want to get in and try to make it a gigantic thing that full of weeds and low producing,half the time I not allowed to touch this or that cause hes saving next years seed,lol
More pics,the pink ones are an old Patonyle print,sooo nice to knit with and the blue is the Lornas laces,cant remember what colour name from Yarnivorous destash a long time ago!

Fluffy scarves,had to do these for the instant gratification means,not warm really but quick and fun but not like those fur scarves that were so popular not so long ago

Heres a close up of the colours

 Love all of these but the last one is really pretty,The blue ones is mine I think the purpley one may be a Mums day gift along with the pink socks up there,the gold one Im thinking of giving to the only person at work who gave me a gift last Christmas(the other lady is gone but Ill catch up with her later)
Right Im off to stash dive to find some handspun for that Abalone pattern,want to start it soon!

So excited,Im doing a water colour class today,I have exactly well almost,lol an hour to get ready,Im taking some of my own brushes and maybe paitn too though all is provided including lunch,I was going to make an apple cake to take but also thought I was riding this

But as now we have two cars again I can drive there,I might copy out a photo of something I wantt o paitn just in case we re offered an option to do so,dont want to offend tutor Sheryl Fasolo!
Im making headway with a couple of knitting things,finishing off that Lornas laces sock was wonderful,Must take pics,maybe tomorrow in between cleaning yard,its out of control,cant see the rabbits...
There progress on a Jo Sharp Ultra vest,Issue 1," A fine Romance" that was supposed to be in Ultra  but Im using Sugar Loaf by Valley yarns,merino tencil mix,absolutely divine to knit,very soft and drapey,I dont think its still available,its not on Webs anymore,that wonderful shop, I get lost in there. I found the wool I need for the other two projects,Plain and Simple Vest just not sure whether to go with sage green or charcoal black,and also need to find the handspun from Charley I did ages ago,two lots Im combining for the Abalone vest
Ok I must dash but Ill leave you with another of the very patient Alexander Beetle (who knows the song?) Patient 'cause he waited a week to be photographed in a little home of grass and fresh water