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Gyroscopic Cardigan – Pattern Coming Soon!
Posted on | May 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Gyroscopic Cardigan is on the blocking board (taking forever to dry, I might add), and I am writing up more notes on the pattern draft for my test knitter. The pattern should be ready to launch by mid-to late-June. I still need to choose the perfect buttons for this project, which will actually snap [...]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Posted on | May 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
On this day of all days, I felt entitled to go outside early this morning and raid the garden… Although I usually enjoy the roses ON the bush and seldom bring any into the house, today I picked myself a whopping armful of the most spectacular, wildly fragrant roses from every bush in the garden… and arranged [...]
Happy May Day!
Posted on | May 1, 2011 | No Comments
Here is a bouquet of Joseph’s Coat roses… and fluttering white irises… … a little visual feast while I’m off-duty this week. I’ll be back soon!
Garrrden Grrrl
Posted on | April 30, 2011 | No Comments
While I’m away from home this week checking in with my parents and doing a Brave New Knits signing at Katonah Yarn Co., I thought I’d share some of what is blooming in the garden. It is definitely iris season, and they are spectacular this year. It took a solid 2-3 years for them to [...]
Mad-cap Knitting
Posted on | April 14, 2011 | No Comments
Stash-busting is a goal of mine this year. Never let it be said that I don’t put ALL of my yarn to good use. The left-over yarn from my baby cardigan was burning a hole in my knitting bag, so to speak, and I had enough of it to make these three little baby caps. [...]
Signs of Spring
Posted on | March 31, 2011 | No Comments
There are some things even the latest downpours have not been able to wash away. Between storms this past week, I’ve been outside trying to capture the brave little spots of color around the garden. Although I have not been successful at capturing on film any of the rainbows I’ve seen (why do I always [...]
Say Hello To My Little Friend March
Posted on | March 1, 2011 | 1 Comment
It’s beginning to look a lot like spring in my part of the country… Of course, we’re being revisited by the torrential downpours tonight through tomorrow… So I shall have to enjoy these glimmers of things to come while I have them… Hope you’ve enjoyed them, too!
The Big Spring Fake-Out
Posted on | February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
Those of you living in the frosty, snow-covered parts of the world might want to stop reading right here. I can’t help you. In northern California, you see, we are in the midst of a week of “faux spring,” and yesterday the temperature went up to 80 degrees. I sat outside with my knitting, but [...]
December Showers…
Posted on | December 12, 2010 | No Comments
… bring winter flowers. Lest you think the garden is asleep for the winter, let me correct that impression. There are a few spots and pots where even my mostly-green thumbs can’t make anything grow spontaneously, and it is necessary to import the color from our local nursery. For those areas, cyclamen do the job nicely, being both [...]
The Garden Gets Its Second Wind – When Will It Be My Turn?
Posted on | August 27, 2010 | No Comments
With all the travel I’ve had to do this summer, a lot of the garden has simply passed me by. One week I leave and nothing much is happening, but by the time I return a week later, a riot has broken out. The roses are in full bloom again, which really caught me by [...]