Week 19 of 2024

A few projects on the go-

Started a new weaving project - a simple, plain weave, project to stay on the loom for the summer time (more tea towels).

I picked this tatting project up again (started in 2021), another simple project for the summer.

There was a hot 27ºC day yesterday for the temperature blanket.

Photos from Around-

Very exciting week for us - the chicks arrived!!

Cute little balls at the beginning of the week - 1 day old, 9 of them.

It's amazing how fast they are growing - 5 days old.

6 days old.

We have three different breeds of chickens - the gold ones are Cinnamon Queens, the black ones are Barred Plymouth Rock, and the grey ones are Sapphire Gem.

The pets are quite excited too.

Miss Maggie spends a lot of time laying by the cage, we are hoping she is just keeping an eye on her babies....

We have had high winds this week and lots of trees came down, Miss Molly helped with the clean up.

Today we had lots of smoke from forest fires in Northern Manitoba.

All the best!♥︎

Week 18 of 2024

Finished a few things this week -

A skein of Merino/Nylon for sock, from fibre that I dyed last week.

And a set of six tea towels. The pattern is Four Blocks on Four Shafts: Summer & Winter Towels from Handwoven magazine, issue May/June 2013, woven in 2/8 cotton, cotton chenille and cotton bouclé.

Still working on some other projects too, including -

Socks with some more handspun Merino/Nylon.

And the temperature blanket - temperatures all over the place and a birthday this week.

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A pair of Canada Geese on the workshop roof, and a pair of Mallards by the pond.

A different pair of Mallards have decided to lay their eggs under a tree near the house (we don't think they will make it - see the following photo)

Our girls.

All the best!♥︎

Week 17 of 2024

This week I finished spinning another skein of sock yarn (that will be my theme for the year).

The fibre was dyed neon pink and gold

I dyed some more fibre for socks. I was inspired by an article in the Summer 2018 issue of Spin Off magazine - Brewing Up a Batch of Custom Dyed Fiber by Anne Merrow. Basically to have small dots of colour in the white fibre.

For spinning I divided the fibre in to very thin pieces, to have short sections of colour. I am looking forward to seeing how this knits up.

Temperatures all over the place this week.

Photos from Around-

There was a Bald Eagle in the yard this week.

Still frosty temperatures some mornings.

A bit of rain and things are really starting to grow.

Little pine trees everywhere - the previous owners ploughed all around the shelter belt trees (most are now dead), and we have left things to naturalize, so it is nice to see so many trees coming in.

Miss Molly oblivious to the pair of Jack Rabbits on the right.

She was very excited when they took off - she could never get them, they are so fast.

The Jack Rabbits are about half white and half brown now.

Miss Maggie joined us on our walk.

We scared a pair of Mallards (flying over in the photo). We scared a pair of small ducks (we can't tell what type), and a pair of Partridges on the walk too - spring has really come!

All the best!♥︎

Week 16 of 2024

This week I sewed a summer skirt (it isn't as bright as the photo, but still a berry pink, one of my favourite colours). The fabric, a stretch twill, was a remnant for $7.

The pattern is #134 from Lutterloh supplement #322.

Started a few new projects this week - this is a pair of toe-up socks from yarn I spun a few weeks ago.

And a new set of towels on the loom. This is probably the hardest thing I have ever woven, but the challenge is making weaving interesting. The pattern is Four Blocks on Four Shafts: Summer and Winter Towels from Handwoven magazine issue May/June 2013.

Spinning for the next pair of socks - more pink (this one is probably brighter in real life), I am trying to use dye colours I don't use too much.

A bit of a cold snap this week, but back to warm temperatures this weekend for the temperature blanket.

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Summer garden plants are growing well inside.

We had snow this week, but it didn't stay long.

The last of the winter snow left is in the other pond

This poor little Sapsucker hit the window yesterday, but with a little nursing (and keeping the pets away), he flew off.

All the best!♥︎

Week 15 of 2024

Mainly knitting this week, but I did press and trim more of the blocks that at sew at a monthly makers get together -

Now there are 54 Broken Dishes blocks (I need 218 total now because I decided to make a smaller quilt).

I finished spinning the fibre batt that I made from a local wool and our dog's fur.

79g of worsted weight tweed Chiengora yarn.

And knit a hat with it - a very quick knit. This one is for my son - Molly is his dog.

I am amazed how soft the yarn turned out, and the hat has a lovely halo.

I didn't use a pattern - more details can be found on a Ravelry page.

I finished knitting a pair of handspun socks.

A warm week last week.

Photos from Around- 

The snow has just about all melted, and the pets are so happy rolling around on the dry grass.

We had a nice view of the solar eclipse this week (just partial for us, but at least the clouds were clear enough to see it).

Miss Maggie in a nest.

Miss Molly found a big stick (we had high winds that blew some dead trees over).

Just visible, but there are a few flocks of Tundra Swans in the photo.

We usually see more geese than swans, I don't know why it is different this year.

Both ponds have pairs of Mallards on them - hopefully they will stay (last summer was the first year Mallards nested on both ponds).

All the best!♥︎