Week 32 of 2024

This week I finished a pair of socks that had been on the needles for a couple months- 

My fourth pair of handspun socks so far this year. This one from a BFL/Nylon blend I dyed and spun four years ago.

Cooler temperatures this week, but because I am running out of some of the colours I have had to shift the colours/temperatures sequence.

Photos from Around - 

Ginger cat's cone is off - his leg and other parts have healed well.

This is the closest Maggie will get to him, and only because that is where her food is (she still manages to complain lots while eating).

Molly loves going for a ride as long as it is just around the yard.

Maggie resting after a large feast - such a good hunter.

Ginger cat watching some Swallows that have a nest above the window.

We are hoping that he will be a good hunter too, but we think he might have been a house cat in his previous life.

Here are the Swallow babies in the nest.

These chicks are 14 weeks old now, and enjoying feasts from the garden.

Drone photo of the vegetable garden (the section on the right died due to flooding earlier in the summer).

Stopped by a great old barn on an evening bike ride.

Enjoyed the Persius meteor shower this evening, as well as great northern lights.

All the best!♥︎

Week 31 of 2024

This week I finished the pair of socks I started on our road trip-

I knit socks toe-up, two-at-a-time, on one long circular needle, from both ends of the ball of yarn to be able to us up of the yarn, and the small bundle is all I had left - about 1m (1yd).

I knit a regular 64 stitch sock (with a gusset and eye-of-partridge heel flap), but added a simple cross over stitch pattern (4 stitch repeat, over 2 rows), just to make the knitting more interesting.

The socks are from a BFL/Nylon fibre that I dyed. I tried something 'new to me' - small dots of colour with areas left undyed.

When I spun the yarn I divided the bundle into three pieces to make a 3-ply yarn, then divided each section into narrow strips to have small lengths of the different colours.

This created narrow stripes of colour.

Works in Progress - 

This past week was very warm.

Photos from Around - 

The gardens are growing well.

This past week lots of weeding was done.

A Barred Plymouth Rock (Becky), and a Sapphire Gem (Gemma),

and a Cinnamon Queen (Sparkle) - one of each of the types of chickens we have.

13 weeks old.

Last Monday this ginger cat walked up to the door and wanted in. Molly fell in love with him right away.

He came with a swollen injured leg, abrasions on his toe beans on one foot, and another small injury on another foot. We always have lots of stray cats around, but they are usually very skittish, and don't stick around, this one didn't leave. So after a few days and his leg getting worse, we had to take him to the vet. So I guess we now have a new addition to the family!

He is the friendliest cat, and just wants to be close to everyone (she wasn't impressed he took her bed).

Miss Maggie does not like him one bit, we are hoping she will get used to him like she did with Molly. Luckily she is outside most of the time, since the new cat (still deciding on a name) has to stay inside for a while. The vet thinks he is about one and a half years old.

The chickens were very curious about him when he first came - he is hiding in the bushes on the left.

All the best!♥︎

Free Motion Quilting

I haven't done much quilting the past two days (I thought it was about time I got some housework/yard work done - seems to always be there!)

Day 6 and 7 of the FMQ Challenge.

Some one is looking more and more at home.
We are still hoping that some one will claim him.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!♥