Week 34 of 2026

The garden is doing well, and this week has been taken up with preserving the bounty of the garden and the fruit trees (apple season is in full swing) -

The vegetable garden.

Almost finished weaving the warp on the loom.

The sleeve stitches for the cardigan are on hold, and it is just straight knit/purl for the body.

Photos from Around - 

Miss Maggie returned from hunting covered in cobwebs and seed heads.

Molly having a rest in the shade.

GingerSnap! resting after a night out.

All the chickens this morning.

All the best!♥︎

Week 33 of 2026

This week has been all about cutting more dead trees, chipping branches and spreading the wood chips, but I have a few projects on the go -

I am knitting a cardigan with yarn I finished spinning during Tour de Fleece (using a pattern that I won during last year's TdF - the TANi Cardigan by ANKESTRiCK).

Also have a new project on the loom - more towels (there is a table runner in there too). This is part of a weave along on Ravelry. It is a 'barleycorn weave pattern', something new for me.

Photos from Around -

Some of the chickens ready for bed.

These two are sound asleep.

With all the wood cutting and chipping this week Molly spent lots of time in her most favourite spot - the truck (she loves going for a ride as long as we don't leave home). I think she thought I was asking her to come out, because she wouldn't look at me.

A sunrise this week.

All the best!♥︎

Week 32 of 2026

This week I finished knitting a little scarf -

The pattern is Leaf Fall by Nicola Diggins.

 I knit it with handspun yarn, a merino/silk blend that I dyed before spinning. I had used the yarn for another scarf years ago and never wore it, so I took it apart to use the yarn again.

It was quite curled before blocking.

After blocking it lays flat.

It was an easy, fun knit, and the pattern was very clear.

Today was the end of the second part of Tour de Fleece (Tour de Fleece Femmes), and I finished spinning the sock yarn I started in the first part of TdF, and I spun some more wool on the Indianhead spinner this week.

Photos from Around -

Molly runs around the pool with a ball in her mouth every time we go swimming (she has worn quite the path!). She gets so excited when we get our swimsuits out. When she was a puppy, and we swam in the pond, she ran around that too (she doesn't like to go in water, and is not a swimmer).

This piece of rebar in the garden makes a good scratching spot for Miss Maggie.

GingerSnap! discovered that he can catch sparrows that zip through the little door in the chicken coop (he has startled a hen or two also, but doesn't bother them).

There are lots of Black Swallowtail caterpillars in the garden (as well as some chrysalises).

A Tiger Swallowtail butterfly visited the garden yesterday.

Dust bath time for some of the chickens.

We harvested some honey this week.

All the best!♥︎

Week 31 of 2026

This week I sewed a skirt -

It matches the top I made last week. This is some fabric I was given too, maybe a linen or a linen blend.

It is a Lutterloh pattern - #94 from supplement 341/Summer 2026.

I did add pockets (it has to have pockets!).

Photos from Around -

Curious chickens coming to visit.

The friendliest chicken, Greta, disappeared in June. We don't know what happened to her and it still breaks my heart.

Miss Maggie keeping an eye on some chickens (she doesn't like to get too close).

GingerSnap! found a cool spot in the shade on a very hot day.

All the best!♥︎