I was looking through my yarn stash (which, like most knitters, there is much of, but not enough of each color to make a solid colored sweater)
and I spotted several of my half started scarves.

I'm not sure if I'm the only person who has this problem, but I am in the habit of not finishing what I started. Granted, I'm better than I was a couple of ( Read more... )

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Okay, so after I took a photo of my aran sweater, I realized it was a really lousy picture. So I set up my manikin and a backdrop sheet and went wild. Okay, semi wild. Anyway, here are some better pictures. Enjoy!


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...I finished...


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I'm coming down the homestretch when it comes to the purple Aran crewneck I'm knitting-the pattern is from Madeline Weston's book, Country Weekend Knits. It's my first cabled sweater, too, and I'm thrilled at the way it's turning out.

Also, the fact that I now have checked off on the parts list: front panel, back panel, and sleeve no. 1, makes it ( Read more... )

..and the front panel of my sweater finished. I spent a looong Sunday completing it-and it did take all day. Funny how with knitting you think you're close to the end only to find you're really a couple more hours more away from that.

Ah well, the fact is we got a skimpy 12 inches of snow (sarcastic eye roll) and I got the front panel finished. Oh ( Read more... )

I know that some nit picky cooks (like myself) won't try a recipe unless it has a picture along with it, and a good one at that.

Well, here's the photo loot from the cinnamon pinwheel bread I made yesterday. I can assure you it tastes as good as it looks!


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So finally, a picture of the work I've done on the front panel of my purple crewneck sweater.


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So good news! My aster is sprouting already, and quite proficiently. My zinnias have miraculously begun to come up, too, despite how little time it's been since they were planted.

Today I planted a peat tray each of chives and celery (crosses fingers). Celery is so hard to grow. It does that infamous thing that we gardeners call "damping off". ( Read more... )

So now I've planted a little peat pot set of each: vinca, penstemon, violas, and zinnias. Yesterday I picked up seeds for, sugar snap peas, red cabbage, celery, black beauty eggplant, spreading pink petunias (for my hanging basket), yellow onions, common chives, cilantro, broccoli and cauliflower.


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