Our daughter and her family moved into their new apartment Wednesday, and it has been quite an adjustment getting used to the quiet! I have been filling my time with knitting projects and gardening. Hope you aren't getting tired of the gardening pictures,especially now when they don't have much going on yet. It is nice to put these up and look back to see how they have changed over time, and it's fun to just talk about it here.
Have decided to make another Trellis sweater, for a donation to our VFW Ladies Auxillary raffle next spring, when our chapter has to hold a district meeting. They need lots of items to raffle off so the sweater will go to a good cause. Here is the progress on it, made from Lion Brand Pound of Love, a very soft yarn that seems to want to split a little, and the stitches aren't as defined but it is working out well so far.
Here is another fruit hat I made a few weeks ago, and just now got around to putting up the photo. Going through my folder of photos, have made several of these, the only difference in this one is the green top is made from the neon green Red Heart. I like the effect of the bright green with the very dark purple. Love to play with color, that's the best part of weaving rag rugs...
Here is a closeup of a bleeding heart I bought last year. I put this one in and transplanted an older one last fall, and the older one didn't make it. This one seems happy in the location, so will leave it alone. The other one needed more room, it was in a small raised bed with landscaping cloth underneath, it was a mistake to put it there to begin with, but we learn as we go.
Here is a closer photo of the right front side of our porch. Two columbine, the smallest one has since been moved over to make room for a garden phlox. The tulips, rose bushes, a dianthus and some wild violets and forget me nots stuck in randomly.
The left front, creeping phlox, a rosebush that gets full of tiny red roses, two oriental poppies,a dianthus and two garden phlox, in two shades of pink. They have problems with powdery mildew, so after reading online about using hydrogen peroxide gave it a try, and hopefully caught it in time. The directions said to spray once a week for preventative, or more often to get rid of it. And to test on one leaf before spraying the whole plant, which so far hasn't had any negative effects.
Found these hanging solar lights at Family Dollar, they look nice on either side of the hand rails. They don't get full sun all day to recharge, but so far they work at night.
This is another baby pullover from the Knitting Pure and Simple pattern, the yarn is Lion Brand Pound of Love in lavender. I have made 2 of the 6 month size so far, and would like to make an 18 month size for my grandson in a denim colored yarn soon.
Had to buy another size 9 circular needle to make the sweater, and ended up with this pair. My favorite needles are wooden circulars and was upset to find that our cat Jimi ( my weaving buddy) had chewed up the one needed for this sweater. Well, as long as I needed a new one, might as well look for one with sharper tips, as the sleeve increases were very difficult to do with the bamboo ones due to being so blunt. These seemed to have the sharpest points so that was why I bought them, but discovered that the problem of stitches getting caught on the needle where it's connected to the cord wasn't an issue. Am not sure if you can see it in the photo, but they taper the needles, and the cord connection is very smooth. They are more slippery than wood, which is still an issue, but I would buy more of these, and they are less expensive, also.
