Beaux in progress...


This blanket is taking far less yarn than I expected. I'm halfway through the second (50g!) ball of each color, and I only have two stripes left of each. I'm sure I'll crack into the third ball of each, since the outer stripes get wider and wider, but I'll easily have enough left for a hat, plus two extra balls of each color. Where did my math go wrong, or is this some kind of miracle?

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3:03 PM 0 Comments

le doudou de Beaux...


It's that time of year when all my friends are pregnant. The circle gets scarily closer and closer each year. More scarily, my response is generally, "Yes! Someone else I can knit tiny things for!" So for starters, I've just gotten my shipment of blue and green yarn for little Beaux, who is due to arrive in just under a month. OK, so it's kind of late to start something, but this one's all planned out, and should be a quick knit: A mitered-stripe blanket in alternating stockinette and reverse stockinette. And (time permitting) a matching hat.

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2:37 PM 0 Comments

in the jungle...


In my heart I know that plants actually do want to grow. And if you mostly leave them alone, they will get on with it. But I can't help being extremely proud of my mad facilitation skills. Snif...they grow up so fast!

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2:33 PM 0 Comments

when it rains...

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1:52 PM 0 Comments

how does your garden grow...
Obviously, by attending the annual Western Carolina Herb Festival.



Besides the thriving mesclun, radishes, snap peas, basil, cilantro, rosemary and sage, the garden now boasts a few new members. Roll call:

Roma tomato? Check.
Parsley? Check
Romaine? (and speckled Romaine?) Check. and Check.
Peppermint? Check.
Lemon Verbena? Check. (oh, and I love you)
Dill? Check.
Lavender? Check.
Lemon Balm? Check.
Eucalyptus? Even though I know you will not live long here, Check.

I even had to banish a few more pots to the front porch. Theses were, of course, the ones our squirrel is least likely to eat.

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4:49 PM 0 Comments

english muffin...
Me: "Hey, which side of the diagonal does the red go on the Union Jack?"

Paul: (consulting his t-shirt) "I think red comes first clockwise. Why?"

Me: "Oh, I'm making some undies... "

Paul: "Nice tailoring. Tim Gunn would be proud."



I'm off to a lingerie party/shower at Va Va Voom tomorrow for our friend Jessy, who is getting married next month to Paul's good friend Marc, who is English. I want her to be able to get something she picks out at the party, but I have this problem where I can't just give someone a gift certificate...I want there to be a little something to open. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find union jack undies in the US! OK, maybe I'm the only person who doesn't believe it. I ran across some online the other day, but didn't have time for the shipping from the UK. But nothing else would satisfy. And so my first foray into making underwear was a success. You are very welcome, Marc!

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6:29 PM 0 Comments

transplants...


All my little seedlings are in their big-boy pots, ready for the post-frost weather (I'm hoping we don't get that chancy late-April cold snap this year...some of those soil-filled pots are HEAVY!). I replanted some of the radish and mesclun thinnings, just to see how they do. Now I'm only waiting for the May Herb Festival to fill in the blanks!

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11:05 AM 0 Comments