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It be May. Maybe. 2 May 2013 | 07:36 pm
Springtime in the Rockies is becoming predictable. Nice weekend followed by midweek snow. This time I got a little smarter and harvested some tulips before the mercury dropped. This morning, it was 1...
Before the chill 21 Apr 2013 | 08:58 pm
Here's what was blooming (or almost blooming, in the peach tree's case) in my yard two weeks ago. That was right before a week of snow and temps down into the single digits. I don't worry about the pl...
The newbies on the block 21 Apr 2013 | 05:08 am
Last week I got some new bees, a package from Wyoming. Last year's bees swarmed and the hive never recovered. I was rather worried about this batch; the delivery was rather earlier than I would have l...
A delicious meal was had by all 26 Mar 2013 | 07:55 am
We meant to go to Chez Panisse, but there was a fire there earlier this month, so we had to make alternate plans. This one was a winner.
Farro salad with apples, toasted almonds and more 11 Mar 2013 | 08:21 am
It was a snowy day on Saturday, though not the raging blizzard we were expecting. The predicted foot of snow turned out to be 4 inches, and I didn't even have to shovel the south-facing sidewalk. All ...
Plugging away ... 7 Mar 2013 | 09:47 am
Just when I think I'm doing OK using fewer lifelines, I flub one row and have to rip back 16. Oy. But I'll finish it one day! The bag is from my friend Karen at Fringe Association. We were able to me...
Double knitting interlude 10 Feb 2013 | 02:20 am
I'm still working on the brioche scarf. I started over with fresh yarn (same color), screwed it up, ripped it back, started putting in lifelines and now I'm good. Meantime, I got lured into a little ...
Two-color brioche in baby steps 28 Jan 2013 | 08:35 pm
My goal in learning the brioche stitch and spending months on the one-color scarf was this two-color pattern. Nancy Marchant's Alex scarf is pretty darn stunning. Well, now I grasp the concept pretty...
The lace adventure begins 23 Jan 2013 | 09:27 pm
I have a new resolution for 2014: Finish this shawl. Yes, 2014. This pattern has a cast-on of 361 stitches. You work 121 rows of knitting with short-row wraps and turns, then get to the lace proper. ...
Pam Allen's State Street Cowl completed 22 Jan 2013 | 12:28 am
Well, that was fun! A fairly quick, easy knit that looks more complicated than it was. I learned how bad I am at estimating how much yarn I have left I could have done a whole 'nother pattern repeat...
