I went out to the garden this morning and was pleasantly surprised… I harvested the last of the carrots and a few tomatoes–there are still some on the vine and the plants are still blooming. I’ll get what I can of those until the first frost. And, to keep me company as I worked, this […]
When autumn leaves begin to turn–amber, orange, yellow, brown… and harvest time’s begun… I’m drawn outdoors to look around…the deep blue sky, the warming sun. I wander down the country roads that run so near my home–to find the treasures of these days–old churches, barns and streams. The branches of a sycamore reaching far above […]
This week I’ve been working on (and finished) a pair of mittens. The pattern is found in Mary Jane Hall’s book, Crochet That Fits. The designs in this book use staggered stitch heights without increases and decreases to achieve the desired shaping. I love the textured look of the mittens and I wanted a scarf […]
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