The skeining and the dyeing is finished, for this week. Tomorrow is organize and pack up for the VT S&W this weekend. If you are planning on going, don’t forget there is a $1.00 off coupon on there web site. Or, you can go back to last week sometime ( I think last week, it’s been sort of a blur) and find the link I had at the top of a post. Another thing not to forget, me.. make sure you stop and say "hi".
There hasn’t been time to take pictures of the new yarn and the new colors. Most of the old ones are still there and new ones added. Next week. The new yarn I decided to try is a merino / bamboo / silk blend. Very soft, very durable and completely washable. I wanted to see how it would knit up so started a little scarf. The pattern is an easy to memorize 12 row repeat. The picture separates the colors more than they are, making it look too busy. I’ll knit a bit further, it’s a test knit, then decide.
The Chicken Corn Soup recipe. I don’t have one. Every time is probably a bit different. I Googled it and there are lots of recipes. My advice, use them only as guidelines. This time of year, I don’t use noodles. The corn is SO good, I add more of it. I never use canned broth. Use a chicken.. you need the meat anyway.
The hummingbirds…. I still have females and some juveniles. Not many, but a consistent showing. I expect that to stop by next week sometime. Keep the feeders full, there are stragglers, and they will need them.
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I think the pattern looks really beautiful in that yarn, not busy at all.
The scarf is lovely. But a 12 row pattern that’s easy to memorize? Right, and then there’s me.
Took me 15 repeats to memorize a two row pattern. But I WAS distracted at the time.
I like the scarf. (The yarn sounds intriguing.)
I like this pattern very much! Is it a pattern available on the Web or in a book? I think it is lovely!
I live west of Boston and still have a lot of Hummers to the feeder. They are so fun to watch! I think we have several nesting pairs who are quite territorial. One will chase the others away even though I have multiple feeders and plenty for all!
The yarn looks really interesting, and from the photo, it looks like it has a nice body or memory…(I have wondered about the bamboo and memory.)
Have a very good time this weekend–I wish I could stop and say hi and buy some of your fabulous dyed yarns….
…hummers are still at my feeders, mostly they look like young ones.
See you Saturday :o)
I love the gartery bits. Variegated yarn really sings to me when it’s in a garter-based pattern. 🙂
i think it is stunningly beautiful, and i really like the pattern!
i’m just getting the lay out of all the new england festivals, as i have a child who starts school in connecticut this week. i would LOVE to see your beautiful yarns in person!
Trying to catch up on a backlog of blog posts. So:
Chicken corn soup? I made my first batch ever last month with fresh local corn and my own broth. Fabulous. It had “rivels” in it, which I take is some PA Dutch thing but basically little homemade noodles that were easy and fantastic. I will make more as soon as the weather turns into proper Vermont fall and not Florida summerlike.
Your yarn colors are amazing. I hope you had fun at VT S & W. I bagged on it this year (too bad, I would love to have seen you and your stuff). I can’t take the September date, October was much more seasonal. And my God, the heat. Not sorry I missed that part! I hope sales were good despite the non-autumnal ambience. I stayed home and painted our new sheep barn. That’s a fiber fest of a different sort, I suppose!
I really like the combination of yarn and pattern. I like multicoloured yarn, and I like knitting in lace patterns, but often the effect of both is lost when combined. I think in your swatch they may be enhanced.