eye candy friday – food edition

We’ve been going to our local farmer’s market earlyearly Saturday mornings (we try to get there when they open at 7) and have definitely been enjoying our spoils.

Last week I bought an extra large basket of peaches which were a bit riper than I’d thought.  When bruises started appearing, I knew I had to make [...]

death of a sweater

Remember the Abstract Jacket?  I knew going into it that it would be a problem project.  I mean, a pattern without a schematic requires a lot of faith!  Faith that I gathered, and knit on.  The pattern became more of a guideline when I realized it’d end up a dress rather than a jacket if I [...]

Xocolatl

These are the Abby batts I’ve been spinning for Tour de Fleece.  More correctly, they were the Abby Batts I was spinning for Tour de Fleece.
Now they are yarn.

968 yards of yarn, to be precise, from four Abbybatts.

I’m very happy with it and a bit sad that they’re gone.  I’m thinking of spinning 2 oz. [...]

roller coaster

The past month (has it really been almost a month since I posted?) has been a series of ups and downs.  Something good will happen only to be counterbalanced by something bad.  I’m trying to keep a positive outlook and focus on the good.
There has been knitting.

Quite a lot of knitting, actually.  As you probably [...]