Want knitting? Skip to the end. The beans have really popped! I harvested by first beans today - a good handful of Royal Burgundy and Provider bush beans. I sauteed them briefly in a little olive oil, then sprinkled them with salt and downed them right quick. Yum. About ten minutes from plant to mouth. I [...]...

I'm work work working away at the store for a bunch of days in a row this and next week. I've been taking some of my giant tour de fleece bag, and I actually got quite a lot of spinning done today - I really like the woolee winder we've got on a wheel there! [...]...

I finished the hemp 'ponchette'! That was fast. Would've been faster had I been quicker on weaving in the ends, putting it together, and running it through the wash, but whatever. You know how it is! Hemp Ponchette Pattern: "Cool Hemp Ponchette" from Hemp for Knitting - [Rav link] Yarn: 3 skeins of AllHemp6 Lux in the natural [...]...

I've always considered myself to be more of cake person in the cake versus pie debate (Mel is a pie person), but this one…this one moved me a little more towards the middle. The pile of cherries that I picked from the tree in my yard (Montmorency sour cherries) were sitting in my fridge while I [...]...

Man, I don't know where my crafting focus has gone these days. Well, I guess I actually DO know, I'm just impatient to get back on track with all my various projects! I've been a little all over the place with all my various crafts (sewing, cooking, gardening, spinning, and you know, the knitting) that [...]...