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Sunday, February 4, 2024

Podcast Ep. 17 - January 2024 progress

Hello! I'm back for episode 17. Shownotes below. Thanks for visiting with me. If you like my videos, please tell a friend.

Current WIPs.

My knitting ...

Project Name: Harvest Cardigan
Started: Nov. 12, 2023

Finished:

Designer/Source: Tin Can Knits

Yarn: Hobby Lobby "I love this yarn"

Colors: Cinnamon Cedar

Needle Size: US #6 / 4mm & US #8 / 5mm

Made For: myself.

What it looked like the last time I shared.

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Project Name: Vanilla sock
Started: Nov. 13, 2023

Finished:

Yarn: Patons Kroy sock yarn

Colorway: Amythest stripes

Colors: dark purples.

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

Made For: myself.

Last time I shared.

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Project Name: Vanilla sock
Started: Nov. 18, 2023

Finished:

Yarn: Patons Kroy sock yarn

Colorway: Coastal stripes

Colors: variations of blue and some white or grey.

Needle size: U.S. 1, 2.5 mm

Made For: myself.

What it looked like the last time I shared.

My cross stitch ....

Project Name: 12 Days of Stitchy Ornaments

Started: Dec. 3, 2023

Finished:

Designer/Source: Erica Made Designs

Fabric: Aida cloth 14 county Hobby Lobby Zweigart, with the sparkly threads running through it. Opalescent?

DMC in called for colors: 3862, 498, 470, 472, 598, 761, 745, 844, B5200

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Project Name: Quilted Christmas

Started: Late November 15, 2023

Finished:

Designer/Source: Emily Call

Fabric: Charles Craft 18 count Aida cloth

DMC in called for Colors: DMC Blanc, 168, 469, 3712, 3045, 816, 310

The last time I shared it.

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A few finished objects

My crochet ...

The crochet cat plush I made for my son.

Crochet Plush Cat pattern ordered from Etsy.

Project Name: Crochet plush cat for my son

Started: Jan. 15, 2024

Finished: Jan. 29, 2024 (or thereabouts)

Designer/Source: Crochet Plush Cat pattern ordered from Etsy.

Yarn: Hobby Lobby Baby Bee Adore-A-Ball

Color: Flannel

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Charity Stitch year-long project

Hat and blanket sets for Make Bundles for Babies.

Set #1 - Made in pink acryllic yarn I had in stash.

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Other things I mentioned ...

I would like to start this cross stitch in February.

A friend sent it to me a few years ago. It will live in my new WIP bag.

I mentioned the new Just Cross Stitch magazine.

The first shipment in Lindy Stitches Endangered Species club arrived. I LOVE it.

I'm going to knit an Emotional Support Chicken. Join me! Share your progress with the #emotionalsupportchickenKAL hashtag on Instagram.

The Fiberuary challenge.

A few of the Youtuber Podcasters/Flosstubers I watch. Please share some of the Youtube channels you watch. I love seeing new people and their projects.

Monday, January 15, 2024

The cold is here

On Thursday or Friday the weather people said to prepare because snow was on the way, followed by sub-freezing temps.

What it looked like on Thursday.

Lovely, huh?

Well, the heavy snow went around us. The southern part of Wisconsin was slammed by a blizzard.

One of my friend's said her power went out for a few hours. I also heard a rumor about the Milwaukee airport shutting down. I heard later that it did not shut down.

We did not get the big storm that was promised us. We got four inches at the most.

It snowed a wee bit on Friday and overnight.

Not that I was disappointed at the small amount of snow that hit our area.

Remember the tractor we purchased? There hasn't been enough snow for us to really test it out.

So it is the ATV plow for us, to push around this fluffy stuff that isn't amounting to much.

This weekend wasn't very exciting. It's surreal to have snow on the ground. It also doesn't seem right to have subzero temps now. It's supposed to warm up a bit by the end of the week.

Saturday we took a trip to town and Sunday we bummed around the house, taking it easy.

I stitched, knit and sewed a bit.

Knitting on my Harvest Cardigan.

My wall quilt.

On Friday I hauled in a little something ...

The garden soil had to thaw out.

Even though I was all keyed up to start some seeds this weekend, I did not. I still had to set up the lights in my seed-starting greenhouse.

I finally did that today, after work.

I flipped the lights on and it was an an immediate burst of something ... Like "Wow!" and feeling upbeat and chipper almost right away. Crazy how lights can do that.

I've been reading stuff on the book of Faces, and watching some Youtube channels about seed starting, gardening, etc., and I got to thinking a little bit.

Ever since I got in to gardening it's been a dream to have a "real" greenhouse, but for various reasons one hasn't been built yet.

With the recent cold snap I've been reading a lot of people asking for tips and advice on how to keep their greenhouses warm so their plants and seedlings don't succumb.

I got to thinking about this a bit and how much maintenance a greenhouse is at this time of the year. One person said they are spending $1,000 a month to keep their glasshouse warm enough. Can you imagine?

Anywho ... these last several years I've learned a lot about gardening and seed starting. And I realized that every place I lived since I got into gardening, I've worked my seed starting set up to fit in my house. Greenhouses are nice. What I am seeing is that having one is kind of the exception, not necessarily the rule.

A lot of the blogs and channels show how to start seeds indoors with a seed starting station.

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this because it's getting a bit late and I'm a wee bit tired. I see a lot of people poo-pooing the type of greenhouse I have outside and that is a shame because they work well. There is at least one well-known YouTuber who said disparaging words about this style of greenhouse and I think she did a real disservice to those who are just getting started with seed starting and may feel bad that they have this "greenhouse" but not a "real greenhouse." My only wish is that mine was a bit bigger because I start so many seeds now that my greenhouse is full to bursting when it's time to bring the plants out there. However, I do have a second greenhouse and I may set it up this spring if I need it.

So, yeah. If you are a hardcore gardener, you find a way.

And my way is to have my seeds start in my craft room. How close is everything? You can see where my quilting station is, and my umbrella swift.

Oh yeah, and the incubator behind it. If I was hatching eggs out, I'd have the mini-greenhouse in a different spot.

Fun times ahead! I can't wait.

Friday, January 5, 2024

Podcast Ep. 16 - 2024 WIPs parade Shownotes

Soooooo .... I did a thing earlier this week! I hope you like.

It's been at least three years since I last recorded a podcast/flosstube. A lot of things have changed since then. I'm figuring it all out. Let me know if I missed anything.

Current WIPs.