LunabudKnits

Friday, August 05, 2011

Garden News....

Monkey Grass
Blossom

My oh my how my garden doth grow! I have quite a few plants that I still need to take pictures of like the peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and head lettuce which is starting to seed out. It sure has been a fun little garden this year.

Of course, it would not be Kentucky with out quite a bit of hot muggy weather. The heat index has been well over 100 deg f. for several weeks now. All I have to say about that is, 'Thank Goodness I don't live in Nashville anymore!'. I can only imagine how hot they have it! I loved it in the winter, but summers there were brutal! We did have a few nights where it cooled down enough we could sit on the deck at midnight and have a cuddle session with Miss Kitty, so it's not all bad!

I really need to get a few snap shots of the crazy sweet potatoes I planted by the tomatoes! They are insane and I can't wait to eat them up this fall!!! And I really need to remember in the mornings when I go to check on the tomatoes and peppers to bring my camera to snap a few shots of the Brandywines, Good Reds & Mystery tomatoes before I pick them;)

Basil has since been topped.

Hope we have cauliflower real soon!

Pretty in pink Dianthus

Young Grasshopper munching on my Monkey Grass.

Lettuce & Spinach about to go to head.

Miss Kitty enjoying my lap on an abnormally cool evening:)

close up of the Monkey Grass Blossoms

Did I mention I have a new truck!?! How exciting is this! The tundra was going on 11 years old and was in need of a few repairs. My Dad surprised me with a 2007 Ford F150! Do I have the best Dad in the world or what!?!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

2011 Tour de Fleece - Project #5

Like project #4, I think project #5 will be hanging out on my counter top for a little while so that as the abbominal snow man of Bugs Bunny fame says, I can pet it & hug it & squeeze it & call it George. I don't just like to tempt; I absolutely love when I am tempted by other indy artists' creations as well. Think this one came from Chimera on Etsy. Sorry to say it took me close to a year to spin it up! 100% Merino wool, 4 ounces & 300 yards.

2011 Tour de Fleece - Project #4

Finished yesterday evening. Washed, rinsed, hung from the chandelier & dry as a bone this morning. This corespun lovely has a fingering weight all wool center encapsulated in smooth merino, Tunis, Shetland, coopworth, mohair, silk hankies, silk noil, bamboo, firestar and last but not least lots of sparkly glitzy goodness. Approximately 150 yards and 4 ounces. Might have to pet this little lovely for a little while before putting a price tag on it.

Oh, I did the collages on an iPad app called mood board. Pretty cool huh!?!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Tour de Fleece

Project # 3 for the Tour is a core spun LunabudKnits batt. Chock full of yummy merino, Shetland, mohair, glitz, firestar, Tunis, and a few other tid bits that are slipping my mind at the moment.

It is of course Miss Kitty approved;)

Saturday, July 09, 2011

2011 Tour de Fleece Projects #1 & 2

This year, I am numbering my projects in order they are to be finished. So far, my starter project is done and while the spindling of the Merino & Yak is slowly progressing, the run of Shetland/Angora 60/40 blend is in line to be the second project I finish.

Crosspatch Creations batt purchased at Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival. Started before the Tour started, but one of my goals was to finish it during.

One of my favorite fiber blends from Vintage Fibers that was traded for during Midwest Fiber & Folk last month. Love this stuff!!

Friday, July 08, 2011

On Hold

I need to place an order to restock. But, in order to do that, I need to know what I am short on. I'm sure at this point, you are saying...... 'Um, really? Why can't you just count it and do your order?'

The reason it just is not as simple as that is because I made a promise to Mr. Bill that after the Midwest Fiber Festival was over, I would not be bringing the fiber back into the house. I would instead be unloading it to the new shop. And that would have already happened if I were not waiting on the electrician to finish putting in the wall outlets (picture coming later).

In the meantime, I tried out the Brookstone 'iconverter' this week end. If you are just trying to make quick copies of your photo negatives and do not care about having top notch quality then this little machine will work OK for you. If you are wanting top quality scans of your photo negatives do not buy this machine. It works OK for slides, but not for print worthy quality. Here are a few of the slides I scanned in over the week end. Note, some of these have been heavily photoshopped. None of my negatives turned out. After the slides starts some old digital from the time before digital cameras were such a big hit.

There is a tree on the island of Dominica that grows gourds.

Cynthia

For Sale

Kasey

The island of Monserat. This is a photo of smoke coming from an active volcano.

A tattoo band on a friends leg.

And so we start in on the digital images. The majority of these were taken for a photography class I was taking way back when. The one thing I took away from the class was..... Always try to look at the world from a different angle. In other words try to see a simple object in ways that most would never think of.