I’ve postponed finishing Lush Greenjeans until I get my DPNs for the sleeves. I tried 2 circulars and magic loop and didn’t particularly like either.
Work continues on other WIPs like Rosemary’s Lady E.
And — I’m getting a spinning wheel! A Majacraft Rose. I’ve been thinking about it for awhile, and have decided [...]

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So far the new plants seem happy….
….as does all the grass and the nasty little clover like crap that’s coming up like no tomorrow now that we’ve had more moisture in the air.
At least at lot of the poppy seeds seem to have sprouted.
The sky is finally blue today after all the smoke from the [...]

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Our shade garden is located on the north side of the house, contained by the dining alcove wall, the east wall of the garage, the oleanders that line the north edge of the space, and the stairs to the front porch.
We have an unidentified pine tree, two camellias, and the oleanders remaining from the original [...]

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Mr Greenjeans from Knitty
Originally uploaded by stephannie_t.
I’ve cast on for Mr Greenjeans using my stashed Elite Lush and gotten about 15-20% done (guesstimate). I’m moving up a size to account for the difference in gauge (we’ll see how this works).
My right (dominant) hand is painful, I think from planting our second wave of [...]

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Yard Oct 07
Originally uploaded by stephannie_t.
Quick update: We went to the plant sales this past weekend. Bought lots.
I also reviewed what made it, what didn’t make it, and diagrammed the different sections of our yard for easy reference (not that I’m anal or anything).
I’ll follow up with detaiils.

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