There was no more putting it off… the time had come to decide from all the options available for Ithilien’s sleeves. These are the cuffs. The first decision was to make cuffs, instead of ending the sleeves (actually, beginning them) with just a hem, as the bottom of the sweater is finished. So I crunched the numbers and fudged the… Continue Reading Sleeve decisions
Continue reading →I doubt that anyone wants to hear the whole list, so I won’t inflict that on you.I greatly enjoyed the alarm-less morning wakeups and mostly unscheduled days!I got quite a few of my projects started, and some of them finished. I love my new kitchen faucet, and also enjoy the automatic watering system (phase I) in the rabbit barn!The drum… Continue Reading What I did on my summer vacation
Continue reading →I’m taking two whole weeks of vacation!! Vacating work, that is, not home. Everyone else is working as usual, so I’ll have time at home to get some things done. Like sleeping in, knitting, working in my neglected flower and herb garden, building some back steps, finally replacing the carding cloth on my drum carder, getting an electrician to wire… Continue Reading Vacation
Continue reading →Just a quick couple of photos to show some actual progress… I’m closing in on 2 inches in length, and it is starting to look like the real thing! You can see how the background colors here are shading from green through blue. I’m on the sixth of nine colors, and am happy with the subtlety of the color changes.… Continue Reading Ithilien progress, a week later
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