There is so much crocheting happening here. Two baby blankets, 1 regular sized afghan and another in the works. It’s going well and I hope to have it done by next week. Other than that, I have been sewing masks and cooking for the people in my house. Oh, and laundry, lest anyone think that our work is ever done. I’ve received several custom orders.
The Gradient Afghan
The Gradient Afghan is finished, not only is it finished but the pattern is actually written! Yay! It is crocheted out of LIon Brand yarn. It sure makes it easier for U.S. crocheters to find the colors. I believe that most are available in most big craft stores. The pattern is available in the Etsy shop and will be available soon in the Studio shop. It was such fun to play with the yarn gradients that I might try another afghan out of the same yarns.
Gardening
Gardening has been filling our time as we’ve been building raised garden beds and then hauling pick up truck loads of dirt by the garden cart load to fill each bed. It was nothing but seriously hard work. Keeping the dogs out of the vegetable garden has also been an issue. We resorted to a very lightweight fence of garden string and bamboo poles. I do think that this low cost method is working and I hope that the veggies revive after the visits from the big dog paws.Time is flying and our garden is looking good. It is probably the best garden that we have ever had. There has been one funny. At the beginning of the great quarantine, I was concerned about finding onions. Onions are a natural anti inflammatory and we eat a bunch of onions so I bought onions online and then they said that it would be weeks before they would be delivered. Our sweet daughter in law said that they would pick some up for us. Our daughter also thought we needed onions so she ordered and we received about 30 onions sets. I thought sure why not more onions are great. Every garden bed is full on onions and we still have one more set to be delivered this week. The laughs on us as we will “get” to eat onions at every meal. I may get to sell them door to door. Gardening has been filling our time as we’ve been building raised garden beds and then hauling pick up truck loads of dirt by the garden cart load to fill each bed. It was nothing but seriously hard work. Keeping the dogs out of the vegetable garden has also been an issue. We resorted to a very lightweight fence of garden string and bamboo poles. I do think that this low cost method is working and I hope that the veggies revive after the visits from the big dog paws.
Self Quarantining
We are still all here at home and I think we are all beginning to get on each other’s nerves. I seem to be the one that most everyone is unhappy about, while I am unhappy that the dishes never seem to be completed and the counters are never cleared off crumbs. I guess it is a matched set of issues and we are at an impasse on solving this issue. It is finals week so I am giving us all some much needed grace on these issues, providing good food and allowing us to be ok with slightly lower standards.
Painting
I am starting to paint furniture again as I recently bought 5, yes 5 matched chairs and I am over the moon excited about them. I can’t wait to bring them inside but there is no where to put them. The paint is on order and should be here in several weeks for at least one of them. Two of these lovely chairs sold straight off, which makes me smile.
Work
We keep hearing bad news on the work front for many of our friends and family. We do live in Oklahoma where oil has so much to do with everyone’s employment. I know that the job front for many people is at risk or over. I am sorry and am praying daily for everyone’s employment to kick back in strongly.
Talk to you later,
Karen
p.s. This was written before the worries about killer hornets.