Posted by mrssmythe on December 3, 2019 in
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Well, I’ve finished up quite a few craft projects since my last post. November seems to have been a month for tying up loose ends. First, and most important, I finally finished my fair isle vest. I’m very pleased with the result. And, since I’ve been working on this project since May, I’m very grateful […]
Tags: big bad wolf crochet, bonsai, breakfast cookies, carrot cake, chrysanthemums, crochet, crocheted dragon, crocheted wolf, fair isle vest, fingerless gloves, hand knit socks, knitting, Maine Morning Mitts, smith college botanical gardens, smith college chrysanthemum show, socks, straw flowers, thrummed mittens, yarrow
Posted by mrssmythe on June 11, 2019 in
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The fair isle sweater continues to cook along swimmingly. Here is my progress as of last week. I think it’s interesting how the colors in the sweater echo the colors I’m seeing in my yard right now. The purple of the irises… and of the clematis, which opened just a few days ago. The orange […]
Tags: american copper, backyard chickens, backyard guinea hen, black and white jumping spider, butterflies, cat mint, cats, clematis, fair isle knitting, guinea hen, guinea hen eggs, iris, knitting, Mr. Wa
It’s Iris season! The lovely specimens you see below are currently outside the Smith Museum in downtown Springfield. Happily, I have irises growing in my own yard as well – though not in such spectacular profusion. Here is a yellow “volunteer” that popped up out of nowhere last year. Now I have several along the […]
Tags: backyard chickens, backyard turkey, domestic turkey, east longmdeadow library, fair isle knitting, fair isle vest, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, george walter vincent smith museum, irises, knitting, perennial geranium, smith museum springfield
Finally! The weather is improving. I was able to get some good gardening time in this week, and the girls were able to have some outdoor fun with the chickens. We’ve discovered that the chickens love mealworms. They’ve learned to distinguish the sound the container makes when we shake it, and they come running from all […]
Tags: apple blossoms, backyard chickens, backyard guinea hen, bleeding heart, crocheted chicken, crocheted toys, eggs, Elizabeth Zimmermann, Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Workshop, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hand knit sweater, hand knit vest, knitted vest, knitting, Knitting Workshop, raglan sweater, spring
Posted by mrssmythe on February 24, 2019 in
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Housekeeping,
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This week, we’ll start with the cooking. Have you ever had the toasted ravioli at Olive Garden? We’re huge fans and were hoping to recreate the dish at home. Pepper found a wonderful copycat recipe. You can access it HERE. It’s not very difficult, but I find (after making these twice) that the whole process […]
Tags: hat, hats, head sock, knitting, knitting in the nordic tradition, lemon cheese pie, life-changing magic of tidying up, marie kondo, mittens, nordic mittens, organization, toasted ravioli, toll house cook book
