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couple times now there are 30 in the flock they were eating the bird seed that a fat bratty squirrel dumped on the ground by opening the top of the feeder and turning it over i wish i could make that squirrel go away he s been a real pain in the neck this winter speaking of winter last weekend we had a big snow storm and we got about 14 inches of snow out of it we were told it was going to be about an inch boy did the weather guys get that one wrong it has all melted away rather quickly the temperature was up over 60f on friday but it was cloudy with occasional showers that s the news for now live long and prosper at 9 30 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 0 notes to me labels beading bfo birds wip 3 2 26 new project guess what i got to do yesterday knit outside in the sunshine the temperature was well over 50f it was a beautiful day so i dragged my camping chair out and set it up in front of the garage it was blissful i put together everything i need for my next project which will be a mohair cardigan i promised to make ruth over a year ago here are the yarns i ve chosen when i closed my shop back in 2006 i brought some yarns home this is one of them it s a sport weight navy mohair with a multi blue novelty thread with little puffs on it i purchased two other yarns to go with a plain royal blue drops silk mohair that is sport weight and lion brand heartland in olympic which is blue i ve made this cardigan before in 2011 me in my orange mohair cardigan i worked on the test swatch yesterday pattern calls for 2 bulky weight yarns and 2 carrying threads as well as size 15 needles i used 3 strands of the novelty mohair 2 strands of the plain blue mohair and 1 strand of lion brand heartland in blue the gauge was way off i needed 8 stitches in 3 5 inches i had 6 so i removed 1 strand of the novelty mohair and tried again got perfect gauge half knit swatch i can t cast on just yet though i ve ordered a thin metallic gold thread to knit into it it won t change the gauge just add a little sparkle which this pattern needs that s it for now live long and prosper at 1 07 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 0 notes to me labels knitting wip 2 28 26 bicycles for sarah mittens are done pattern bicycle mittens by me unpublished made for my daughter sarah size womans medium yarn cascade 220 superwash wool content 100 superwash wool worsted weight colors 227 and 863 needles circular size us 5 3 75mm started november 19 2025 finished february 26 2026 comment i actually started with a free published pattern called ragbrai mittens written by bill turner but there were problems with it like i couldn t get gauge using size 5 needles that s the size required but he did make a note that it might have been size 3 and there was no way i was using size 3 needles on worsted weight yarn they would be cardboard back of hand the size was written for men and i would have to recalculate the whole pattern to make it women s size medium since i was going to have to recalculate anyway i decided to just integrate a few things from the pattern that i liked like the bicycles and do my own thing in other words it s been modified palm side i decided on corrugated rib because it s so pretty then to really girly it i put in a latvian braid here s a close up of the bicycle on the back of the mittens it s a pretty easy knit i put in some spotted diamonds i didn t want to get complicated i kept the diamond pattern for the palm side it was easy to memorize so i wouldn t have to look at the chart the chart for the back of the hand was complicated enough i used the thumb chart from the original ragbrai pattern because i really like it this is the back of the thumb this is the inside of the thumb again this was easy to memorize so i only had to follow the back side chart i am very happy with how they turned out they fit perfectly and they will be nice and toasty warm being made of wool that is the last christmas present i needed to finish just need to get them into the mail now better late than never of course the weather has warmed up again it was a glorious sunny day with a high of 50f today it s supposed to be the same tomorrow i really wanted to spend some time out in the sun but it didn t work out for me too much indoor stuff to do anyway this winter has been so unseasonably warm that my salome daffodils have sprouted in february i sure hope everything doesn t suddenly drop into subzero temps and tons of snow if it does a lot of buds are going to be killed off i have finally ordered the knee braces my doctor told me to get for my arthritic knees they ve been pretty painful the last few days i ve been doing the physical therapy exercises and i got a little bit carried away last weekend and did way too much i got the mittens finished on thursday and found myself without a project to take to knitting at the rathdrum library i was going to start another pair of mittens but i couldn t find a pair of size 2 circular needles they re around here somewhere i can t believe i haven t found them i must have at least 5 pairs of them all 24 inch circulars argh time to start putting the unused knitting things laying around the house away so i can find them when i want them my house is such a mess right now i m such a pack rat anyway i have a scarf pattern and the yarn for it that i am planning to make so i started that at the meeting i ll blog about it some time live long and prosper at 11 27 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 2 notes to me labels christmas fo knitting 2 24 26 glass pearls i ve finished another necklace this one is just strung beads no weaving i used some beading wire accuflex so it would last longer this is the tutorial video here pearl necklace remember you have to have a facebook account to have access to it i used 3 sizes of glass pearl drop beads vertically drilled for the focal point as well as some tiny sterling silver 2mm beads that i found on amazon and some small silver spacer beads from the stash the rest was done with the 2mm sterling silver beads 3mm round glass pearls and 7mm by 5mm glass pearl teardrops i am quite surprised at the quality of both i figured they d be cheap looking and feeling but they are quite well made i haven t done much with glass pearls before i usually get real pearls but i didn t want to spend the money that would require i added a 3 inch chain so i can vary the length of the necklace when wearing it i used a plain silver lobster clasp it came with the chain which i did not expect so it was a nice surprise i attached the clasp with silver crimp beads i am super pleased with it last friday was our 44th wedding anniversary i planned to wear the necklace when we went out to dinner i decided to make a matching bracelet too it has a silver fold over clasp because it s super difficult for me to do a spring clasp on my wrist speaking of our anniversary my husband got me red roses they are so beautiful i got something new to help with photographing small things like the jewelry i make it s a small collection 7 of very nice cardboard backgrounds and a stand to clip them on to a small backdrop set each cardboard has 2 backgrounds this is front of the page i used for the above necklace this is the back so you can see the stand to clip the background to you ll notice the blue marble background on the back too it came with the clips and a small roll of tape to help keep the background in place on the table it s pretty cool and very handy one of my phalaeonopsis orchids is blooming it s so pretty it also helps to make winter a little more bearable we got a bit of snow a few days ago it was about an inch it s already all gone and temps are going up into the 40 s next week meanwhile my daughter that lives in rhode island sent me a picture of the snow she has it s pretty deep well over 2 feet for sure winter is so weird this year live long and prosper at 3 54 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 0 notes to me labels beading beads bfo flowers 2 17 26 necklace finished got it finished facebook video tutorial is here necklace here s a close up of the focal point i ve used 3mm and 6mm glass pearls and 6mm purple glass beads i can t remember where i got the purple ones or even what they re called i m pretty sure they re czech made any 6mm roundish beads will work i m looking forward to wearing it haven t gone anywhere this week yet now i m working on a pearl necklace glass pearls of course can t afford the real thing i worked on it last night this morning i looked at it and i m not quite happy with it so i m gonna take it apart and do it over still warmer than normal there was an attempt to snow on us last night but it was more half snow half rain so not much was around when i got up this morning hopefully it piled up in the mountains live long and prosper at 5 35 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 0 notes to me labels beading beads bfo 2 16 26 beading wip i didn t get the mittens done last week because i m being distracted by beading i m almost done with this pearl and czech bead necklace the pattern is here necklace tutorial i am using 3mm glass pearls and some 6mm czech glass beads so i ve modified it a bit last week i took zoey to the vet she went for a walk in the woods with my husband and daughter and came back with a slight limp no one saw her hurt herself i figured she pulled a muscle and would be fine in a few days nope it was getting worse so to the vet we went turns out she s sprained her groin muscle pretty badly she s been put on a painkiller and we have to keep her quiet and indoors for 2 weeks ugh so far so good she s been very well behaved and isn t fighting the pills i m giving her at all still no snow it s been in the 40s during the day we ve had rain but not much a new gal came to our weekly knitting group at the library and she said something about winter not being too bad around here we all were quick to tell her this winter is a freak not normal don t get used to it speaking of the rathdrum library knitting group we re suddenly getting knitting visitors to our meetings not everyone who comes joins the group but we ve had 2 people join in the last month they are great gals and fit in to the group wonderfully another library development i haven t blogged about is the problems the library is having some extremist christian nationalist got voted to the board of trustees and they are wreaking havoc they are trying to ban books and destroy the library system they started by refusing an annual donation given every year to help the libraries out they shut down the community book sharing system so books can t be sent to other libraries in the county then they laid off a whole lot of employees because there s not enough money after that they changed the hours so it s not open as much including being closed on sunday and monday because of lack of money yet when offered the money they needed it was turned down they ve been talking about having a smut room for the books they have tried to ban now they ve decreed that we must have a chaperone at every group meeting held in the library so now we have a girl young enough to be my granddaughter keeping an eye on us every time we meet and she doesn t even knit the new rule is extremely insulting our group doesn t need someone keeping an eye on us we re not children in addition they are working to get a law passed making librarians responsible and liable if a child checks out an inappropriate book this includes jail time this is so unreasonable and downright crazy there are safeguards already to prevent children from doing that in addition it s the parents job to keep their own children from reading something they don t approve local people rightly are unhappy with what is going on i expect the next board of trustees election will make some changes we ve had several of these people get into local political agencies and they ve caused no end of trouble they got on the board for north idaho college and did so much damage the college almost lost it s accreditation fortunately there is a huge backlash from the public and these people are getting voted out meanwhile there s so much damage to be repaired it s a trump town no doubt about it i wish they would all move away and leave us alone we ll keep fighting them until they are all out of local government positions live long and prosper at 1 31 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 0 notes to me labels beading wip zoey 2 11 26 a pretty little necklace i mentioned i d made a necklace a day or two ago here it is the facebook video tutorial is here elegance 192 i used gold size 11 seed beads and 4mm bicone clear ab crystals to make it also some gold chain it s the first time i ve used chain in my jewelry the pattern has you use a crystal teardrop for the focal bead but i didn t have any so i used this glass bead instead someone gave it to me about 15 years ago it was surprisingly easy and quick to make i ve ordered teardrops do i can make more i have more progress on the mittens getting excited about having them done we had a beautiful day today got up to 45f with sunshine blue skies and the occasional fluffy white clouds drifting over i was going to go sit out in the sun for awhile but i had too much to do today maybe next time zoey is still limping so i ve made an appointment at the vets at 8 20 a m tomorrow i ll let y all know the results live long and prosper at 12 05 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 0 notes to me labels beading bfo knitting wip 2 9 26 i ve been playing with beads warning lots of pictures for the last 2 weeks i ve been playing with beads for some reason a video reel popped into my facebook feed of a bracelet made with 2 needle right angle weave it was so pretty i had to try it out i ve made 5 bracelets this is the first one i made i have quite a few glass pearls in the stash and this used some of them i used gold and black size 11 seed beads and 4 mm glass pearls from the stash in this bracelet i found the cutest clasp on amazon of all places my daughter liked the above bracelet so much i made her one i used a silver clasp that i found on amazon i used silver and dark green size 11 seed beads and 4mm glass pearls from the stash to make the bracelet i found this bracelet tutorial on the page for the first bracelet i found a simple pearl clasp for it again on amazon it matches the bracelet so nicely i used silver size 11 seed beads 4mm czech fire polished crystals in a pale blue and 6mm glass pearls from the stash in its construction i thought about my daughters wife and made this for her same pattern as above but i changed the beads used i found this really simple folding clasp on amazon for bracelet construction i used silver size 11 seed beads 4mm clear ab bicone 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