Saturday, September 14, 2024

Friday knitting group, plants in new home, beanz

Friday's knitting group was great, with a real-time success, C, brand new crocheter managed an even piece of work, having mastered the very last stitch on the row consistently for the first time 

This is where a supportive group works. She's an accomplished stitcher but crochet is a new venture.

And here's a sweater in progress by S, great knitter 


And M's Rowan tweed felted yarn temperature blanket, with maximum and minimum temps worked in each day 



Black squares are divisions between months, black outlines are family birthdays, and that double black line is the youngest grandson's day of birth.


Here's her color chart, can you tell she's a reference librarian by day?

And here's what I've borrowed 

Lovely afternoon, chat ranging from Harris to Swift to friendship bracelets, hummingbirds, mosquitoes, frogs, hearing aids, doctors, subtitles, bonsai, Tunisian crochet, hawks, expertise in the arts, and cochlear implants.  More, too.

While I was there, I visited the ficus tree in her new home, looking so much smaller than when she towered over my living room 


And the snake plant, both looking happy in their new homes.


So happy they're in good hands, and being appreciated.

Happy day everyone, this is what I came home to on the doormat 


Gary's crop of beanz.










40 comments:

  1. Such talented people in your Friday knitting group! And how wonderful to see the snake plant and ficus enjoying their new location!

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    1. I suddenly realized I hadn't visited them since they moved. The ficus was giant in my house, quite small at the libe.

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  2. what a great temperature blanket. I love the idea of working in family birthdays. my aunt made me a sweater, a cardigan, when I was a kid. don't remember if it was knitted or crocheted but I loved it and but it got lost at some point. I was really sad about it so she made me the same one again. I wish I still had it and I don't remember what became of the second one. of course that was many decades ago.

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    1. That was a nice aunt, making a second cardi. She must have loved you a lot. M's blanket will be a family heirloom, full of references.

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  3. It sounds like a lovely group coming together, talking about whatever comes to mind. It made me miss the crochet group meetings we used to have here. It ended during the pandemic and hasn't been revived. Some now belong to other groups, some, like myself don't do anything. I'm thinking it would be nice when fall and winter comes to get a new group going.

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    1. Maybe start looking soon? It's so good to be in a likeminded group, just lifts the whole week.

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  4. Wow! There is some beautiful work being created with your group. Very nice indeed.

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  5. The blanket will be unique and that knitted sweater is absolutely fabulous.

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    1. I think the blanket is an heirloom in progress.

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  6. Just the design work alone on the blanket is very pleasing to me. And that sweater! Whoa! What a work of art that is.
    So nice to see your plant babies in their new home. I was wondering how they were doing just a few days ago. Obviously, I think of you a lot.
    Gary's bean crop? Oh dear. He should try rattlesnake beans next year, perhaps.

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    1. Yes, it was time for a plant update. It's lovely to experience these knitted works in person. Gary plants a few small pots and gives away his results! He's not up for quantity. Clearly.

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  7. It's great to see the plants prospering in a place where people can enjoy them!

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    1. They're seen and enjoyed by so many people now, every day of the week. Much better than in my living room.

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  8. I admire the talent it takes to do the needle work. I have no idea how it's done, but I know it takes talent. Very generous on the beans!

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  9. That sweater is a treasure of consuming knitting!

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    1. She makes wonderful sweaters, many of them.

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  10. I wish I could knit like S. That is a gorgeous sweater.
    The temperature blanket is different from most - I do love her catalogue system.
    Enjoy every one of those beans!!

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    1. S. is a skilled knitter, loves color work. Yes the blanket is a unique design, and you see her librarian chops in the planning notebook. That beans, how will I ever get through them?

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  11. Everyone‘s work is so beautiful, and the color chart makes me so happy. Gary is going to be spending a lot of time canning, isn’t he? That’s a load of beans.

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    1. I'm doing the heavy lifting with all the beans.

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  12. So much creating going on. It’s wonderful. I especially love that someone is trying something new and succeeding. Crafters love to encourage one another
    I don’t know how your going to eat all of that harvest lol

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    1. She was so happy with her new skills, so we all were. I'll manage the beans, bean by bean!

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  13. A talented, creative group. If your friend with the colour chart would like to come to my house I have lots of organizing for her to do!

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    1. She's a reference librarian, so that's the mindset you need, I think!

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  14. Sue has ordered wool for a new afghan. Her hand isn't the best, so she hopes to proceed bit by bit with no end date in mind.

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    1. Sounds like a good winter project. Also as it grows, it will warm her as she knits.

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    1. The other members are. I just plod on with the socks!

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  16. The group always has interesting conversation. The work is beautiful too!

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    1. It's a great group. I really enjoy the company.

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  17. I'm in awe of the knitting projects you are showing here. How wonderful to be able to create a sweater like S. has. I am wretchedly un-handy but always absolutely love to see beautiful imaginative work like this. We found a very interesting wool shop in Lowestoft, Suffolk, which had sensational knitted objects in the window. I went in because I really wanted to buy one of them. But the owner said they were just things that she and her friends had knitted to show off the yarns - they were not for sale!! But the yarns are no good to someone ham-fisted like me..... LOL ....even though they would have inspired me no end if I'd had the technical skills. My granddaughter is learning to crochet though (teaching herself via Youtube) and is producing some amazing toys so maybe one day I'll be able to commission something from her!

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    1. Maybe the making gene skipped a couple of generations! Keep track of your granddaughter -- you may get a crocheted jumper one day!

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    1. Thanks so much for checking. Some bloggers are amazed when they find out where spam is, to find it's packed with comments they'd never realized were made! It's worth checking.

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  19. Definitely a multi-talented knitting group creating beautiful projects. And nice to know you can visit your plants in their new home. I've toyed with doing a temperature blanket but then I consider the cost of the yarn I'd need to buy and that thought rapidly blows away. Might try a cross-stitched version.

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    1. Yes, you need a serious yarn budget for all those colors. You could do an embroidered version, that's a very good idea.

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  20. Those are some gorgeous projects. I am fascinated with the various temperature projects people think of to make. And how fun to see your plants being loved. They look perfect in their new home.

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    1. This blanket is really inventive,yes. And the plants seem to feel they've won the lottery!

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