CSA Week 3

I'm enjoying the CSA we joined this year. We signed up for a half share from The Farm at Our House. You get to pick your items from what they have available. Which means that I don't have to eat kale for weeks on end, because nobody in our family likes kale. And, yes, I have tried the kale chips, and they still taste like kale.

This week I chose turnips, swiss chard, garlic scapes, basil, and radish pods. I have never had the radish pods before, so that will be interesting to find a recipe for.

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CSA Week 3

Breaking (crazy) knitter news! I just bought a dress form to model my knits.

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CSA Week 1

Another year, a new CSA to try. I keep thinking maybe I will learn to love kale, but I never do. This farm is right up the road from our house, so I felt like a half-share was called for. This week we have Russian kale, bok choy, lettuce, and strawberries. Not pictured is the slug on the lettuce that I re-homed to our front yard.

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CSA Week 1

Weaving

I went to the Maryland Sheep & Wool festival this year (as I do every year!), but this year I came home with more than just yarn. Well, I came home with a lot of yarn, too. But I bought myself a Schacht Flip 25" rigid heddle loom with the intention of teaching myself how to weave. Long story short, warping a loom is a lot of work and more than a little confusing. I signed myself up for Angela Tong's Rigid Heddle weaving class on http://www.craftsy.com/ and started my first scarf.

Obviously, my selvages are terrible, but I had a lot of fun learning to weave. This scarf used the leftover Kureyon from my Paintbox Log Cabin blanket. I had too many beautiful colors to throw away, so this was the perfect way to use them up. I only made the scarf 60 inches long, which is a little too short to be practical. More knowledge for next time! More project notes are located on Ravelry.

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Weaving

Kureyon Log Cabin

My big winter project was to knit a large log cabin blanket. The project was pretty portable because the blanket involves knitting 20 individual squares and them attaching them together and knitting a border. I'll admit that I got sick of this project towards the end, especially since the temperatures got up to the 80s a few days in a row. Needless to say, I am thrilled with the results. I plan on entering this blanket into my county fair in August. 

You can view my project notes on Ravelry or you can see my full photoset at Flickr.

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Kureyon Log Cabin