Showing posts with label meadow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meadow. Show all posts

10 Jul 2016

No sight into our grassland

Yes, our garden is green - mainly green
and no sight down onto the lawn which is more or less a pasture, a meadow

Help from the saw and DH
and one branch is cut off -
I am sitting in the shade of the peartree - you can see the shadow
We had 37° in the afternoon. 
This photo was taken in the morning at about 10 am
It is a lovely place to knit - in the shade 
I am starting from the beginning with my cardigan - from top to bottom and 
I am now using the description for XL - L was too tight - imagine - my size is M.
This time I did no "tinking" (knitting backwards) but unravelled everything.
And this was done in about one hour - a very short time compared with
the six weeks of knitting which I spent.
But never mind.
I had to wind the wool with a "winding machine" - which son G. made for me ca.
35 years ago - Soaking and drying took one day.
Lets say the first try was practising. I am sure to make less mistakes in future.

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But now I need something to relax.

Fabric beads are the solution - I used silk from scraps of blouses which I
made two decades ago - I bought it myself in China !!! It is very precious to me.
The variegated perlé for the crochet bauble is from Stef Francis.
The blouses are totally out of fashion - but I can't separate from them, oh oh.
I dyed the apple-green silk myself.

I wish you a wonderful summer week.

27 Nov 2013

Haute-Sâone in France

Our place
where we are walking - in the far you can see the Vosges covered with snow.
cows are still outside. In February this meadow will be inundated.
Enjoy the day!