temperature blanket

Week 44 of 2024 from Thread Head

I started knitting a hat with the yarn I finished spinning last week-

The pattern is the Lucy Hat by Carina Spencer. It is one of my favourite hat patterns. I knit two, 10 years ago, but this will be my first one with handspun yarn.

Getting big!

Photos from Around -

The clocks changed last night, the cats didn't get the memo and were wondering where lunch was.

These girls are always ready for a meal too.

A calm sunrise earlier in the week.

All the best!♥︎

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Week 43 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I finished spinning a skein of yarn-

It is about a worsted weight, 3 ply yarn.

I won this beautiful fibre batt during Tour de Fleece this past summer. It is a mixture of all kinds of fibre, and was a joy to spin.

Colder temperatures on the blanket (and more yarn finished).

Photos from Around -

I finished canning yesterday (the last of the tomatoes in chilli) - the shelves are nice, and full for the winter.

Still some drying to do, and fermenting some of that garlic too.

The days are getting shorter, but the hens are still ...

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Week 42 of 2024 from Thread Head

Just a few works in progress this week -

I put my other socks on hold and started a simple pair.

Some warmer temperatures this week! I see a few ends I need to weave in.

Photos from Around -

Poor Miss Molly sadly waiting for her most beloved to come home.

Nine eggs today - such a variety of shells.

Sparkle seems impressed too.

Well deserved treats for the hens.

Miss Maggie keeps an eye on the hens, but from a distance.

GingerSnap has been unwell again and sleeps a lot, and everywhere!

In the mint, in the garden,

In sunbeams,

Even ...

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Week 40 of 2024 from Thread Head

I finished a pair of socks this week -

The stitch pattern is from the Syncopations Socks, a free pattern from Mary Henninger on Ravelry.

I also used the Gusset Heel Basic Socks by Wendy Johnson for the heel.

The yarn is some handspun that I spun during Tour de Fleece this past summer.

Luckily, since I ran out of colours, there were cooler temperatures this past week for the temperature blanket.

Photos from Around -

Miss Maggie tolerates GingerSnap a bit more - he just wants to be near her.

I had help harvesting in the garden (next year we might need ...

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Week 39 of 2024 from Thread Head

Not much time for crafting this week.

I did finish spinning a skein of sock yarn - a merino/nylon blend that I started during Tour de Fleece in the summer.

Finished up a few more colours of wool for the temperature blanket - I think the hot temperatures are almost over anyways, and I am glad that there won't be leftover wool.

Photos from Around -

High winds today, so another dead tree down. Molly is always helpful though.

Dot earning her keep - 6 of the chickens seem to be laying now (2 of the breeds).

They are all super friendly ...

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Week 38 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week was all about mini quilts.

I finished two.

The clamshell one was cut using a GO! die.

'Present me' was so thankful that 'past me' had written a tutorial on how to sew the clamshells!

It is about 10"x16".

Ginger Snap needed a little placemat,

To match Miss Maggie's (the original one from the tutorial).

The next one was made using some leftover 3" blocks and scraps.

It is about 11"x13".

I made it for a little cabinet.

Works in Progress -

Cooler temperatures the past two days.

Weaving with new colours this week.

Photos from ...

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Countdown to Autumn 20 Days from Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

This morning when I woke it was like a new thought (which of course it wasn't) but the feeling was all the same though.........

There are twenty days remaining until the beginning of fall, which is marked by the autumnal equinox and falls on September 22, 2024. This is calculated from today's date, which is September 2, 2024. This fall lasts 88 days and ends on December 20, 2024.

Autumn arrives this month..... WHAT!! I want to start preparing. You see here in Oklahoma we will have to wait till next month for those cooler days. September is ...

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Week 32 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I finished a pair of socks that had been on the needles for a couple months-

My fourth pair of handspun socks so far this year. This one from a BFL/Nylon blend I dyed and spun four years ago.

Cooler temperatures this week, but because I am running out of some of the colours I have had to shift the colours/temperatures sequence.

Photos from Around -

Ginger cat's cone is off - his leg and other parts have healed well.

This is the closest Maggie will get to him, and only because that is where her food ...

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Week 31 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I finished the pair of socks I started on our road trip-

I knit socks toe-up, two-at-a-time, on one long circular needle, from both ends of the ball of yarn to be able to us up of the yarn, and the small bundle is all I had left - about 1m (1yd).

I knit a regular 64 stitch sock (with a gusset and eye-of-partridge heel flap), but added a simple cross over stitch pattern (4 stitch repeat, over 2 rows), just to make the knitting more interesting.

The socks are from a BFL/Nylon fibre that I dyed. I ...

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Week 30 of 2024 from Thread Head

Works in Progress -

A warm week for the temperature blanket.

This week we went on a road trip, and this was the project that I took with me. A pair of socks knit with yarn I spun during TdF.

Photos from the Road Trip -

We drove to Alberta to visit family, and had such a lovely time.

Passed a salt mine in Saskatchewan, it always reminds me of winter - there was lots of smoke in the air from forest fires.

Stopped overnight in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and saw Mac the Moose, the worlds tallest moose (a title reclaimed from one ...

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Week 28 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I finished a second skein of yarn for Tour de Fleece-

A BFL/Nylon blend for socks.

Works in Progress-

A warm week and some new colours for the temperature blanket.

Chickens added to the cross stitch.

Photos from Around-

Molly on a morning walk.

Tiger Lilies at their peak.

Tall Day Lilies, and some purple Poppies.

10 Week old chicks.

Changing everyday.

With all the heat (and pumping out the water last week) the garden is doing great, and I was able to finally get it weeded out (so many bullrushes growing in there!).

All the best!♥︎

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Week 27 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I sewed a sundress-

It is the same as one I made last year (a combination of two different Lutterloh patterns). This one is from a rayon fabric given to me by a friend clearing out her stash.

I finished the skein of yarn I was spinning last week for Tour de Fleece. A blend for socks.

Works in Progress-

Temperature blanket (over half way now).

I finished the little "mountain" scene along the bottom!

Photos from Around-

Lots of aerial spraying in the area because of all the water in the fields (this one started just after ...

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Week 25 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I sewed another Blackwood Cardigan (a pattern from Helen's Closet)-

I have lost track of how many of these I have made. This one is a crop version.

Works in Progress-

Temperature blanket

Cross stitch

Photos from Around-

Maggie keeping me company in the garden.

So interesting!

Molly finds them interesting too.

Rainbow on the way home yesterday.

The poor garden doesn't seem to get a chance to dry out, but things are coming up.

Today the bees swarmed again, but they left the yard this time.

All the best!♥︎

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Week 24 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I made another tiny pincushion from a circle of fabric, a button, some thread, crushed walnut shells, and an old Christmas light reflector.

Works in Progress-

Cross stitch

Temperature blanket

Photos from Around-

Molly on our morning walk.

Maggie resting after getting injured (probably fighting another cat that has been coming around).

The bees swarmed this week.

Luckily they stayed in the yard and were retrieved - now we have another hive (you can see the clump on one of the branches).

New wildflowers blooming in the yard.

I had company while I was working in the garden this ...

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Week 21 of 2024 from Thread Head

A couple knitting finishes this week -

A pair of handspun socks. They are my regular sock pattern with a simple 3x1 cable rib added for interest.

A handspun hat knit as part of a weekend knit along challenge. The pattern is The Traveller Hat by Andrea Mowry, and the knit along challenge was in Andrea Mowry's Ravelry group, to knit the hat between May 24th to 27th 2024.

More knitting on the temperature blanket too.

I also finished spinning the Wensleydale/Romney fibre. The yarn is quite fine, but scratchy, and I think would work well for weaving.

Photos ...

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Week 20 of 2024 from Thread Head

Still lots of works in progress -

I have been spinning some locks from a local shepherd. They are a Wensleydale/Romney cross. I am flick carding the individual locks to open them up before spinning - something new for me.

The latest handspun socks are long enough to start the ribbing.

A few more medallions added to the piece of tatting.

A good selection of temperatures this week for the blanket.

Photos from Around -

The chicks are now 13 days old, and are really changing.

Miss Maggie still keeps an eye on them, and they love her.

There are lots of ...

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Week 19 of 2024 from Thread Head

A few projects on the go-

Started a new weaving project - a simple, plain weave, project to stay on the loom for the summer time (more tea towels).

I picked this tatting project up again (started in 2021), another simple project for the summer.

There was a hot 27ºC day yesterday for the temperature blanket.

Photos from Around-

Very exciting week for us - the chicks arrived!!

Cute little balls at the beginning of the week - 1 day old, 9 of them.

It's amazing how fast they are growing - 5 days old.

6 days old.

We have three different breeds ...

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Week 18 of 2024 from Thread Head

Finished a few things this week -

A skein of Merino/Nylon for sock, from fibre that I dyed last week.

And a set of six tea towels. The pattern is Four Blocks on Four Shafts: Summer & Winter Towels from Handwoven magazine, issue May/June 2013, woven in 2/8 cotton, cotton chenille and cotton bouclé.

Still working on some other projects too, including -

Socks with some more handspun Merino/Nylon.

And the temperature blanket - temperatures all over the place and a birthday this week.

Photos from Around-

A pair of Canada Geese on the workshop roof, and a pair of ...

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Week 17 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I finished spinning another skein of sock yarn (that will be my theme for the year).

The fibre was dyed neon pink and gold

I dyed some more fibre for socks. I was inspired by an article in the Summer 2018 issue of Spin Off magazine - Brewing Up a Batch of Custom Dyed Fiber by Anne Merrow. Basically to have small dots of colour in the white fibre.

For spinning I divided the fibre in to very thin pieces, to have short sections of colour. I am looking forward to seeing how this knits up.

Temperatures all over ...

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Week 15 of 2024 from Thread Head

Mainly knitting this week, but I did press and trim more of the blocks that at sew at a monthly makers get together -

Now there are 54 Broken Dishes blocks (I need 218 total now because I decided to make a smaller quilt).

I finished spinning the fibre batt that I made from a local wool and our dog's fur.

79g of worsted weight tweed Chiengora yarn.

And knit a hat with it - a very quick knit. This one is for my son - Molly is his dog.

I am amazed how soft the yarn turned out, and the hat ...

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