tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107926852024-03-18T10:35:30.311-07:00KnitOwlRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.comBlogger3434125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-67905214819179837372024-03-18T10:29:00.000-07:002024-03-18T10:34:37.230-07:00When is it too much and too littleWhen it is too much, and too little, and everything in between. So, there is a project I was asked to do before Thanksgiving, and it has stretched out through what was inarguably a very long, dismal and stressful winter, which could have been worse, and we were so glad that it wasn't.And I have not done the project. There have been several small attempts, one large attempt - and a lot of RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-57454097287328415742024-03-08T17:21:00.000-08:002024-03-08T17:21:43.347-08:00striped square and mouse A magic square I saw in a Japanese handbag pattern and understood something from the symbols much better than I have from English-language instructions before.. first one to try, I've cut this one off and will try to make another one to match (the bag takes three) Other things in the works : that alpaca scarf still needs one more long length of white yarn knitted on... the orangeRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-29054777617428415322024-03-07T12:59:00.000-08:002024-03-07T13:11:18.248-08:00whereupon I turn myself into a crochet workshop This is the second one of these I've made, a bit smaller than the one last year - and for me, not for 'the workshop'... but I've also made two pink market bags for the workshop drawer, a couple of washcloths, and a little sketchbook full of potential stuff I could make, but I'm not sure if I want to get into it that far type stuff.... And I've dedicated a drawer to 'stuff I'll make inRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-65177004887263670812024-03-05T08:12:00.000-08:002024-03-05T11:44:44.328-08:00old school social media and the production philosophera fasciated daffodil from my garden My production philosopher or 'inner critic' is on to me about what to make with what time I have. This morning only makes it a bit more crystallized. Well we just got back from a trip to the flea market and Facebook is down today and having quite the issue trying to get back up. I'm sitting here poking and saying well - what other internet RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-57466081277643071962024-03-04T08:41:00.000-08:002024-03-04T14:26:36.984-08:00pvc loom crochet hamper huge cat I had set up a very simple pvc loom, but a bit more complicated than this, about eight years ago. Of course, I drew three plans last night thinking about it, and then went and looked in the box of stuff in the garage, and slapped this together without having to cut anything or go to town for parts. Currently, waiting for my brain to kick in what I've forgotten - or throw some simple RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-74662043891286234752024-02-28T18:55:00.000-08:002024-02-28T18:55:03.851-08:00bitsThe weather today had a big storm, then followed by a 40+ degree plummet in temperature. Hopefully, we will get warmer now and have 'Spring'. Went to get feeds and a new chicken feed pan today - since the rain had stopped, and I've done a bit more languages than I have in months - Catalan, Czech, Russian to add to the French and occasional Spanish. I really wanted to see what itRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-32278105342326382732024-02-22T05:54:00.000-08:002024-02-22T17:50:48.218-08:00fluffy angora scarf and bits I haven't had much time to think or do much the past week - lots of work. Changed up my game on the angora scarf as I thought I had much more of the cream but it is actually grey - and that is all of the green. They are all the same kind of yarn, but it is quite old - 10 years or more, so it is time to try to use it up together.The orange weaving is a bit further along than thisRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-28461102541737341312024-02-16T05:44:00.000-08:002024-02-16T06:23:07.591-08:00Mini Pouch for eyeglasses or other small thingsMini Pouchsewn from woven fabric about 6x9 inches I had hoped it would be large enough to fit a pair of eyeglasses, and it just about does perfectly - maybe a bit too snug. I'm going to put two more screw pegs on the little loom I had finished making yesterday - and that will give it enough width to make an eyeglass case each time. NOTES:I had been experimenting withRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-64838319829461062312024-02-15T07:06:00.000-08:002024-02-15T07:23:07.677-08:00Finished woven handbag purse in blues and greens This was woven on a picture frame set with evenly spaced screws and it took about two weeks or a little less to weave it up, since I had to take a lot of breaks with my shoulder joint. (not to mention I had the flu for a week in there, and it was tough, no thank you I don't want that again anytime soon). It is a random pattern of a couple of colors of acrylic yarn, made on a navy RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-29118680082615755722024-02-02T06:32:00.000-08:002024-02-28T18:57:17.535-08:00textiles Esme has had strep throat, we're trying to power through it with antibiotics and food and rest - but she has had to go to school because of changes in attendance policy. They gave her one day off to start antibiotics - then she had to go back even though she feels awful. I don't get modern education on this one - only a hard number of days to be absent, for their bottom line etcRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-30056862773839219422024-01-26T03:47:00.000-08:002024-01-26T03:47:48.125-08:00Peanut Butter Fudge Peanut butter fudge candy makingMark and Esme made peanut butter fudge last night, largest ingredient contained : sugar. It's a very hot process with stirring so much that it makes your wrists hurt. I took the pictures, and they did all the work. It set up well this time, and he says it will be gone within just a few days. Below : Charlotte trying her best to also be RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-17185822776043536192024-01-25T13:20:00.000-08:002024-01-25T13:58:00.358-08:00of rugs and catsIt's
been a while since I mentioned this, but we're sort of a hobby farm -
with all these chickens, and my gardens, our 'working dogs' who are Catahoula and mutt and protect the chickens and the cats - and Melody, our blind goat whose main job is to eat weeds. I had thought at one time I might have sheep or goats for wool and milk, but I wasn't quite brave enough for that, at least.. yet.RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-56267400861220788972024-01-24T11:50:00.000-08:002024-01-24T12:16:59.638-08:00Pineapple Banana Cake, projects, garden thoughts I had read somewhere that pineapple juice will curdle milk, but that heat-processed canned pineapple will not do this. I had saved some pineapple juice from dinner last night and when I made my banana cake (which has milk and egg in it) I put the pineapple juice in after I had added the flour, and thinned it back out, and then put it directly in the oven. We'll see how that RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-36986486574267290382024-01-23T13:48:00.000-08:002024-01-23T13:48:16.269-08:00Ice and Snow finally gone The Ice and Snow have finally retreated - and all the roads are passable. The last ''great snow storm" was 2016 (although there have been more since then) but it only lasted three days because it was so much warmer right afterward. It took so long this time, a week to eleven days!Knitting and crocheting, working on getting supplies again after all that being trapped in : workingRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-36266561234402200652024-01-21T15:06:00.000-08:002024-01-21T15:06:22.957-08:00 for the record, that's not my car in the ditch there, but where I have parked my truck it isn't going to be all that easy getting it back out, and we have rainstorms now the rest of this week (and higher temps, which is better)So 'this was all supposed to melt by today' huh? No, sir.This is what it looked like about 2:30 pm, 3 o'clock today, and that was the warmest it was RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-83615592287193762862024-01-21T09:01:00.000-08:002024-01-21T09:01:15.731-08:00Of Feathers and Wheat and little ink sketchessomebody, Lyffan cat, is bored in all this ice and snowand deciding to try to eat the decorations ink and colored pencilAnd I updated my Cloudfolios a little because they said it had been so long https://www.cloudfolios.com/MarieLamb/ RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-26304404175862967592024-01-20T07:23:00.000-08:002024-01-20T11:33:05.205-08:00Still Iced In 2024 Still frozen in on our little farm - that freezing rain over all of it made it so difficult. We are low on dog food, and propane - and really no way to get out or for anyone to get in. Hopefully we have a break tomorrow - it is supposed to get up to 31 degrees.. and they still think they have me scheduled for early in the morning on Monday. That is yet to be RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-59520186549495560732024-01-18T14:19:00.000-08:002024-01-18T14:19:28.991-08:00Snow 2024 : Episode Three The crochet floor rug I'm working on, the other one is still a big hit downstairs but there isn't enough of it. Today was Too Much Adventure, as I call it. I was called in yesterday to do the full city walking postal route, and I did, get it done, and got home with only some fishtailing and 'hold your hat' over the hill, but I did not enjoy it. And today, they called RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-50904751857575413302024-01-16T06:22:00.000-08:002024-01-16T08:25:57.999-08:00Crochet Rug, Winter Weather, and SnowThis
weather ( 9 degrees, 4+ inches of snow on the ground, more snow in the forecast, and no above freezing temps until the end of the week) just goes to show you what all that knitting and crocheting
multiple pairs of gloves, scarves, slipper socks, blankets and rugs for
the house really is worth... it's so nice to come in from fighting
chicken water dishes frozen to the ground (they're RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-11663503094500659672024-01-15T18:37:00.000-08:002024-01-15T18:45:41.236-08:00Snow 2024 Mark says at least four inches - maybe as much as 6 in some placesI went into work in the post office this morning - fraught drive in, fraught drive back - they sent us home with a bit of pay for making the trip. I was glad to be home and safe. There's more snow in the forecast, and Esme is off school for much of the week now... we'll see how the rest of the week goes, but we RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-90786195102341964412023-12-25T16:06:00.000-08:002023-12-25T16:18:34.491-08:00Christmas 2023 I haven't been taking Christmas pictures, but letting everyone open their presents organically and just spending time. I made a few cards after lunch today, and read some of the book Esme got me for Christmas.Had finally finished up those fingerless mitts a few days ago, that had been started a year ago! They're too big, but they are complete and they do fit, just loosely. It's so RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-15238833135614366832023-12-24T23:19:00.000-08:002023-12-24T23:19:57.759-08:002023 Christmas Eve RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-29564384858812963952023-12-21T08:50:00.000-08:002023-12-21T08:50:24.277-08:00Toymakingspent a few hours making this yesterday - the pattern did not sew together exactly as planned, but it turned out cute. I cut a straight band and embroidered it on across the top of the forehead because it was sort of mismatched here and there - but it worked out great. His number one feature beyond 'cute rat' is he sails through the air like a lovely puff ball, tail streaming behind RheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-44065980959827056732023-12-07T13:36:00.000-08:002023-12-07T22:57:32.172-08:00Pay attentionI've written bits and pieces of this one over the past few years.I feel it's for those 'spoonies', those who only have so much energy, those going through hard times and troubles I bring it up and look at it.It don't always take my own advice, but I look at it.It isn't finished - I'm still slogging away on many things, including this.It helps a little. Pay Attention
Pay attention, notRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10792685.post-25734035564587109572023-12-05T08:38:00.000-08:002023-12-05T08:38:49.232-08:00Brazil Nut Cookies Experimental Brazil Nut Butter Cookie Round 2 (Mark's recipe)
1 stick butter 2 cup sugar
2 cup flour
6 fluid oz egg (3 or 4 large eggs)
1 tbsp vanilla (optional)
1 cup brazil nut, chopped fine
melt butter, cream with sugar. Optionally add a bit of vanilla extract now, up to 1 tbsp. Add eggs and whip to silky surface texture, where you can countRheLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758291876556533506noreply@blogger.com0