Beans, beans the magical fruit.......

Well, it's been a while so I thought I'd better get back on here and let ya'll know what's been going on. First, our garden is starting to produce veggies! We picked seven and a half gallons of green beans:

Those seven and a half gallons turned into 17 quarts of canned green beans:

We also had a few tomatoes ripen too:

On the knitting front, I've just completed the Shetland Triangle shawl, who hasn't, huh?

This was knit in Malabrigo Silky Merino in Ankara Green. Measurements prior to blocking were

40 inches wide by 20.5 inches deep. I used the tig welding rods to block it and they were wonderful and much much cheaper than the actual blocking wire kit. I got them off of Ebay and they were here in 2 days by FedEx. Everything just fell into place. So ladies and gentleman, I give you the Shetland Triangle Shawl:

After blocking the measurements were 65 inches wide by 40 inches deep! I had heard everyone talk about the difference after lace is blocked, but you don't really have a handle on it until you experience it for yourself. Here are a few more pictures. (sorry about any that are blurry. I took some of them about 2:00 AM this morning....lol)

Until next time, just keep on knitting! And gardening!

Taking a Break( if you'd like to call it that!)

I can only handle lace knitting for short periods of time due to the tediousness (is that a word?) of it, thus I have to have something to keep me busy in the knitting realm.... so this time I decided to try a slouchy beret-type hat. This is the Columbia Beret, minus the bow topper. I didn't feel like it needed it at the time. It will be great to have a hat to wear this winter when it's really cold here in the mountains .

On the homefront, I had the "great" pleasure of "getting" to paint the whole front porch. It took me five days. Why so long? This would include painting the ceiling the posts and the floor. The thing that took the longest was the ceiling. Getting paint dripping in my eyes, my hair and just generally all over me. I'm glad I won't have to do this again for at least another 3-4 years.

The ceiling looks as if it's blue but it's more of an aqua/seafoam green color. I love it. Everything looks so much cleaner and so new looking. Ahhh, the wonders of a fresh coat of paint! Until next time! Take care!