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WIPs on a Thursday...

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 ...because we spent some time making a path for our new washer and dryer that's being installed today. We were going to wait to get a new set until after the remodel was done. However, the set we wanted was on sale until October first and the price was too good a deal to pass up. You gotta do what you gotta do...  🤷 I still haven't quite got the swing of taking progress photos now that I'm out of the studio. Trust me when I tell you that the CATrina cross stitch piece is looking really great. I'm alternating between it and some spinning. While I was going through some old boxes, looking for things to purge, I found the hard-copy master for a cookbook that I created in 1994. It contains chocolate recipes that I collected from USENET groups up until that point. It was a gift for two co-workers who married their sweethearts that year. It's in FrameMaker which means that I either have to convert it to word (all 419 pages of it - ugh!) or make a PDF and load it into th...
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September 2025 Recap...

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 ...it was a strange month. Finished: 9/1 Horrified mini (cross stitch) 9/8 Dashing Through The Snow ornament (cross stitch) 9/22 Mom's Cookbook   Books: Captiva Moonlight, Annie Cabot Captiva Book Club, Annie Cabot Frames in Death, JD Robb Sleigh Bells, Annie Cabot Captiva Sisters, Annie Cabot Captiva Cafe´, Annie Cabot Dating After the End of the World, Jeneva Rose Winter Solstice, Elin Hilderbrand It’s a Date, Jeneva Rose Beyond Her Reach, Melinda Leigh Vanished in the Falls, Elle Grey Summer People, Elin Hilderbrand The Graveyard Girls, Rita Herron Started: 9/1 Dashing Through The Snow ornament (cross stitch) 9/10 CATrina (cross stitch)  9/26 Summer's End Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  9/28 Morning Glory Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  WIPs: California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Website (other) Ready for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (...
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June, July, and August 2025 Recap...

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 ...OMG! I totally spaced on these recaps! Here's a catchup post. Finished: 6/4 Simplicity Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Falkland (4.0 oz.) from The Yarn Wench 81.25 yds., Bulky 6/5 Primroses Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Corriedale pencil roving (8.0 oz.) from Crown Mountain Farms 1) 114.6 yds.; 2) 106.25 yds.; 10 WPI 6/7 Amethyst Zen Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Merino-Bamboo-Silk (4.0 oz.) from Lisa Souza 191.7 yds. chain-ply; 11 WPI 6/11 Road to Chaos quilt top (quilting)   6/23 Happy Bluebird mini (cross stitch)  7/1 August 1997 Hat-of-the-Month (cross stitch)  7/5 Pumpkin Spice Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Falkland (4.4 oz.) from The Yarn Wench 45.8 yds. 3-ply, Bulky weight  7/5 Japan Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ]  Falkland (4.1 oz) from the Yarn Wench 112.5 yds., chain-plied; 9 WPI 7/8 Flahriduh Zen Handspun  (spinning)...
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Eye Candy Everyday...

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 ...AKA, I missed Friday's post. Oops! I caught up yesterday logging in some fiber stash that was new or I missed somehow. I wanted to start spinning a Falkland called Summer's End that wasn't in Ravelry yet. I figured that as long as I was photographing it, I should do some others that I planned to spin during the rest of the year (or at least until I get my studio back). Setting up to spin was harder than I thought. There is really no good place to have a comfortable spinning chair and enough room for my wheel. Yesterday, I sat on the couch and spun, but my shoulders were not happy with me and the sofa is not firm enough. I could probably set up in my bedroom with a dining room chair, but it would be very crowded. And who wants to be in their bedroom all night and all day? It was a little rainy earlier in the week and I took this great sunrise photo: I hope there will be some flowers to photograph for next week. 
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WIP-it Wednesday...

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 ...sorry no photos today. We've spent the last two days moving furniture and boxes into a POD container from the studio. I've identified the furniture that's broken and needs to go away, plus the furniture that can be sold/given away. I have a bunch of yarn to sell and need to photograph it so I can do so. WIPs Roll Call Worked On: CATrina (cross stitch) Finished most of the face; working the on the decorations above the head. My Recipes (cooking) Finished entering recipes from a PDF created in FrameMaker. Now entering other recipes sitting on the disk. No Work This Week: California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] Website (other)  Queued for Starting Moon Lets Sun Shine (or Luna y Sol) quilt (quilting) Ready for Finishing: Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing) August 1997 Hat-of-the-Month (cross stitch) Happy Pumpkin needleroll (cross stitch) Herding Cats quilt (quilting) Horrified! mini (cross stitch)  La Cat-trina qu...
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Eye Candy Friday...

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...and some WIPs catch-up. I totally missed Wednesday's WIP-it post. I'm still trying to find a rhythm while we work on the remodel and Wednesday got away from me. The current WIP is CATrina, another piece from Barbara Ana Design. I'm really enjoying this piece. I love the color of the linen and the colors in the design. The garden is winding down as we get into fall. The Marc Chagall roses are still blooming like crazy: the snapdragons are trying hard: and the marigolds are going strong: WIPs Roll Call Worked On: CATrina (cross stitch) Started on 9/10; working on the face. Mom's Recipes (cooking) Creating the final PDF for distribution. No Work This Week: California Red Poppy Handspun (spinning) [ Ravelry ] My Recipes (cooking) Website (other)  Queued for Starting: Cat-Trina (cross stitch) Moon Lets Sun Shine (or Luna y Sol) quilt (quilting) Ready for Finishing: Finishing work for some o...
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Eye Candy Friday...

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 ...blog and run. Not much new in the garden. However, I did remind myself to look up instead of always looking right in front of me. I saw these wonderful clouds on Tuesday. Have a good weekend!
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