Desert Southwest Vacation Part Two Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico Leaving the beautiful parks of Utah and making our way toward Taos on Utah Hwy 261 we took one of the most hair raising roads of the trip and probably my life (rivaled only by those skinny winding cliffside roads in Ireland). Sure there…
DetailsThe morning is glistening here on the farm as the sun shoots off the bits of ice and frost that covers limbs and grass. Numerous friends of mine are running 5K races in below freezing temperatures. Not me, once upon a time I did such things. Some are shopping and may have been for hours.…
DetailsHappy Thanksgiving to all of my US friends. I hope your holiday is filled with warmth and joy. 2010 Desert Southwest VacationPart One Our Friday morning started with a little flurry as we rushed around putting together our Oklahoma Food Coop order to drop off at Chef Teri’s kitchen. She’d graciously agreed to hold our…
DetailsIt feels so good to be back home! Vacation in the Desert Southwest was wonderful in so many ways – good food, nice people and incredible natural sights. Just what you want from a get away, right? There was even time to knit in the car. In fact, I almost finished my Daenerys Shawl on…
DetailsAs of Friday 12 November I’ll be on vacation meandering and hiking around Utah and New Mexico where no doubt I will find inspiration for new colorways – or maybe just get lost in the beauty of the desert Southwest. It’s happened before. According to my father I’ve been to Arches National Park before, but…
DetailsWherever we end up going on vacation (Yes the plan is morphing into a different trip because of a low of 11 degrees in Taos. Tonight’s low is 7 degrees. What were we thinking?) my hands will be toasty in my Buffalo Gal mittens. They’re finally done. Just to jazz them up a little I…
DetailsAnjou Scarf There is an obscene amount of knit preparation (piddling) going on in advance of our vacation. No I didn’t cast on three new lace projects to take with me. I cast on one, well two – but I already frogged one so it doesn’t count. That other baggie is purely a protective measure.…
DetailsOne of the true highlights of our fall is always the Garden Deva Open Studio Party. It’s a chance to reconnect with market customers and friends who we haven’t seen since late September or early October and those we haven’t seen since the last Garden Deva event. Ovar gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.”…
DetailsLast week I finally finished the Brandywine Shawl and today the weather was just right for a quick round of photos in the North Pasture. As always Rosemary Hill’s patterns are a joy to knit. I love learning a new technique and this shawl had reverse I-cord bind off that I’m happy to add to…
DetailsThe thermal pattern on the mittens just didn’t fly. It was too fiddly I decided. I know from fiddly since I knit lace and socks. So I went back to the plain brown stockinette body for the mittens all the while thinking that a little umppphh could be added to the cuffs. Last night I…
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