Ahh the Sweet Days of Summer have arrived here on the farm. I love being able to walk outside and breathe and not have the desire to rush back inside where the AC is cranking away. Last week I caught this little lady spinning a lovely web over by the woodpile. If you’re not up…
DetailsWe had a beautiful day yesterday at the Cherry Street Farmers Market in Tulsa. Here are a few photos of the wonderful things and people that you can see at CSFM on any given Saturday during a late Oklahoma summer. Wheat grass and mums – one for the body the other for the beds. Cosmetics…
DetailsI finally took the plunge and created a Facebook identity for LostCity Knits this week. Yes, that’s LostCity (without a space) Knits. Why Facebook? It’s a good place to enjoy community with like minded folks. I’ll try not to clutter up your newsfeed too much, but will have relevant blog posts, festival dates, and even…
DetailsGoals are good things, even if they don’t fall into place quite where one intended. Over the weekend I thought I’d become some sort of organized blogger this week with posts like OTN – Tuesday or FO – Friday like some of my more clever friends. Yesterday was taken up with hours of plugging in…
DetailsIs it too far to drive to the farmers market in Tulsa but a skein of alpaca/silk would make the perfect scarf for fall evenings? Kids have soccer on Saturdays but you’re craving some llama/bamboo yarn? Are you already planning to knit mittens for holiday presents and need a skein of wool/bamboo? There are now…
DetailsAlthough I bound this shawl off on August first we’ve just this morning taken a few photos for show and tell. Pattern: Emily Dickinson Shawl by Keiran Foley Yarn: Lost City Silk in colorway Portland Beads: Copper-lined clear size 6 from Bead Merchant in Tulsa, OK In one of her letters to Thomas Higginson, Emily…
DetailsI love when knitting goodies show up in the mail and last week two of the prizes I won on Seasons of Lace arrived. Ivar gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”);pageTracker._trackPageview();First up is the book Knitting Lace by Barbara Abbey. It’s wonderful…
DetailsDear Newly Dyed Yarn, I love you madly and want to dye more yarn the same color as you. You are Anything But Drab. In fact, you are so lovely that I couldn’t resist designing a New Scarf to show you off. We’re going to make a smashing threesome. Your friend,The Dyer Dear Chart A…
DetailsFor weeks I’ve been off kilter. First I was ill, then we were on the road. Then we came back to another week of 100+ degree temperature. I felt disconnected with myself and the farm. While we were away the rancher who leases the pastures for haying had been through and cut the tall native…
DetailsThe heat wave continues. It’s 6pm and still 102 degrees. Wicked hot. The interesting thing is that this heat means anything wet will dry quickly. Yep that makes it a good day to dye. So here are a few skeins of the Oklahoma Fiber that will be available at the Cherry Street Farmers Market this…
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