Knitting Today: Floral Bouquet

 For decades I have been collecting books and patterns on knitting flowers. I have imagined having bouquets of flowers around the house.  Well, finally I started knitting some flowers!

The occasion that inspired me to get rolling on knitted flowers was that we had a new Stake Relief Society presidency visiting our church. I wanted to make a nice decoration for the table. And to give to them as a gift.

It turned out that I just about finished myself off knitting these flowers in about a week and a half.  They looked pretty nice.  Daffodils, jonquils, rose bud, periwinkles, chrysanthemum, and some strange flowers. The hands are still recovering...

It made me happy to knit this bouquet.  Now that they are all gone, I will knit some more but this time I will knit them in wool so they will keep their shapes.  Of course, the knitting queue is quite large and I may not get to them again for a while.  PLUS I need to find beautiful colors in worsted weight wool.  Usually I buy neutrals and Christmas colors so I do not have a stash of flower colors.  It will take a while since I am too cheap to use all my "play money" on one project. 

What I am saying is: don't hold your breath for the next bouquet.  Of course, I want to knit a batch for Relief Society AND I want to knit some for home...

Stay tuned.

Munchie Monday: Trying To Sprout Broccoli Seeds again

 Lately we have seen a few YouTube videos regarding going for better health. I am a sucker for them.  This time it was sprouting.

Here are the sprouts as they stand tonight.  They have a new kind of sprouting container which is two stainless steel bins with mesh in the bottom.  We only sprouted one layer of the bins.  If I get the sprouts into the sunlight they will turn a luscious green.  I may be the only one eating them...

Knitting Today: Pet Bunny!

Some time ago I was thinking we needed a pet HOWEVER I was not keen on buying food, feeding and watering on a regular schedule, and ESPECIALLY not interested in cleaning up after a pet SO when Susan B. Anderson created a kit from Barrett Wool Co yarn, I bought into it.

The pattern is called Happy Bunny.  It is available on Ravelry and uses a semi-bulky weight yarn.  Susan's kit is luscious wool yarn and so wonderful to knit up.

Many happy hours are spent knitting but I can tell you right now that I am not a good knitter, just a prolific one.  I made so many errors on this pattern but still, I love the bunny and even Dear One likes her.  We call her Bun.

She sits in the corner of Dear One's couch (which is only "his" since he can stretch out on it when he needs a short nap...)and is pretty happy most of the time.  From time to time I pick her up and hold her and talk to her.

One day, once the knitting queue goes down a lot, I will knit her a friend though probably not a rabbit friend, though I hear this is the year of the rabbit...