Hi everyone!
Time to harvest the lemon balm on the left that I grew from seed. It makes lovely tea. My smiling bee buddy, a flea market find for a tuppence ~ 25 cents.
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Finished the bookmarks that I had a pic of in the last post. This is the back. Definitely a trial run because I had a problem with the laminating sheets. Overnight the backing fell off, so I attached another sticky side to the back, but it was hard to cut out properly. Obviously, a laminating machine would work better.
Darker ink would help too, I reckon. Perhaps a heavier 005 Micron pen instead of the finer point, or, better yet, a Rapidograph pen. Black ink does show up better than my favourite blue.
*Squinting eyes.*
*Squinting eyes.*
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Shawl progress. . . finished the nupps section. In a you tube video, I recently saw someone use a crochet hook to pick up the five stands of the nupp on the knit side. The pattern says to pick the nupps up on the purl side. I found that a smaller needle worked well for that. For you knitters out there, in hindsight, if you haven't made nupps before, I am sure the crochet hook method on the knit side would have been easier.
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Slowly putting my container gardens to bed, although, luckily, there are thriving bright spots left.
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Have a lovely week...
Cultivate a Dream
I do love your pictures. I admire your beautiful knitting. I always prided myself on my knitting ability, but yours are far superior. I can't believe you grew lemon balm in a pot from seed. I once had so much lemon balm in my back garden I had to mow it down. It is terribly invasive. I've stolen a picture of your Fuschia. I do love it. Love, Joannie
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joannie. I love lemon in all it's manifestations and it's been fun to snip off a few leaves here and there. I didn't know it would act like that in a garden.I also grew sweet peas from seed this year and got ( are you ready for this?) one bloom. It made me laugh.
DeleteThe color of the begonia reminds me of a sunrise or sunset.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty... ❤❤❤
ReplyDeleteThank you, Carolyn.
DeleteSo much colour out there just now. Love it!
The bookmarks worked out well. I have used contact paper for bookmarks and other projects. It holds up really well, but is more and more difficult to find now. Burnishing the contact paper with the back of a spoon does the trick.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was a knitter, but I've never heard of 'nupps' ;)
Wendy
I love the delicate shades of the bookmarks, Dixie. I too, have never heard of nupps, I must investigate. All the gorgeous photos of the flowers have put a smile in my day. My, such a lot of sweet birds making a fracas in the trees; obviously the getting of seeds is serious business.
ReplyDeleteOhh I LOVE flocks of sterlings, they make me so happy when I see them! Thank you for sharing your video Dixie! Your shawl is so gorgeous already, wow! And your bookmarks are so sweet and beautiful too. You have such gorgeous flowers in pretty colours in your garden. Here most of them are gone to sleep already. Can't wait for next year's blooming season! Big hugs xx
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy seeing your photos. Gorgeous flowers. Your bee buddy is very cute. I will need to look up on lemon balm. Thanks for introducing it to me. Yes, tea definitely is a perfect companion for books. Lovely bookmarks and knitting too. Have a wonderful time playing with colours :)
ReplyDelete-Soma