Sunset Cat

Gotta love Ravelry. Someone ‘favorited’ my felted cat bed. Given I have no picture of the knitted and felted item in question…..I’m assuming they find my cats adorable.

Goals
I feel like I could just re-post the March April goals, including the lack of any knitting progress.
What I did manage to do: finish the felted [...]

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Here’s a taste!

Shade garden aka the secret garden. We really didn’t think anything would come of this spot and I have to say I’m so pleased with how it’s coming along!

Yarrow and poppies.

Desert verbena.

Monkey flower.
See the rest at flickr!

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Rigel is an English Cocker Spaniel. He is small, about 30#, and short. He is sweet and loving.

He has, however, been seduced by the Dark Side yet once again. Notice the evil glowing green color of his eyes.

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Dave bought a baker’s dozen of bagels Sunday morning. I had one and a [...]

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Hmm….not much on the knitting front. I’ve started the second ball of Malabrigo silky merino for the Pleated Scarf. It’s neat scarf, easy once you understand what’s going on, and it looks pretty nifty. The yarn is luscious. The sweaters have been on the back burner.
I spun a little, some of [...]

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For sale at Twist Yarns in Manhattan Beach.
I drew the logo from a pic of my cat Tonka. The fonts (Chelsea Studio and True Golden) are from the Scriptorium.
The front has my favorite Arts & Crafts Movement quote:
Have nothing in your house which you do not know to be useful or believe to be [...]

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Apple Tree Bed
Festuca idahoensis “Stony Creek”
Malacothamnus fasciculatus chaparral mallow
Penstemon heterophyllus Margarita BOP
Erigonum parvifolium
Verbena gooddingii Mojave verbena
Achillea millifolium (dark pink flowers)
Plum/nectarine Bed
Achillea millifolium
Verbena lilacina
Diplacus aurantiacus australis Ramona
Fragaria chiloensis
Artemisia californica Calif Sagebrush
Erigonum giganteum St Cath Lace
Zauschneria californica Catalina
Sisyrinchium “Rocky Point” Blue Eyed Grass
Rosa minutifolia Baja mini Rose
Shade Garden
Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger
Rhamnus calif. “Bonita Linda” coffee [...]

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….that indeedy the Tunis wool DIDN’T felt that well, that in trying to make it felt I felted the hell out of the rest of the bed, and that is therefore really only one or two cats’ worth of bed, not three: after staring at it suspiciously for awhile they all three tried to [...]

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Whenever I wonder if people read my blog, I find out they do!
Regarding Tunis sheep: I don’t blame the entire breed for my bad experience — I do think it was the particular roving I had (purchased off of eBay*). I would certainly try Tunis wool again.
*Like any brand new spinner, especially one [...]

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….is (hopefully) felting in the washing machine as I type this.
I used the Tunis sheep wool I’d spun (hated that wool, it was sticky and I think old and it was VERY DIFFICULT to spin), some of the brown Corriedale, various commercially spun wool odds and ends, and a little of the Icelandic handspun left [...]

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