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Natural dye challenge update: All the skeins for the tin mordant bath are done. Oregano skeins are dry and wound. I need to take pictures. Too bright and sunny today. I did a black raspberry leaf dye bath today. I was surprised by the beautiful colors, a nice deep brown, a mossy green and a bright yellow. The carrot tops came out rather chartreuse. And the cochineal was so dark and deep raspberry red. I am dyeing more skeins in this bath. I have a bulky superwash to dye in the leftover cochineal. I cut rhubarb for tomorrow. I need to cut zinnia flowers too.
Then on to other plants around the yard. Tomato vines and lemon balm I expect to do next. Marigolds and goldenrod too. I'm running out of time. I work Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The van is still at the shop.

I finished the sleeves on my sweater. Next I tackle the back. I hate instructions that say knit for X number of inches. I need to know that the front and back will match. The number of rows must be the same. Going to postpone working on it until I have more time to make sure it matches.
I spent Saturday chopping, blanching and freezing six pounds of chard. I finally got around to it. We harvested 19.5 pounds of produce this week. Total for the year is 250.5 pounds. There are three new zucchini starting but the drought is affecting the plant. The long island cheese pumpkin is getting big. The vine is over 25 ft long. A second pumpkin is growing. The buttercup in comparison is about 6 ft long with two pumpkins. Since I've not grown this kind before I can't tell if they are ripe. Still waiting to dig sweet potatoes until after Shenandoah Valley Fiber Fest. Chronographia bought us a Chicago Fig Tree (on sale). I have a space in mind but it will be a while before I can dig it out. Too dry to plant. Watering takes up a lot of time each day.
The strawberry bed is coming along. Digging a swale/walking path is hard and slow-going. I mislaid the shims I need to level the cinderblocks. One bucket of coffee grounds a day takes a while to fill in my holes. So it's slow-going.
I did get a little time to work on my skirt. All the purple squares are cut. I managed to get two quads stitched but the heat in the attic was incredible this week. We had a couple of 90° days. So that will have to wait to be completed as well.

Then on to other plants around the yard. Tomato vines and lemon balm I expect to do next. Marigolds and goldenrod too. I'm running out of time. I work Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The van is still at the shop.

I finished the sleeves on my sweater. Next I tackle the back. I hate instructions that say knit for X number of inches. I need to know that the front and back will match. The number of rows must be the same. Going to postpone working on it until I have more time to make sure it matches.
I spent Saturday chopping, blanching and freezing six pounds of chard. I finally got around to it. We harvested 19.5 pounds of produce this week. Total for the year is 250.5 pounds. There are three new zucchini starting but the drought is affecting the plant. The long island cheese pumpkin is getting big. The vine is over 25 ft long. A second pumpkin is growing. The buttercup in comparison is about 6 ft long with two pumpkins. Since I've not grown this kind before I can't tell if they are ripe. Still waiting to dig sweet potatoes until after Shenandoah Valley Fiber Fest. Chronographia bought us a Chicago Fig Tree (on sale). I have a space in mind but it will be a while before I can dig it out. Too dry to plant. Watering takes up a lot of time each day.
The strawberry bed is coming along. Digging a swale/walking path is hard and slow-going. I mislaid the shims I need to level the cinderblocks. One bucket of coffee grounds a day takes a while to fill in my holes. So it's slow-going.
I did get a little time to work on my skirt. All the purple squares are cut. I managed to get two quads stitched but the heat in the attic was incredible this week. We had a couple of 90° days. So that will have to wait to be completed as well.
