Slow Summer Days

I just want all of you to know: i am dissatisfied with my lack of consistent posts of late. Honestly, i just haven’t had much content worthy of spewing into the blogosphere. I’m not interested in writing ditties that aren’t informative or at least highly corgi-taining, so i’m not going to write “filler” posts during these slow Summer days. My gardening friends are out gardening, outdoorsy folks are out hiking, and the cooks are even out grilling – so i don’t feel like i’m leaving too many folks with nothing to do by my lack of posts.

That being said, i’m still generating and sharing a lot of great content… on Facebook. You can usually find several shared and pertinent or entertaining links and photos or inspirational questions on my Facebook page every day. I am part of a pretty neat network of homesteaders, gardeners and other savvy folks over there, and while i may not be writing tons of great recipes and gardening tips: they are and i’m happy to share.

I’m hoping that in a month or so i’ll have more than enough great content to write about, and even less time to do it, if we get our farm. We’re still waiting for the bank to throw us a bone, so send positive vibes our way! And in the meantime, visit some of the links on my Resources page and head over to Facebook and join my online community. I’m hoping to get over 200 likes this month, so help me out!

AND stay tuned for tomorrow’s post. I’m featuring a great small business as my “Friday Favorite” in lieu of Fiber Fridays. Be sure and stop back by tomorrow morning and check them out.

Do you find yourself online less often in the Summer? (If not: get outside!)

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Pause on Pocket: Sing!

If you’re a corgi person, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the corgi song or “yodel.” It starts with a woof and ends in something lighter than a howl. Some refer to it as a ‘baroo’ and we call it “sing.” Pocket loves to sing, and we like to sing right along with her. Occasionally i’ll be singing in my upper register and she’ll pick up and join me, and she’s always willing to howl a tune for her supper. Occasionally you can catch the whole family on the couch with our noses in the air, singing away in true corgi fashion. Sure, we’re a little strange. That’s what makes us special. Right, Pocket?

Howl on, corgi nation. <3

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Fiber Fridays: Handspun Hat!

I finished my husband’s hat! FINALLY. I recently posted the beginning of the knitting process of this hat, but i really started this hat back in the Winter when i first spun and plied the yarn. It’s a lovely shade of mixed greens, blues and browns and i added stripes of straight brown. Overall this hat matches my hubs’ eyes perfectly and i was successful in knitting a “long gnomish” hat, per his request. I love my gnome-husband!

 Like most of my knitting projects, i tackled this hat sans-pattern. I knitted a swatch, measured his head, estimated the number of stitches and cast on…. like 5 times until i was satisfied it wouldn’t be way to big or small… and knitted on DPNs finishing with my first puff ball. The k3 p3 ribbing is nice and stretchy/cuddly and i alternated every 9 rows for the stripes. My goal had been to reduce so that the reductions came together evenly, but i wasn’t doing my ssk (slip slip knit) correctly, so i ended up with a spiraly reduction. Which is okay. I got the long point by reducing at the beginning of every dpn (working on 4) starting by reducing 1 row, knitting through 2 rows and later increasing my reducing to every other row and then ever row at the very end. I am not a pattern writer and writing about knitting sounds really lame, so i’ll stop now. 😉 All in all, i’m proud, he’s happy and warm and looking forward to cooler weather to really try it out. I spun this yarn pretty finely, so i’m sure i’ll be knitting him another bulkier hat this holiday season. It’s time to knit MYSELF something first, though. 😉

******* FEATURED Fiber Friend of the Week  *******

This week i’m featuring two little dogs that are on their way to The Daily Corgi. That’s right, i’m giving back to the corgi supportive and obsessed Laurie Eno of blogging fame and sending her a little corgi to call her own. It’s her first corgi, in fact: she’s currently a cat owner despite her corgi obsession. I’m sending along two little dogs so that she can choose her favorite and offer the other as a giveaway for the corgi loving online community. Watch for Fiber Friends on The Daily Corgi later this month.

What do you think: which dog would YOU choose?  Find this post at Simple Lives Thursday.

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Buds

Baby grapes and fragrant lavender. My workplace is budding up!

I can’t wait to see grapes hanging off these vines! For now, it’s fun to watch the tiny buds developing. Visit Cardwell Hill Cellars on Facebook for lots more photos from around our vineyard, and celebrate the 4th with me. I’m working the holiday and would love  to celebrate with some familiar friends.

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