Progress
06 May 2011 4 Comments
in A Home of Our Own, Off the Needles, Spinning a Yarn
I still feel weird coming back to the blog and posting about things that don’t seem important – and these days there isn’t too much that seems important. That said, there are things happening in our life.
On the home front, we just undertook a big project: re-siding the house. We didn’t exactly undertake it ourselves really, we hired a company to do it for us. It was a BIG job and it’s costing us, but we’re so pleased with how it’s turning out.
This was what our house looked like when we bought it:
This is what it looked like 2 days ago:
On the crafting front, I’m continuing in my quest to knit 11 sweaters in 2011. This one is a bit different though, in that it’s my first handspun sweater. A few months ago I went into my stash and pulled out 5 braids of fiber. The pile looked very colorful and I wondered idly if I was going to end up with a beautiful sweater or loads of rainbow barf.
I began spinning early this year, and it took me a while to spin 6 bobbins worth. But I did:
I held my breath as I plied the yarn, hoping that I would like what I got. And guess what? It was pretty!
I finished up with 1000-1200 yards. Then I had to decide what to knit. I settled on the Shalom Cardigan because it was a simple pattern that would show off the handspun. I had to do a little math to make it work, since my yarn was a worsted weight and the pattern called for bulky. But I think I made it work.
I finished the sweater in the car last week, and blocked it early this week. I wore it for the first time yesterday and loved it SO much that I wore it again today. At lunch today, over ice cream, sitting outdoors in the sunshine, I had a friend snap a photo.
What I did this weekend: Evicting the fowl.
16 Aug 2010 3 Comments
in A Home of Our Own, Domesticity, Farm Fresh Foods, Finding my Green Thumb, Weekend Update
When Wes and I saw this house, we really fell in love with it. We did not, however, fall in love with the kitchen. In fact, we both agreed that the kitchen would be the first area of the house to see a little improvement. You might be wondering why. Well see, the previous owners liked roosters. A lot.
I’m sorry, you probably can’t see it quite well enough. Let me show you a closeup:
The night after we closed, Wes and I drove down to the house to see how easily the wallpaper might be removed. We peeled a bit and low and behold the vinyl portion of the paper just came right off. Starting to look better already.
Saturday, after a BIG trip to Home Depot we got out our DIF blue goo and smeared it all over the walls. A few hours of scraping and we got all the paper removed. What was underneath? Well burgundy walls of course!
Yeah. We don’t get it either.
Sunday we primed and painted. Our walls our now Cancun Sand, which basically means a nice cream color. Tape comes off tomorrow so this shot will have to suffice for now:
Of course the other fun thing about our house is that the previous occupants were serious gardeners. This means we got lucky and get a bit of the end of the season produce. We watered today, and collected an enormous zucchini, a squash, a couple peppers, okra, tons and tons of tomatoes (the cherry ones are SO good – and I don’t even like tomatoes!), blackberries and concord grapes. YUM!
ETA For more pictures of the house visit the whole album here.
We done did it.
07 Jul 2010 3 Comments
We bought a house! Inspection was yesterday and we’re moving towards closing mid-August. We are SO excited – a home of our own!
You can find more photos here. In the current photos, all furniture, paint, clothes and crosses belong to the sellers.
