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All is OK

All is well at Blankenship Acres and we are fine. I’m working on my knitting and reading, as usual. I simply don’t have much to say lately and I’ve stepped back from my usual social media sites for a break. My favorite site has had more than a little anti-Catholic stuff going on and I’llContinue reading “All is OK”

It’s Monday…

Slept like the dead last night, struggled to get moving this morning. Brad made coffee and then headed to the farm to pick up the grandsons for a visit. He returned with smoothies and breakfast cookies for the two of them and breakfast croissants for the two of us. He is now making a secondContinue reading “It’s Monday…”

The Struggle Is Real

So, I have a pair of socks on the needle and the Prayer Shawl to work on as well. But. This yarn has been calling my name for days. That ball of yarn is a half pound of 2-ply, hand-spun, mystery wool. I bought a full pound of the fiber from a little shop inContinue reading “The Struggle Is Real”

Woman of Worth

“She seeks out wool and flax and weaves with skillful hands.” Prov 31: 13

“She puts her hands to the distaff, and her fingers ply the spindle.” Prov 31: 19

“She makes her own coverlets: fine linen and purple are her clothing.” Prov 31: 22

Four bobbins of BFL wool singles, lace weight, 16 oz total
Spinning a 4-ply yarn
Finished 4-ply yarn, 16 oz fingering weight
Hand-spun cotton yarn
Handwoven scarf from hand-spun cotton yarn

Kromski Sonata double treadle wheel on left, Rappard Wee Peggy single treadle wheel on right, antique Walking Wheel in back

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Red-Headed Woodpecker hanging out in the Ash grove

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