Fingerless Gloves

I took a break and decided to make a quick project. Actually, my youngest implored with all her might to have a pair of fingerless gloves and I caved. I’ve been wearing mine to ball games and in the car when I’m driving in chilly weather. It’s still September, so full gloves and jackets seem…

Rain barrel, part 2

It works!!! We still need to assemble our second rain barrel. We did not use the equations to estimate the amount rainfall that we could harvest from the family room roof, so we were very interested last week to have our first rain fall with the barrel. We had moderate to heavy rain, a total…

Dish washing

The dish cloths are wonderful! I’m not looking for extra items to clean, but I am loving the feel of the knitted dish cloths. They are thick and nubby. Open Star 2 is shown here in Peaches and Cream yarn. I am currently trying to use the remainder of this yarn to make Triangles. I…

Big crafting

This afternoon, my husband and I spent a couple hours working on a BIG craft — a rain barrel. My father-in-law somehow remembered that I wanted a rain barrel, and gave me an article from his farming magazine about rainwater harvesting. I have wanted a rain barrel since we moved here in 1999. The garden…