two installments for the pork report – I forgot yesterday, what with the glories of tilling the earth ;) Today’s excitement is D#1 returns home from her big trip. I will be picking her up at JFK this afternoon. We heard from her a few times while she has been traveling and she has had [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Posted in family,, house projects, pigs, on May 30, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Posted in house projects on May 29, 2007 | 14 Comments »
I have to say that I did not do too much knitting this weekend. A few rows to be sure but in the overall scheme of things, very little. After complaining that I was not in the mood to plant, I did a lot of planting! I think the truth of the matter was I [...]
Happy Memorial Day!
Posted in dogs,, knitting,, pigs, on May 25, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Poe says the pool is open, c’mon over! Today I need to haul my arse to a nursery and get some plants for my pots. I am way, way behind on this task – I am usually a risk taker and have this done before Mother’s Day! It seems with every year household things that [...]
what to do when Granny’s side panel won’t fit ….
Posted in crochet,, pigs, on May 24, 2007 | 9 Comments »
some tips for making and seaming in the side/bottom band …….. this was a bit difficult for me since I had trouble ‘reading’ my crocheting. The pattern says to repeat three rows 43 times for a total of 137 rows. I think I got pretty close to the mark, but wasn’t sure. Once you are [...]
Posted in crochet,, dogs,, pigs, on May 23, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Thank you to Flair for taking over blogging duties for a day. She is right when she says that posting a chore list was scraping the bottom of the barrel! You will be happy to hear I did manage to make it through most of that list, except for the car washing. I replaced that [...]
pinch hit by Flair
Posted in knitting,, pigs, on May 22, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Hello faithful readers of Purling Swine! I’m writing today’s post as my dear friend Ann appears to be suffering from writer’s block. I can read the signs as I myself suffer from periodic knitter’s block and the symptoms are similar. For instance, writer’s block = posting your chore list on your blog (this whispers end-stage [...]
Posted in daily living,, pigs, on May 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
old lard tin graphics when in doubt, a list! I am : cleaning ironing mowing car-washing finished with sewing up the side panels on my Larger than Life Bag and am set to start the bottom & gussets
Posted in daily living,, pigs, on May 18, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I thought I was finished with the pigs sitting on the hutch. But somehow I missed a few – on the left are a set of hors d’oeuvres picks that were another excellent Ebay find and on the right is a fantastic present that you can read about here. I had an email from D#1. [...]
Posted in crochet, on May 16, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Here is a picture of one wall in my kitchen. Please disregard all the crap on the kitchen table – that box with the lady’s face on it? a new cell phone for moi! I never even noticed that face until I took this picture and that box has been sitting there since last night. [...]
Granny
Posted in crochet,, pigs, on May 15, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Willow blocks for my Larger than Life Bag. I am suddenly hooked on crochet! Way back when in the mists of time, I learned how to knit before crochet. However, I actually crocheted projects first. It has been years since I crocheted anything – the last project was a granny square afghan when my Big [...]
