Sharing a Family Favorite today in honor of the "official" arrival of summer!!!
Fresh spinach to cover the bottom of the container. Sprinkle a dash of pepper, salt and sugar over spinach. Cover with 3/4th lb. crispy bacon....
Finally it feels like Spring with a few days of hot summer weather mixed in. The internal clock is saying "school's out for summer" and the pace is slowing just a bit. Yard sales and outdoor shows and markets are popping up everywhere. Gardens are planted and bright colors decorate flower boxes, lamp posts and sidewalks. I love how those outdoor colors were used to brighten up the home with vintage linens. These are just a few of my favorites!
It's May in central Pennsylvania and the weather is crazy. Temps in the 20's some days then into the 80's the next. This was the view today. The storms that damaged Oklahoma have arrived. An eeriness surrounds their beauty.
Two posts in ONE week! LOL!!! How is everyone? There's been alot going on here! Random pictures to follow. First let me tell you about a really great event I've been working on.
The Pennsylvania Fiber ArtsFest.
Seems, even though I retired, my Home Economics/Family and Consumer Sciences background is still coming in handy! I'm loving the recent interest in knitting, crocheting, quilting, rug hooking and felting and I have enjoyed being able to add classes to the list of Grove's class offerings.
Find out more about the event and register at the website.
I'll have a booth in the Vendor Fair. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood or attending Folk College!
Grove's storefront will be closed to attend the event Sat. May 25th!
Using up the scraps with the sketch and throwing in a little ink and stamping to create cards for Fall! Happy October 1st!
Still using that Sketch and the odds and ends of scraps leftover from other projects. Those little pieces are great for smaller projects using manila tags! To say that I enjoy using tags would be the understatement of the day. I use them, all sizes, as journaling pieces, cards and my most favorite...mini album pages. I've started a "tag ring" mini album and these are additions to it. These happen to be the large 4" x 8" manila and white tags (available at Grove's) but I have all sizes on the 3" binder ring. These albums are going to be FULL of tag page layouts! I can't wait to see everyone's faces when they open them and begin to browse through the tags full of memories! Hope the kiddo's aren't reading the blog today... it might spoil the surprise!
My kids are such great sports letting me post their childhood moments for all to see!
Hope you enjoy! I'm counting these as layouts too...total is now 105!!!
Happy Scrapping!
Staci
I love to knit, crochet and double crochet dishcloths!!! I use them at the kitchen sink daily and give them as gifts as well. They are quick and easy, for the most part and I wouldn't use anything else for quick clean up around the kitchen. I keep a nice "collection" of that wonderful Sugar and Cream cotton yarn on hand and throw it in the car when headed to a soccer game, swim meet or if we're going to be on the road for awhile and I'm not driving! Yesterday was one of those days to knit in the car and while at the soccer field. I finished it up this morning before heading out the door...
Seed Stitch, on size 6 needles with 42 stitches total to make a 9"x9" cloth.
This is a variegated cotton which is fun to knit with...you just never know how the colors will turn out and invariably, no two cloths are ever the same. Finished product flat looks like this...
It's next to the sink already. I chose not to "block" it before using. It's ready to get to work!
Materials needed:
Size 6 knitting needles, 1 skein 100% cotton yarn
Instructions:
1. Cast on 42 stitches (or number of stitches to make desired size)
2. Row 1: *Knit 1, Purl 1*, Repeat from *-* across the row.
3. Row 2: Turn. *Purl 1, Knit 1", Repeat from * - * across the row
These 2 rows form a Seed Stitch Pattern.
Continue in this pattern, repeating Row 1 and Row 2 until piece measure 9"x9" or desired size.
4. Bind off all stitches and weave in loose ends.
5. Block piece if giving as gift, by lightly pressing with steaming iron.
Here's a quick video showing the Seed Stitch in action!!! Happy Knitting!
