Specifically, there is a squirrel at the end of my rope. She has shredded it and is trying to tug it apart. Here is a fuzzy video. All of the alpaca fleece I left out before is gone, so I put a new batch out. She is going to have some warm and cozy babies.
A neighbor had her baby and I wanted to make a couple hats. I only had natural fibers in my stash, and wanted to make something warm but washable (no way would I give something hand-wash or drip-dry to a mom!) So I wandered through the yarn section at a local big box supply store (I know, but I actually needed acrylic). I found a short repeat, super soft, very bright skein of rainbow yarn. I use a double crochet pattern to make beanies, and these I made newborn size with a diameter of 14” and height of 6” (if they don’t fit, I’ll make her new ones, they don’t take long). I think the way the color pooled is interesting; one spiral striped, and one spotted!
I ventured out to Woodcraft and picked up a few turning blanks to get some more practice on my lathe. This pile of potential makes me happy.
I have some maple, sycamore, and ash. I didn’t intentionally pick for color, rather I was looking at sizes and density. I had to back order the hickory, which should add a bit of hue variation to my hoard.
This is one persistent snail. Despite its house weighing it down, it continues the trek across the glass of our back door.
Heritage wheat wins again. I was able to go back to my favorite gingerbread cookie recipe, but make it with Heritage Wheat All-purpose flour from Sunrise Mills. They came out so nice! I do roll out my dough on parchment paper, then pop it in the fridge (because I am never patient enough to put it in the icebox for three hours). I cut out the shapes on the parchment paper, then remove the excess, so the cookies stay the right shape. By the end, I’m sick of cutouts, so roll out the remainder and use a pizza cutter to make squares. We tried buttercream frosting, but it overwhelms the cookie, and is a pain to store (no stacking!) They do go very well with cranberry jelly, or lemon icing.
