JoansGarden
@joansgarden.bsky.social
Unique knitting patterns, hand knits. Love to garden (US zone 5). A rural southern Oregon blue dot in a red sea. Born and raised in Adelaide, came to the US for 2 years, 50 years ago. Life happens.
Maybe if he just straightened out his wheels and stopped spinning them?
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Maybe if he just straightened out his wheels and stopped spinning them?
All the dangly cards are used for intarsia where you need a lot of colors but only one at a time. They don't get carried behind the work.
Stranded knitting is like Fair Isle knitting where the colors are used for just a few sts at a time, all the way across the row.
Stranded knitting is like Fair Isle knitting where the colors are used for just a few sts at a time, all the way across the row.
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
All the dangly cards are used for intarsia where you need a lot of colors but only one at a time. They don't get carried behind the work.
Stranded knitting is like Fair Isle knitting where the colors are used for just a few sts at a time, all the way across the row.
Stranded knitting is like Fair Isle knitting where the colors are used for just a few sts at a time, all the way across the row.
I do clean it out, but I get about 200 emails every day and if they weren't automatically sorted into categories for me I'd have to read them all! As it is I heavily restrict what comes to my inbox and all the rest get deleted after a quick glance every coupe of weeks.
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I do clean it out, but I get about 200 emails every day and if they weren't automatically sorted into categories for me I'd have to read them all! As it is I heavily restrict what comes to my inbox and all the rest get deleted after a quick glance every coupe of weeks.
I had one that I grew that only produced male flowers. Have you looked to see if you have female flowers on that tree?
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I had one that I grew that only produced male flowers. Have you looked to see if you have female flowers on that tree?
Yes, I had to turn mine back on. If my mail didn't get sorted for me I'd never keep up with it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yes, I had to turn mine back on. If my mail didn't get sorted for me I'd never keep up with it.
If she was really sick I don't think she'd be up for lip gloss and videos.
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
If she was really sick I don't think she'd be up for lip gloss and videos.
Happy to say I don't fall into the 'most adults' category.
Was just able to find the mNEXspike vaccine at Costco and am up to date on all others, husband too. But then again, I'm old, and my opinions are based on a long lifetime of observations.
Was just able to find the mNEXspike vaccine at Costco and am up to date on all others, husband too. But then again, I'm old, and my opinions are based on a long lifetime of observations.
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy to say I don't fall into the 'most adults' category.
Was just able to find the mNEXspike vaccine at Costco and am up to date on all others, husband too. But then again, I'm old, and my opinions are based on a long lifetime of observations.
Was just able to find the mNEXspike vaccine at Costco and am up to date on all others, husband too. But then again, I'm old, and my opinions are based on a long lifetime of observations.
But then that popcorn is tossed in a synthetic mix of chemicals to give it flavor, unless to prepare it at home and don't add a packaged flavoring.
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
But then that popcorn is tossed in a synthetic mix of chemicals to give it flavor, unless to prepare it at home and don't add a packaged flavoring.
Those are really ugly sweaters that the judges are wearing. Why bother to knit something that will never be worn again just to be a 'speedy knitter'?
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Those are really ugly sweaters that the judges are wearing. Why bother to knit something that will never be worn again just to be a 'speedy knitter'?
Lovely - better make it a longer stay. You don't want to come back to this.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Lovely - better make it a longer stay. You don't want to come back to this.
Now in eastern Oregon, we just have freezing fog, which burns off by 10 am leaving us with a bright blue sky. Cold though...
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Now in eastern Oregon, we just have freezing fog, which burns off by 10 am leaving us with a bright blue sky. Cold though...
Starting about 5 years ago we have a couple of trepid hummingbirds that stay all winter. In the end I bought a heater for the feeder so that they would have food after those below zero (F) nights!
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Starting about 5 years ago we have a couple of trepid hummingbirds that stay all winter. In the end I bought a heater for the feeder so that they would have food after those below zero (F) nights!
Gardening during the day and cozy murder mystery audiobooks at night. Gardening is coming to an end though so I'll have to find something else for the day.
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Gardening during the day and cozy murder mystery audiobooks at night. Gardening is coming to an end though so I'll have to find something else for the day.
Always good to know if there's a black bear on the other side! Luckily, I haven't had to worry about bears.
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Always good to know if there's a black bear on the other side! Luckily, I haven't had to worry about bears.
That sounds good but I'm pretty lazy about lunch and I just have tomato on toast every day. Tomato seedlings were all from a friend this year and turns out she likes mild flavored tomatoes, while I like mine to show a bit of acid.
September 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
That sounds good but I'm pretty lazy about lunch and I just have tomato on toast every day. Tomato seedlings were all from a friend this year and turns out she likes mild flavored tomatoes, while I like mine to show a bit of acid.