We've had some fairly cold weather, so I decided to make a new wimple. It's made of Shibui Knits Maai, which is a sport weight 70% superbaby alpaca and 30% merino. The yarn is not plied but maybe a double crochet chain? Very airy and warm!
I call the unvented stitch pattern Moss Stitch Lace Chevron. Don't know if it's original, but I've never seen it anywhere.
Comer (registered name Just Castlecomer) died today a few weeks shy of her 26th birthday.
My niece and nephew are home from college and decorated these Ugly Christmas Sweater cookies. Maybe I'll submit them for my office's upcoming contest!
This is a freezer full of tomatoes and peppers. Apparently the hot dry summer produced an insane number of peppers - we were still getting them the week before last - and I bought a half bushel of Roma tomatoes to freeze. I will be so happy using these during the cold, dark months!
Right now, I've got a pot roast in the crock pot with purple carrots, orange carrots, kohlrabi, celery root, onions, garlic, and kale. The purple carrots have stained the white veg a bit, but not as much as they do in a chicken stir-fry. Purple meat is a little odd.
I'm lucky to live where there is both farm land and a large enough population to support local agriculture. There's the vegetable CSA from June to the middle of December which provides veg and eggs. I also get raw milk cheese from a local producer, and have a share in The Piggery, where I can buy local, humanely processed meats.