Look what's going on at my house!
The boys wanted to learn to knit a couple of months ago, so I pulled out some biggish needles and some acrylic, and cast on 20 or so stitches for each. #1 has stuck with it, and is now making himself a garter stitch scarf! He asked for orange, and I happened to have this huge skein of Caron that fit the bill. I did buy him some new needles, though. I don't use straights much anymore, so I don't have a large selection (except in 14", which I figure would be very awkward for him). He used metal needles when first learning, because I didn't have any wood or plastic in the right size range. But they kept slipping out of his stitches. So I bought him these plastic ones, which are meant for kids, and they have helped tremendously.
I'm so proud of him! He had a lot of trouble getting the tip of the right needle back through the loop, but practice made perfect! His stitches are now pretty consistent, and he is much quicker than when he started the scarf. He still has trouble with the first and last stitches of the row, but that's getting better, too! He doesn't knit too often, so this scarf isn't getting longer too fast. But every once in a while he pulls it out. Slowly but surely!
We are also consistently finding one green egg that is long and skinny. Almost pointy! Here's the one from Thursday. It doesn't look so pointy in the picture, so I'm wishing I had put another egg in the photo for perspective. Another time.
I'm so proud of him! He had a lot of trouble getting the tip of the right needle back through the loop, but practice made perfect! His stitches are now pretty consistent, and he is much quicker than when he started the scarf. He still has trouble with the first and last stitches of the row, but that's getting better, too! He doesn't knit too often, so this scarf isn't getting longer too fast. But every once in a while he pulls it out. Slowly but surely!
Egg Report!
We're working on figuring out which hen lays which egg. Obviously, with dear Buffy and Sweet Tooty, there's no trouble telling who laid what, but with the green-hued eggs, it will take some detective work. We're seeing some definite patterns. For instance, you can probably tell from the picture that one of the green eggs is darker in color. We getting one nearly olive green egg about every other day. Much darker than the others, and quite fat. Hubby has spent much of his Saturday going out to check "the girls," and figured out which one laid the dark green eggs, and of course we named her Olive!Our chickens were going through a moult, so for a while in the late fall and early winter, we were getting very few eggs. But now, they're getting going again, and it's so much fun!
On Thursday, we had 6 eggs! That's the most so far this winter! We have one white-egg-layer: Buffy, a buff leghorn. And one brown-egg-layer: Tooty, a Rhode Island Red. We also have 8 which lay green or blue eggs of various shades(they are either Easter Eggers or Ameraucanas). Those are fairly new to us, and are getting named one by one as we get acquainted with them. So far we have Misty and Jewel. And every day we get this sweet assortment of colored eggs. Here are the six we collected on Thursday:
On Thursday, we had 6 eggs! That's the most so far this winter! We have one white-egg-layer: Buffy, a buff leghorn. And one brown-egg-layer: Tooty, a Rhode Island Red. We also have 8 which lay green or blue eggs of various shades(they are either Easter Eggers or Ameraucanas). Those are fairly new to us, and are getting named one by one as we get acquainted with them. So far we have Misty and Jewel. And every day we get this sweet assortment of colored eggs. Here are the six we collected on Thursday:
We are also consistently finding one green egg that is long and skinny. Almost pointy! Here's the one from Thursday. It doesn't look so pointy in the picture, so I'm wishing I had put another egg in the photo for perspective. Another time.
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