Found a pair of pillow cases today at the op shop. They feel almost new, but a look at the tag hows they are so well worn the printing has come off, but they don’t look or feel it! I hope she likes them. I even found vintage sewing cotton that matches 
Monsoons and Mangoes back on Ebay
Monsoons and Mangoes on Etsy
Monsoons and Mangoes WordPress blog
Maybe you’ll find the fabric in something soon!
To facilitate the use of the tomatoes I have growing for the first time in this place, I made a breakfast we used to have back on the old days, say the 80’s.
breakfast, tomato and onion on toast
But, a look at the tomato plants outside, shows me that there are more ripening. I didn’t stake mine, so they aren’t very tall. I didn’t stake them because my tomato plants have all died here. But of course, they are growing, and fruiting and I need to find a way to use them. I don’t want to make relish from them. I have 4 kilos of sauce tomatoes from LAST season (shop bought) to make relish with in the freezer. And piles of relish that is made for that matter.
So I’ve been looking at drying them. It seems that my tomatoes aren’t conducive to drying as they were selected for eating fresh (of they grew) rather than preserving.
‘real’ persons method
Organic gardening link This one says you can slice larger ones.
Tip Deck – wants me to skin and deseed them :s
I’m thinking I will try the ‘real’ persons method, with my larger salad tomatoes, and a salt grinder that has herbs and spices in it with the salt. The issue I have at the moment is the temperature. Its been about 28 degrees inside lately and who really wants to have the oven on in that sort of heat? Its not been much cooler at night either. Maybe I’ll try putting them outside during the day instead. On top of the clothes line away from cats and chooks and guinea pigs. But..the birds…
Ah, we’ll see.
I’m looking at sock yarn!
Heiloom Jigsaw, 22 plus post – don’t need a ‘kit’ though.
Araucania Ranco 21.50 plus post
NEARLY bid on this Regia, approx 3.15!!! From England, but you need three balls for one pair. 
Coveting this Noro Kureyon, 21.50 plus post
*sniffs*
Might treat myself to some of this hand dyed sock yarn from America if I successfully finish the ones I’m making, and if the crochet course is run.
The heel part was a bit strange, but I got through it. I am now up to the foot part. So much for the ‘week’ it was going to take 
I didn’t read the foot section instructions properly. I thought it said knit for 36…ok, it DID…but I skipped the part where it said ‘cm’ and thought it was rows. :s I still don’t like the way Australian patterns are written you know. But I am getting rather excited about having proper socks made, by ME, with sock yarn!!
There is a pile of yarn still. If I had to guess, I’d say I could get two pairs out of one ball.
six pics of exactly the same thing
The button holes still don’t make sense. But anyway. Whether I put buttons on mine or not is another matter. Suffice to say, I HIGHLY doubt I’ll make another one!
The other pictures are a diagonal granny I might frog coz I have no other yarn to match, and no way to get to Big W to get some.
Just coz.
Project Linus
Angel Crafts
a version that uses granny squares
Scrap Yarn Ripple Archived page.
Another granny square ripple
some pictures from Google Images.
A lady in Live Journal is having issues with a pattern, so I decided to try and work out what was going on. With a bit of fudging I came up with this.
And if that’s not how its done, I made up my own grannies cluster ripple
Make a chain that is as long as your outstretched arm, to nose.
sc in 2nd from hook, hdc in next, skip 2 chains, 3dc in next, *skip 2, [3dc, ch2, 3dc] (peak), in next, skip 2 chain, 3dc in next, skip 2, [3dc in next, skip 3 3dc in next] (valley), skip 2, 3dc. repeat to end, making sure you end with a PEAK.
The sc and Hdc make half a valley. Straighten out your funny looking ripply start, then take the sc/hdc end, give it a half turn and fit it under the PEAK. You will end up with a loose blob that you need to anchor.
3dc in the space between the sc/hdc and the first of the 3dcs. You are on the back side of the first PEAK. Make a VALLEY in the space. (3dc in next space, skip the two peak blocks, 3dc in the next space) 3dc in the next space. Now you are at the back side of a VALLEY. In the 3 skipped chains, make a PEAK [3dc, ch2, 3dc]. Continue around, and around and around.
I haven’t worked out how to end this yet, as I haven’t gotten to the end of the ball. I imagine it will be with a hdc/sc/sl st on a peak.
Totally untested and probably need fudging to make it work for you. But anyway.
Namely this knit onesie I started, and my granny ripple moebius.
…..but…well..I checked out the granny ripple moebius, and decided it was a very good idea, and I should write up a pattern for it. Then the power flicked off for a fraction of a second and the computer died :s Thought that was a sign to try a new one from memory and write the pattern as I went. Its a bit fiddly. And the neighbours interrupted. So I sat down, eyeing off the partly knitted onesie. I didn’t think I could take up where I left off, as I am notoriously slack at keeping track of where I am. Picked it up and lo! I had a row counter with it, and it had stopped on row 38. All was not lost. Determined that row 38 was accurate and started again. I still have no idea what ANY of the button holes are doing and I’m up to row 15 of the shirt. Maybe I’ll ask :s
I worked out that ‘fasten off’ did NOT mean cast off – you just cut the yarn so you can cast on the new stitches and work across the existing stitches.
I have pics, but again, the iPod has the USB port so they have to wait.
I woke up this morning remembering the old style pilchers that had buttons on the side..and wondered if the buttonholes on the diaper part were like that. Similar to these.
side snap pilchers
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