Lace Party Aug 13 to Aug 28 WIP and Hawaii with Babalou

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Babalou

Discussion Starter · Aug 13, 2016

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Greetings Lace Party-ers and guests. A note to the newcomers: the Lace Party grew out of a workshop hosted by Dragonflylace (a/k/a DFL). The workshop is still here on KP. Everyone is welcome to join us as often as you like at the Lace Party. We share our daily goings-on and, of course, our knitting projects. We do love to see photos, finished projects or WIPs. If you have a question, just ask; someone is sure to answer. Every two weeks, on a pre-arranged schedule, someone hosts a new Lace Party. Sometimes we work on the same project, but we always share whatever we are working on, lace or not. We hope you will join us.

You are invited to join us in knitting lace and sharing your projects. We enjoy pictures, seeing progress Our main requirement is mutual respect for everyone.

This session we are working on WIPs and seeing pictures from my trip to Hawaii. I think we all have things we are trying to finish.

In February, my DH and I decided to spend a month on the big island of Kona in Hawaii. He is an outside kind of guy and feels trapped in the winter. We managed it by inviting our very close friends to spend part of the month with us. My DH is the seeker of great places to stay and found an oceanfront condo for us in Kailua-Kona. One evening I was catching up on the phone with my wonderful friend, Kathleen, in Houston. We decided to have a real girly conversation with wine. As the conversation went on, she asked what trips we were planning. Eventually, I blurted out "you should come for a week!" It took her about 10 seconds to say, "are you kidding me?" And the rest is history.

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Bonnie7591

· #421 · Aug 21, 2016

tamarque said:
Pulled out the Shetland Lace 'blanket' to show people and felt so sad seeing it unfinished with no new stock at the seller's. Wondering how long I can wait to see this project done. However, did move forward on a project in my typical haphazard manner. I always say I get into things ass backwards. Well have been playing with a lace sample swatch, using the Lace and Cable pattern that Ros sent some months back. Using a WEBS heavy worsted weight and kind of liked doing it so did a couple more repeats to see if it still felt interesting to me and it did. Have also been wanting another vest so the idea came to me to use this pattern for front panels and do a solid back with a bit of swing and center cable, or maybe even a 1 repeat of the pattern stitch. And using 2 different colors. It has been awhile since my creative genius decided to play so this feels pretty good. But we know what this means--there is only 1 or 2 balls of this color and even tho there is a bag of at least 20 balls, more of this dark teal will have to bought. Ain't that a shame!

Garden has been a growing frustration with all the rain and excessive heat. Lots of issues and then the damage that has become extreme. Lost almost all the beets, 2 kale plants, all the broccoli so no Fall side sprouts and some of the Fall lettuce. Snails are doing in the tomatoes before they even begin to turn so now know why I was not getting any. Some at the top of the plants are good and they leave the cherry tomatoes alone for some reason. Garden is always a challenge.

I can sure understand the frustration with the pests in the garden.
You could pick your large green tomatoes, they will ripen indoors, you just have to have them dry or they will rot.
I like to get a shallow box so they are only 1 layer & you can see when they are ripe or if he is spoiling. Here we have to do that all the time, most tomatoes don't ripen before the frosts come.

Bonnie7591

· #422 · Aug 21, 2016

Ronnie, it's almost depressing to think summer will soon be over, the days are really shortening up already.????

We are invited to a potluck supper so I better get moving & get things made.
Friends have built a western town n their yard, a general store, trappers cabin, log house & now a saloon. There are plans for a church & more. I think the plan is eventually to have a bed & breakfast. They have lots of antiques & all the buildings are set up. So far there have been lots of people go there for photos & a couple of weddings. It's a real community affair so should be fun if the weather cooperates.
I think I will make Japanese coleslaw to use some of my excess cabbage & a lasagne type dish clawed Cheese & Pasta in a pot.

tamarque

· #423 · Aug 21, 2016

Babalou said:
That is a lot of berries! My cousin just got back from a camping trip with a friend picking blueberries close to Mt. Saint Helen. She came home with a haul!

Wish I had a similar resource. Great success and lots of good eating.

tamarque

· #424 · Aug 21, 2016

Babalou said:
It is frustrating to spend all the gardening time to be feeding rats and snails. ????

And do you think they even leave a thank you card!!!!! :sm04:

tamarque

· #425 · Aug 21, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
I can sure understand the frustration with the pests in the garden.
You could pick your large green tomatoes, they will ripen indoors, you just have to have them dry or they will rot.
I like to get a shallow box so they are only 1 layer & you can see when they are ripe or if he is spoiling. Here we have to do that all the time, most tomatoes don't ripen before the frosts come.

Yes, I started picking the lower ones as soon as they showed any pink but the pic shows that even when totally green this thing comes to eat. I have read on storing green tomatoes for winter wrapped in newspaper and layered 2 or 3 layers deep. I tend to freeze my tomatoes when ripe or make sauce. This year may have to do a green picking for some of them.

tamarque

· #426 · Aug 21, 2016

annweb said:
Tanya ...what a pain .Did you want to say dRAT . Not really funny I know but couldn't resist !

Yep. Not funny but need to have some humor or it will really get you down.

tamarque

· #427 · Aug 21, 2016

Ronie said:
Good to see you here again Melanie!! it seems that it has been a busy summer for lots of our regulars.. I hope you are feeling well and that there are no ill effects from the car accident.. What is the verdict there? are you able to save your car or did you find one you might like just as much?? Work for me is crazy right now too.. so I barely get any knitting done.. but I do enjoy the outdoors when the weather is cooperating and Joe and I can just enjoy what little time we do have with each other..

Tricia she looks like she has been punished.. I am sure if you have her pose for you more she will become happier with the whole thing.. (insert him and he if this is a boy)

Tanya that is heartbreaking!!! I now hate rats for more reasons.. all that work and no rewards except a big fat rat is enough to get a shotgun!!! LOL Maybe next year you can plant something around these that the rats hate.. like horseradish! that would teach them.. although the slugs were loving my horseradish.. even though it was in a tub and new store bought soil they still found it.. it is doing really well now.. I put a ring of copper around it and the leaves are growing well now..

I am getting more of my Shetland Sampler done.. I have an extra ball of yarn on the way. I also have to take out the first 2 repeats and add a extra one for the ease of the corner.. when I started I seemed to remember DeEtta starting in the middle of a row.. but for the life of me couldn't remember why!!! well..... now I do.. it won't be much of a problem.. I'll survive this learning process and won't forget again..

We might go to the Tomato Festival up in the town of Agness.. that is where the boat trip took us.. if we do then it will be a all day event.. and a lot of fun.. but if we choose to stay home I am going to order some of the Craftsy yarn.. that gradient yarn at half price has me itching to do another shawl... I only have enough mad money for one.. but payday is just around the corner.. I can't believe we are almost into September!!

Yes, a very busy summer for most people. That's a good thing really. Glad you can take advantage of Craftsy's sale. I did myself in with everything else I bought the other day. Think I have enough nice cotton for a couple of tank tops and will try to solidify the vest design before my job starts next month. There won't be much thinking time for knitting then, just rote pattern knitting if I am lucky.

Tell me about this copper ring for slugs? Is this a ring of wire? Or a small wall? Does it really work?

linda09

· #428 · Aug 21, 2016

tamarque said:
Pulled out the Shetland Lace 'blanket' to show people and felt so sad seeing it unfinished with no new stock at the seller's. Wondering how long I can wait to see this project done. However, did move forward on a project in my typical haphazard manner. I always say I get into things ass backwards. Well have been playing with a lace sample swatch, using the Lace and Cable pattern that Ros sent some months back. Using a WEBS heavy worsted weight and kind of liked doing it so did a couple more repeats to see if it still felt interesting to me and it did. Have also been wanting another vest so the idea came to me to use this pattern for front panels and do a solid back with a bit of swing and center cable, or maybe even a 1 repeat of the pattern stitch. And using 2 different colors. It has been awhile since my creative genius decided to play so this feels pretty good. But we know what this means--there is only 1 or 2 balls of this color and even tho there is a bag of at least 20 balls, more of this dark teal will have to bought. Ain't that a shame!

Garden has been a growing frustration with all the rain and excessive heat. Lots of issues and then the damage that has become extreme. Lost almost all the beets, 2 kale plants, all the broccoli so no Fall side sprouts and some of the Fall lettuce. Snails are doing in the tomatoes before they even begin to turn so now know why I was not getting any. Some at the top of the plants are good and they leave the cherry tomatoes alone for some reason. Garden is always a challenge.

Such a shame your produce is being attacked, Tanya. You are right growing stuff is a challenge. I have to say I wouldn't be happy to think there was a rat around. Where there is one, there will be lots more.
Glad your knitting mojo is returning.

tamarque

· #429 · Aug 21, 2016

linda09 said:
Such a shame your produce is being attacked, Tansya. You are right growing stuff is a challenge. I have to say I wouldn't be happy to think there was a rat around. Where there is one, there will be lots more.
Glad your knitting mojo is returning.

I actually had a wildlife expert over to the garden earlier this week. And he was stumped as to who was doing the damage but he did say he thought it was a rodent. Immediately thought of Opossums but the teeth markings were not right. Called Hav-a-Hart trap company as I use of their traps and they were useless. Went online and looked up, of all things, teeth mark patterns of rodents and found this picture of a Norway rat and his markings. Not only the teeth patterns but the eating patterns like the circular damage around that beet I posted. Never saw anything like that before so it really threw me for a loop but feel somewhat confident that this is the offending critter. Left peanut butter out on a trap as they seem to get spooked by new things in 'their' terrain. Sure enough there were new teeth marks on one of the food samples left. Am thinking to just plain poison them; ie, put some rat poison into some peanut butter and leave it out there and not even try to catch them in the trap. Sounds mean of me, but when it comes to my labor and garden? This is war, honey!

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Lurker 2

· #430 · Aug 21, 2016

MissMelba said:
Caryn, those Ironman people are amazing! Kudos to your DH for competing. He must be in awesome shape.

Hope your cold is a mild one Julie.

Very pretty shawl Ann (Pg7). Looks like a watercolor painting.

I am enjoying your photos Barbara. I have been to Hawaii twice so they bring back fond memories. I did get to snorkel amongst the sea turtles. We were instructed to ignore them as they will come along side you if they want to. But disturbing them was a definite no-no, which I wholeheartedly agree with. I was one of the lucky ones that the turtles were curious about as I swam along and got some nice close up views.

Hope you enjoyed your visit Chris.

Sue, I think your holiday may be over by the time I am reading the LP so I hope it was grand.

Hope the calf is back with its herd by now DeEtta and that your tablecloth arrived safe and flat

Ooh Ronie! Have fun. I have been rafting down some of the eastern rivers, including the 'Deliverance' river. Lots of fun.

Ann, to me, a Cuba Libra is a rum and coke with a lime. Served plenty of them in my bartender days.

Very interesting how your yarn striped itself Barbara, pretty.

I was in 4-H as a child. I learned how to hand sew and had a prize cucumber at the fair. Lots of help from my grandfather on how to grow a cuke. My sewing was never good enough to enter, although it is much better now.

pg 15

It was a medium bad one, Melanie, but I am no longer woozy- just need to make sure I don't get chilled again.

Lurker 2

· #431 · Aug 21, 2016

MissMelba said:
Wonderful news on the gansey fit Julie

Ronie, that dino tree made me laugh!

The button is a good choice Barbara

Karen, humor aside, there actually are some hawks being trained to take down drones. I will have to look it up but I think it is in Norway. They are being used around airports to take down the drones that morons fly in the flight paths of airplanes.

pg 20

It was rather a relief, Melanie- even though it is the second time I have knitted one by long distance.

kaixixang

· #432 · Aug 21, 2016

tamarque said:
I actually had a wildlife expert over to the garden earlier this week. And he was stumped as to who was doing the damage but he did say he thought it was a rodent. Immediately thought of Opossums but the teeth markings were not right. Called Hav-a-Hart trap company as I use of their traps and they were useless. Went online and looked up, of all things, teeth mark patterns of rodents and found this picture of a Norway rat and his markings. Not only the teeth patterns but the eating patterns like the circular damage around that beet I posted. Never saw anything like that before so it really threw me for a loop but feel somewhat confident that this is the offending critter. Left peanut butter out on a trap as they seem to get spooked by new things in 'their' terrain. Sure enough there were new teeth marks on one of the food samples left. Am thinking to just plain poison them; ie, put some rat poison into some peanut butter and leave it out there and not even try to catch them in the trap. Sounds mean of me, but when it comes to my labor and garden? This is war, honey!

Smooth peanut butter and hair-trigger rat trap! The more unstable the trap is when that rat plays with the bait insures that the neck is snapped!!!!! I'm a VERY good student of trapping mice thanks to my Southern Mom! She was raised on a farm from 1947-1960(+/- a few years). I have some cooking skills she never mastered...and some she has that I haven't had to learn.

MissMelba said:
Karen, humor aside, there actually are some hawks being trained to take down drones. I will have to look it up but I think it is in Norway. They are being used around airports to take down the drones that morons fly in the flight paths of airplanes.

http://www.google.com/search?q=hawks+being+trained+to+take+down+drones&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8.

tamarque said:
And do you think they even leave a thank you card!!!!!

WHAT! No droppings for next planting or season's try? How dare they!!!

Right now I cannot watch the YouTube material as I'm on my home desktop computer. At least I can relax knowing I don't have to miss the material. I wonder if I can now watch RosD's material with my portable? No hurry on attempt. Just curious.

tamarque

· #433 · Aug 21, 2016

kaixixang said:
WHAT! No droppings for next planting or season's try? How dare they!!!

Right now I cannot watch the YouTube material as I'm on my home desktop computer. At least I can relax knowing I don't have to miss the material. I wonder if I can now watch RosD's material with my portable? No hurry on attempt. Just curious.

I now have 2 Hav-a-Harts in the garden, 2 medium sized traps and 2 small traps. I will be setting some for neck breaking (sounds horrid) and some with poison in the peanut butter. Yes, I have the junkiest, smooth PB in the world for this task.

Are you suggesting your southern cooking tradition cooked these critters? I know Opossum was eaten by many.

kaixixang

· #434 · Aug 21, 2016

tamarque said:
I now have 2 Hav-a-Harts in the garden, 2 medium sized traps and 2 small traps. I will be setting some for neck breaking (sounds horrid) and some with poison in the peanut butter. Yes, I have the junkiest, smooth PB in the world for this task.

Are you suggesting your southern cooking tradition cooked these critters? I know Opossum was eaten by many.

:sm23: :sm23: :sm23: NO!

Mom hunted and set various traps. She had a farm cat that appreciated the trapped critters like mice and shot birds that threatened the fruit tree production. Whooo! I can see I have to stay awake when going for philosophical and solution discussions! :sm15:

No rodents except for squirrels raised in the country were hunted for human table food.

linda09

· #435 · Aug 21, 2016

tamarque said:
I actually had a wildlife expert over to the garden earlier this week. And he was stumped as to who was doing the damage but he did say he thought it was a rodent. Immediately thought of Opossums but the teeth markings were not right. Called Hav-a-Hart trap company as I use of their traps and they were useless. Went online and looked up, of all things, teeth mark patterns of rodents and found this picture of a Norway rat and his markings. Not only the teeth patterns but the eating patterns like the circular damage around that beet I posted. Never saw anything like that before so it really threw me for a loop but feel somewhat confident that this is the offending critter. Left peanut butter out on a trap as they seem to get spooked by new things in 'their' terrain. Sure enough there were new teeth marks on one of the food samples left. Am thinking to just plain poison them; ie, put some rat poison into some peanut butter and leave it out there and not even try to catch them in the trap. Sounds mean of me, but when it comes to my labor and garden? This is war, honey!

I can't say I blame you. I take it this rat is not native to your area.

annweb

· #436 · Aug 21, 2016

Killing the rat may appear to be cruel but they can't be allowed to breed .Before you know it you will get them in the house and you most certainly don't want that .

linda09

· #437 · Aug 21, 2016

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3 wips finished this last week. Here is the big one; Elizabeth's First gift. Yarn- Juniper Moon Farm Findley, shade malachite. A hugely enjoyable knit, I thought.

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Bonnie7591

· #438 · Aug 21, 2016

linda09 said:
3 wips finished this last week. Here is the big one; Elizabeth's First gift. Yarn- Juniper Moon Farm Findley, shade malachite. A hugely enjoyable knit, I thought.

What a beautiful shawl!

Bonnie7591

· #439 · Aug 21, 2016

I guess I'm just too much of a farmer to feel bad about killing a rat, those disease infested buggers are fair game as far as I'm concerned! Yuk. We even have municipal rat control officers here that provide baits to keep them down.

Normaedern

· #440 · Aug 21, 2016

linda09 said:
3 wips finished this last week. Here is the big one; Elizabeth's First gift. Yarn- Juniper Moon Farm Findley, shade malachite. A hugely enjoyable knit, I thought.

.....and a beautiful one :sm24:

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