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

· #781 · Aug 24, 2016

run4fittness said:
At least you have tomatoes! My plants gave up after about a month. Didn't care to replant. My cucumbers are going stark bonkers though! More blooms than you can count, plus the ones that are already growing. They are the straight 8s, but I pick them before they get that large. They are great peeled, sliced thin, and placed in water with sliced lemon, with a bit of grated ginger. Yummy! Make about a gallon with one cucumber, one lemon and 1 teaspoon of ginger. I make it in the morning, put lots of ice in it to get it cold and then drink it through the day.

My Oriental green beens are finally getting beans on them. They are supposed to get 18 inches long, some are almost 10 inches now. Look different. I wanted to try something different this year.

I have dried almost 100 yellow onions and the second batch is ready for eating. The first beets are almost done and the second batch will be ready in a couple of weeks.

And the pepper plants are still laughing at me! Might just give up on them soon, but they look so funny!

I have a recipe for cucumber salad that keeps for months in the fridge or cold room - cucumbers, celery,& peppers if you want in a brine of vinegar,sugar, mustard seed & celery seed that's really good & quick & easy.
Soon as it clears up, it rained all day yesterday again, I want to pick a bunch of my bigger tomatoes when they are dry so I can hopefully beat the slugs to them????

Bonnie7591

· #782 · Aug 24, 2016

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I've never seen anyone using a proper loom. We were in New Mexico several years ago & I bought a book on Navajo weaving, they make a very simple loom that I thought I might like to try but I really don't need another hobby. I already do too many & have supplies for those so until I use up lots, I'm not going to start anything new.(maybeÃÂ°ÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
I have done moccasins, mukluks & mitts for many years, my SIL & I even taught a class about 30 yrs ago.
I don't make a lot of them but do Christmas gifts occasionally. This is some of what I did the last few yearsthey are made of moose hide with rabbit fur trim

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Babalou

Discussion Starter · #783 · Aug 24, 2016

run4fittness said:
At least you have tomatoes! My plants gave up after about a month. Didn't care to replant. My cucumbers are going stark bonkers though! More blooms than you can count, plus the ones that are already growing. They are the straight 8s, but I pick them before they get that large. They are great peeled, sliced thin, and placed in water with sliced lemon, with a bit of grated ginger. Yummy! Make about a gallon with one cucumber, one lemon and 1 teaspoon of ginger. I make it in the morning, put lots of ice in it to get it cold and then drink it through the day.

My Oriental green beens are finally getting beans on them. They are supposed to get 18 inches long, some are almost 10 inches now. Look different. I wanted to try something different this year.

I have dried almost 100 yellow onions and the second batch is ready for eating. The first beets are almost done and the second batch will be ready in a couple of weeks.

And the pepper plants are still laughing at me! Might just give up on them soon, but they look so funny!

Those tacky peppers!

Babalou

Discussion Starter · #784 · Aug 24, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
I've never seen anyone using a proper loom. We were in New Mexico several years ago & I bought a book on Navajo weaving, they make a very simple loom that I thought I might like to try but I really don't need another hobby. I already do too many & have supplies for those so until I use up lots, I'm not going to start anything new.(maybeÃÂ°ÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
I have done moccasins, mukluks & mitts for many years, my SIL & I even taught a class about 30 yrs ago.
I don't make a lot of them but do Christmas gifts occasionally. This is some of what I did the last few yearsthey are made of moose hide with rabbit fur trim

They look so warm and comfy. Very nice.

Lurker 2

· #785 · Aug 24, 2016

dragonflylace said:
Can you provide a link to look at the yarn dyed by her???

Her user name is 'desireeross', DFL, so I guess if you check her topics that will show you some of what she has produced.
If you care to PM me I can give you her email.

Lurker 2

· #786 · Aug 24, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
I've never seen anyone using a proper loom. We were in New Mexico several years ago & I bought a book on Navajo weaving, they make a very simple loom that I thought I might like to try but I really don't need another hobby. I already do too many & have supplies for those so until I use up lots, I'm not going to start anything new.(maybeÃÂ°ÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
I have done moccasins, mukluks & mitts for many years, my SIL & I even taught a class about 30 yrs ago.
I don't make a lot of them but do Christmas gifts occasionally. This is some of what I did the last few yearsthey are made of moose hide with rabbit fur trim

They look ideal for a Canadian winter, Bonnie!

tamarque

· #787 · Aug 24, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
I've never seen anyone using a proper loom. We were in New Mexico several years ago & I bought a book on Navajo weaving, they make a very simple loom that I thought I might like to try but I really don't need another hobby. I already do too many & have supplies for those so until I use up lots, I'm not going to start anything new.(maybeÃÂ°ÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
I have done moccasins, mukluks & mitts for many years, my SIL & I even taught a class about 30 yrs ago.
I don't make a lot of them but do Christmas gifts occasionally. This is some of what I did the last few yearsthey are made of moose hide with rabbit fur trim

Bonnie--these are beautiful. Are they all hand sewn?

Belle1

· #788 · Aug 24, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
I have a recipe for cucumber salad that keeps for months in the fridge or cold room - cucumbers, celery,& peppers if you want in a brine of vinegar,sugar, mustard seed & celery seed that's really good & quick & easy.
Soon as it clears up, it rained all day yesterday again, I want to pick a bunch of my bigger tomatoes when they are dry so I can hopefully beat the slugs to them????

Bonnie -- would love your cucumber salad recipe. Something like that is idea for one person -- me.

Belle1

· #789 · Aug 24, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
I've never seen anyone using a proper loom. We were in New Mexico several years ago & I bought a book on Navajo weaving, they make a very simple loom that I thought I might like to try but I really don't need another hobby. I already do too many & have supplies for those so until I use up lots, I'm not going to start anything new.(maybeÃÂ°ÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
I have done moccasins, mukluks & mitts for many years, my SIL & I even taught a class about 30 yrs ago.
I don't make a lot of them but do Christmas gifts occasionally. This is some of what I did the last few yearsthey are made of moose hide with rabbit fur trim

wonderful. Bet they wear really well. I admire such talent.

annweb

· #790 · Aug 24, 2016

sorry folks DP

annweb

· #791 · Aug 24, 2016

Tanya ..because the sun has hardly shown its' face we have been advised to take Vitamin D .Never heard this before .

annweb

· #792 · Aug 24, 2016

Super work Bonnie .

Bonnie7591

· #793 · Aug 24, 2016

tamarque said:
Bonnie--these are beautiful. Are they all hand sewn?

Yes, except I see the fur strips to the leather on machine, the rest by had with a gloves needle, very hard on the hands, that's why I don't do too many

Bonnie7591

· #794 · Aug 24, 2016

Belle1 said:
Bonnie -- would love your cucumber salad recipe. Something like that is idea for one person -- me.

I will find it later

tamarque

· #795 · Aug 24, 2016

annweb said:
Tanya ..because the sun has hardly shown its' face we have been advised to take Vitamin D .Never heard this before .

Taking Vit D3 supplements has become very common in the States as about 75% of Caucasians have been shown to be significantly deficient in this life promoting hormone. Yes, Vit D is really more a hormone than a vitamin. The rate for darker skinned people is even higher. And given the phobia that Big Pharma has created about the sun, the problem is pretty severe. Vit D is needed for about 2000 biochemical processes in the body so it really is a pretty critical nutrient.
As a word of caution, the form of supplement needs to be Vit D3 and not a synthetic which is what the big pharma corps make. And I would not worry about taking too much. That also has been a big hype from the pharma corps and is only true for their synthetic stuff which I would not touch.

tamarque

· #796 · Aug 24, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
Yes, except I see the fur strips to the leather on machine, the rest by had with a gloves needle, very hard on the hands, that's why I don't do too many

Definitely understandable.

dragonflylace

· #797 · Aug 24, 2016

Ronie said:
$4.55 is high but not so high that a cone of yarn for $5.55 I think is still a bargain... :sm02:

I was able to get two cones.....no, don't tell me, I don't need them...but for 7.99 I got about 4 pounds of yarn so maybe I will practice dyeing yarn with it. I was able to get one natural and one gold. I didn't want to try any other colors.

God, please help use knitters who buy great deals on yarn!!!

tamarque

· #798 · Aug 24, 2016

dragonflylace said:
I was able to get two cones.....no, don't tell me, I don't need them...but for 7.99 I got about 4 pounds of yarn so maybe I will practice dyeing yarn with it. I was able to get one natural and one gold. I didn't want to try any other colors.

God, please help use knitters who buy great deals on yarn!!!

We are both so bad and so good!

run4fittness

· #799 · Aug 24, 2016

tamarque said:
It is rug yarn but many use it for knitting, weaving, other crafts. Just cannot tell the quality of it and how it works.

I have used rug yarn for hats and scarfs, and an afghan a long time ago. They were warm!

run4fittness

· #800 · Aug 24, 2016

Bonnie7591 said:
I've never seen anyone using a proper loom. We were in New Mexico several years ago & I bought a book on Navajo weaving, they make a very simple loom that I thought I might like to try but I really don't need another hobby. I already do too many & have supplies for those so until I use up lots, I'm not going to start anything new.(maybeÃÂ°ÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
I have done moccasins, mukluks & mitts for many years, my SIL & I even taught a class about 30 yrs ago.
I don't make a lot of them but do Christmas gifts occasionally. This is some of what I did the last few yearsthey are made of moose hide with rabbit fur trim

Wow, I like those! Is that beading on them also?

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