Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

Camp Loopy Project One – Done!

JudyL — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:18 +0000

Yay! I finished my 3S Shawl last night. During the knitting process, I actually spent more time with the calculator than with the knitting needles. I wish First, I calculated how many rows I needed to make to get to 200 stitches on each needle. Then I timed how long it took me to make [...]

What Lunch Date?

JudyL — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:23:39 +0000

Poor Vince . . it’s a good thing he loves me . . or maybe he just keeps me because I can cook and I do iron his work shirts. Last night he was telling me that he wanted to do a couple of things in town . . did I want to meet him [...]

More Baby Chickens on the Way

JudyL — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:55 +0000

I’m tempted to call the vet and see if I can have Thelma, the rooster, neutered. We are going to be overrun with Silkies. Louise just hatched Houdi and Gracie the first part of April and guess who’s on the nest again! If you guessed Louise . . add Houdi and Gracie. Those two chickens [...]

Little Fluff Ball

JudyL — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:44 +0000

When it comes to chickens, neither of us know very much. I still haven’t figured out how two solid white Silkies had two almost solid black babies and their next two were solid white. Mean Chicken’s eggs were not fertile . . no rooster. So we gave her fertile eggs from the Dominque chickens which [...]

Short Row Class

JudyL — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:19:23 +0000

For those thinking of doing Dreambird, I believe it involves a lot of short rows and there’s a short row class at Craftsy. It’s on sale til midnight and I could be wrong but it looks free.