For the past few weeks I have been either outside with our new square foot gardening, inside doing schoolwork, or going to piano lessons as the spring recital draws near. My pieces will be Somewhere in Time by John Barry and the Hungarian Dance #1 for 4-Hands by Brahms (a duet with my teacher).

An exciting new addition to our homestead is our square foot garden/raised beds. I can hardly remember a time when we didn’t have a garden or plants growing on the patio, and  each one  was full of weeding, watering, hours of harvesting, etc. With our new system, aka Raised Beds, it is much more relaxed and enjoyable, plus they look adorable. I tidy and organize most of my life into right angles, so with our uniform and clean garden…I am in the organized gardener’s bliss.

Step 1: Ye Plant

Step 2: Watch ‘em grow…do you see the organization?

And last but not least…my very own row of taters! For some reason, growing potatoes makes me happy. I’ve sat down and thought about it and I’ve come to no conclusion about why this happens

So, how’s your garden doing?

The first sock is completed, and I must say that it turned out very sweet and rewarding. It took no time at all make and I am already on the second sock, hopefully to finish it up within the next couple of days. I was surprised at how easy it was to make, with only a few points where I had to stop and think…I like that kind of knitting. It was also surprisingly quick, with less than 24 hours of work spent on it I would say.

The decrease for the heel and toe was interesting.  We picked this pattern out of a vintage sock book and Mom said that the pattern was around 1909, so the technique may have been a little different, but it worked.

Onto the next project!

My last post had a picture of the Infant’s Sock that I was going to do for 4-H and my hope chest…but now I have  pictures of my own. I started it on Thursday and then yesterday I worked on it some more. It is a  lovely pattern that reminds us of lace. The pattern called for size 0 needles, but we only had 1’s on hand, so it is a little bigger than its intended size.

Here is a closer look at the pattern…so pretty. Stay tuned for more updates!