Picture Post

Meet Sparta.  He's very protective of his ladies.  When he crows, he sounds like he is gargling.  It's so funny to listen to him.  He crows all day long, and has "crow offs" with our other rooster, Mazda.  Sparta takes care of Lola and 3 other barred rocks.  Mazda takes care of 6 Reds.  Sparta was crowing away when I snapped this photo.

Knitting Update ~ Dishcloths

I finally did it!  After all these years of buying these knitted dishcloths, I knitted not one, but two myself. 

The first one was a basic square, and I put it up for sale in my on-line store.  The second pattern involved a diagonal garter stitch.

I do not have size 7 needles, so I made it with size 8, but it ended up 2 inches smaller than the pattern stated.  I am also concerned, because my starting point and the ending point do not look the same.  You can't really see in this photo, but to me it appeared different.


I found another pattern on-line this morning, and the woman had the same feelings about the starting and ending points.  I will try her pattern also, and make sure to keep measuring as I knit.  


I'm excited to finally do this.  I am still crocheting, tatting and making other crafts, it's just been one day at a time.