A friend called me a “regular soap queen” yesterday. Not really, she’s the one who taught me how and has been doing it for a long time. But I’m just trying different recipes each week, amassing a collection worth selling for some fun money.
They’re all on top of my fridge right now, excluding the loaf of calendula soap. I don’t know if that’s best because the smell of the essential oils seems to be dissipating, but we aren’t set up for full time soap factory here in our tiny little antique house. There’s green tea/ lemongrass/ eucalyptus on the left (they’re kind of funky-shaped) and plain castille, green tea/lemongrass, and rosemary exfoliating on the right. Can’t wait for them to cure because I’m still using Ivory.
I’m fighting the urge to re-knit this knit along tank a size larger. I know stockinette curls under and that I’ll be adding edging and a band to the bottom,…
I finished New Girl by Allyson Dykhuizen and I love it. Sadly, it’s too warm here for a wool skirt, but I am seriously considering knitting another in a…
This is a pattern swatch for another knit along I’m starting today, lots of linkage, and other free floating thoughts. Feel free to ignore this post, altogether. I’ve decided to…
We have some new friends in our garden. I noticed the first one clinging to our breezeway window screen, looking at me like “Wuz up?” everytime I walked outside. Then,…
Taken with two different cameras (both only $15.) The first shot is with my clean argus 75, and the last with “as is.” Now I have to make a contraption.
I did not expect so much feedback about socks! You guys gave me so many good ideas and resources. I am more psyched than ever about this New Year’s goal….