by Daisy | Jan 10, 2012 | Crafts, Woodworking
After I built a sawbuck I was watching a movie. In front of a remote woodland cabin in the Russian wilderness was a sawbuck. I never would have noticed it before I had my own. I’ll probably start seeing them everywhere now. It was the same when I built a...
by Daisy | Dec 12, 2011 | Crafts, Soap Making
This year was a first for many things in the garden. Probably the most dramatic new addition was the luffa gourds. They got off to a bad start. Soon after sprouting, they disappeared entirely one night. Chipmunks? Alien abduction? So I planted more. They soon...
by Daisy | Nov 4, 2011 | Crafts, Knitting
Another breeze of a knit. Easy and fast. This was done while the children were couch-jumping and trying their best to make off with my pattern book. This is a reversible seeded rib. I love the scrunchiness of the ribbing and how easy it is to memorize the pattern so...
by Daisy | Nov 2, 2011 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
I had a lot of options and a lot of ideas when it came to painting the seriously blue plastic barrel we were converting into a rain barrel. I thought of flowers or butterflies (or both), but when it was suggested I paint the thing to look like a barrel, well, that...
by Daisy | Oct 24, 2011 | Crafts, Earth-Friendly
If you’ve ever been torn between the desire to tidy up the dead seed heads of spent summer blooms and the knowledge that you would be taking away a food source for wild birds, this is a project that will give you (and the birds) the best of both worlds. Trim back...
by Daisy | Sep 16, 2011 | Crafts, Knitting
The latest in my so-easy-you-can-knit-with-swarming-kids dish/washcloth series. If you can knit and purl, you can knit this hanging upside down from the monkey bars. The name . . . I have friends who speak Castilian Spanish and I love the way they pronounce some of...
