life made easier

new toys :seven prong trasnsfer tool. you hook up 7 stitches and transfer them instead of at the most 3.

and if you really want to embrace 21st century here's a10 prong one.contrary to intuition, a ten prong one is easier less hassle to operate than a three prong one with which i've had countless problems   ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯ 

( and that clause sounds weird)

 the best news about the prongs and some needle replacement extras that i bought is that they came from germany. no more getting fried at customs with brokerage fees when buying in the uk.

i have discovered  many european  on line venues . life made eassier.oh and no currecny change either

(￣ω￣ )

back of the garment. the yarn looks pretty ok when knitted. it is the color blanket i knitted last summer and it turned out on the upper eschelons of BLAH.

working on the front but taking it easy due to the heat. northern spain and in the 30s  ⋋__⋌  

neki desu 

 

benibana explorations

new benibana bought last year locally ( sort of) using 50 gr as control against 100gr of ancient, vintage benibana bought on my first trip to japan.notice the yellow in the petals. after the rinses the petals are totally red.

extracting the yellow, second day.

 the old benibana after numerous rinsings was left

for 3 days in water, theat water was densley colored

and also discarded.( have a feeling i should have processed it) we'll see.

preparing the silk skeins to be dyed.more during this week.

neki desu

 

the forest primeval

kuke forest on the left a lone aubergine plant.3 plants and they've taken over.that's what humus does to plants. ever since the womnam where i buuuy the plantules told me to fill the plnting hole with humus, there has been no looking back.

sarada is promising.

toms look great and so does oak leaf lettuce.

regular letuce tastes really good this year.

looking forward to the kuke bounty.

neki desu