Month: March 2019

We’ve got a decent start on a shed for our electricity. Currently, the generator has to be turned on to get any power for anything. Not really convenient. The shed will house batteries on one end separated from an inverter and everything necessary to charge those batteries. So that we may have lights and a few other conveniences.

Well the weather here changed overnight and the toads are singing with the sun shining bright. Temps have been in the 70’s, (that’s Fahrenheit) and the girls have been busy in the garden. n
I finished my Invisible Hood from Faerie Knitting just in time not to need it at all😄 n
Hubby gave me a DNA test kit for Yule and I’ve been laughing at the results ever since. My family is racist, mother and grandfathers, mostly. My mom tries not to be, but … anyway, it turns out there’s African on her side of the family. And the Native American that her family long claimed, isn’t showing up, in her tests or mine. Someone may have made up a story 😉 l’m glad I find it humorous, I’ve seen too many YouTube vids of people being distraught over their results. n

The doll pattern project is coming together. We’ve got the size but there are some details that could stand to be tweaked. I still need to figure out how to insert the pipe cleaners that will be optional. I don’t have seams where they’ll need to go, so that means poking holes in the right places and figuring out at what stage they need to be inserted. I wish I could start photographing the assembly process but it’s too soon and I don’t have the lights for it. I’m just impatient to see this one finished. n

I don’t know if it’s chemical exposure or something else, but I’ve been all over the place the last two days with a complete lack of focus. Baked some cookies and took a few pics today in spite of it 😏n

We’ve got stairs inside! They’re steep and they definitely need a hand rail, but it’s so nice to be able to run upstairs for things with out going outside and around. Radar was supervising the whole process. n

And we put in a small part of the flooring at the base of the stairs. n

I’ve taken apart a sweater vest I was never really happy with and I plan to combine the different yarns to use as a chunky yarn. There’s a pattern in Faerie Knitting for a hood that I may try. 😄 n

It’s snowing again and kind of dark in here but…n
This designing this is finally flowing. I’ve made two; close but no cigar, but now I’ve got the right measurement for the head and I need to stuff and check the body. I’m not liking the flannel so I will be going back to the felt to double check all the results. I could still end up chucking the whole thing if I’m not happy with how it looks. Fortunately, the first two dolls are perfectly good dolls and I’ll be finishing them up to use in decorating. The rest of the process hasn’t produced anything usable. 😏 n

I’m working on designing a doll that will be able to wear PukiPuki clothes and I may do something similar when my PukiFee and RealFee arrive. I was going to do a RealPuki size, but that’s been put on the back burner. The really cool thing is that these dolls can be anything from humans to animals to fairies and elves. It’s up to you. n
Rowan is helping me. n

Progress on the stairway includes this cool railing. :)n