CSA Tuesday

Just because there can’t be a CSA without a Tuesday, or rather a Tuesday without a CSA.

Here is today’s loot:

6 ears of corn, one quart potatoes, 12 tomatoes, 2 eggplants, 1 bunch basil, 1 bunch radishes, a bag of green beans, and 1 pint of PYO cherry tomatoes. Not pictured: 3 small hot peppers.

We’d been getting 12 ears of corn every week for the last month so today I asked my coworker if she wanted a few ears of corn because I’d have too many. But this time I only got 6. I will be bring a few tomatoes to work though, and the hot peppers, as I’m not a fan of spicy hot foods.

I have high hopes for the remaining tomatoes; tomato, mozarella and basil salad, tomato pie (recipe similar to this), the potatoes will make delicious potato salad. With the radishes I might make some more of this (I made it last night, delicious). Last but not least, I will be attempting to make pesto with all the lovely basil  I have. I just need to pick up some pine nuts at the grocery store. I’ll let you know how that goes!

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On a totally different note, I am currently destashing a bunch of my yarns to pay for my sewing machine that broke again. You can check it out here on Ravelry. Message me there if you see something interesting. Thanks for looking!

Time for a little destashing

It is time to make some room in the yarn/fabric stash closet. Fabric is spilling over and about to enter into the yarn shelves. Please have a look at the stash and let me know if something strikes your fancy!

More details as well as prices are listed on my Ravelry destash page. If you’re not on Ravelry, comment on this post and I’ll give you the price and any other information you would need. Thanks for looking!

My favorites

I started putting together my favorite pictures from Flickr. Here are a few from the last few weeks. Enjoy!

1. Hedghog Love, 2. NOMs, 3. magical three, 4. Pretty Spun BFL, 5. day 9 of 365 : new fashion trend for fall ’08?, 6. Pillow shams, 7. the cards are in!, 8. piratenbraut-001, 9. patchpill, 10. last batch!, 11. Milan Jacket, 12. harvest your acorns { olive } : brick patchwork pillow cover, 13. 3 new pillows, 14. little brown pen, 15. fall_girl, 16. Gentleman’s Fancy Sock, 17. More for me, 18. The little house wristlet, 19. DSC00820, 20. Mushroom buttons, 21. harvest day (17/365.2), 22. snail, 23. aviator bunnies, 24. The Things We Do For Gauge, 25. ten things :: aunty cookie, 26. Finel mushroom bowl, 27. Large 50s aluminum pear canister, 28. Errol Le Cain – Thorn Rose, 29. Nie Auction Calendar, 30. mushroom sampler

1. BFL Bobbins, 2. P1000262, 3. A Simple Striped Blanket: all done, 4. animal-clock-close, 5. Baby Set, 6. pickets, 7. dahlia, 8. Chevalier, 9. New favourite fabric, 10. printed doll, 11. Pinky McGee, 12. ” OH NO ! YOU AGAIN !!! “, 13. Dresden Mod doll quilt, 14. Fairytale horses, 15. Gurion On display, 16. Pile of crochet motifs

1. Gurion On display, 2. Pile of crochet motifs, 3. cute face cupcakes, 4. coconut ice, 5. my version, 6. Funky Carolina BFL, 7. Mom’s Hemlock Ring, 8. Floral Columns for Jess, 9. Potpourri, 10. all day tote, 11. birds in bowls, 12. February Lady Sweater, 13. manasquan nj, 14. Whit’s Knits: Coco’s Bobble Dress, 15. Handspun Bockstark merino in As You Wish, 16. o*, 17. Noro Socks, 18. New Denyse Schmidt!, 19. Irises, 20. IMG_5462, 21. Twinkle king progress, 22. Sneak Peek – October Yarn 4 Socks Sock Club, 23. almost time!, 24. BOUGAINVILLA pure plied silk, 25. lace, 26. helena, 27. on the counter, 28. Why I hate taking FO shots of socks, 29. Treeology art quilt 1/3, 30. full-quilt, 31. leaning tower of single socks., 32. birdies-pattern 02, 33. Autumn in the park – art quilt, 34. finally coaxed out into the open, 35. Two stripes hand dyed fabric, 36. Untitled

Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.

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I sold my spinning wheel. The new owner picked it up today… I’m sad. But I guess I’m happy to know that it will be well loved. I sold all my rovings but two from Persimmon Tree Farm that I bought last year at Rhinebeck. They’re both 50% wool, 50% mohair and I would love it if I could find a new home for them soon. Let me know if you’re interested, I would really appreciate it!

Yes, I still knit

I still do knit sometimes, don’t worry. I even finished a pair of socks this week! I finally finished the Ripples socks from November’s Sockamania pattern. They’re intended for my friend Kelly, I hope they fit her!

They might be a bit tight around the ankles but I gave them a good soak and I think they might have stretched out a bit. I wont know for a few weeks if they do fit her as I need to mail her the socks and she’s on vacation at the moment.

I also finished another sock, my first Red Dwaf sock in HandMaiden Casbah Sangria. The pattern really was a lot of fun and I had them knit in no time at all.

I started knitting again on my other Red Dwarf sock, the one in Schaefer Lola. I’ve reached the leg now and I should have it done in a few days.

This sock is destined for my May Day Sock Swap pal. I hope she likes the color!

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After spending more time sewing on my sewing machine, I realized that it really didn’t work very well and that I needed to buy myself another one. I am in the process of destashing quite a bit of yarn to pay for it. I have some new yarns listed on my destash page . Let me know if something strikes your fancy!