Good Idea, Gayle

[meemo]

What's everybody working on. I know with the gardens and all the health issues we have in our group nobody is getting much crafty stuff done.
I'm still knitting cotton dishcloths. They have really come in handy when I need a quick hostess gift or just something to share with somebody.
I keep cutting squares out of the denim stash I have from worn out overalls. Its goin to be a raggy quilt for my bed. When I find the cable that goes to my camera I'll post some pics. I keep putting off getting a new one because as soon as I buy it I'll find the lost one
I've been working on both of my rugs again. I'd like to get these off the loom and start another one with a huge dark blue sheet I have.
There is a dress cut out laying on the machine with the material for 2 more. Who knows when I'll get to that. It may have to wait until after the kids are out of school in a few weeks.

[Granny Smith]

I'm avoiding making a dress out of some fabric my friend gave me. I like the material, but I hate dragging out that machine and potting it away afterward (and it all has to be done between meals)

I've also been trying to find just the right material to make some spiral things for the garden. They're to be used to support plants, such as tomatoes. I want to use them for flowers, too. I don't think anything I've got is going to be strong enough to hold up, but soft enough for me to bend.

Here's what I'm talking about, since my description was clear as mud~

[christy]

I am working on some Icelandic fleeces I picked up for $10 each. They are beautiful and I am deciding what to make as I go.

[Valerie]

I'm not working on a solitary thing. But, Gayle, I bet you could use some stoutish wire and bend it around a pipe, then slide it off the end. That way you could use something a little heavier gauge than what you could bend in your hand.

[Granny Smith]

Valerie, if I can find something the right thickness, that's what I'll do. So far, all I have found is some coated clothesline wire and rebar. The clothesline wire is too soft to hold tomatoes up, but it might just work for viney things like flowers, beans, or peas. I can't bend the rebar at all.

I put in a new bed yesterday. I planted cleome, globe amaranth, bunching onions, arugula, and sweet alyssum - in that order, back to front. I really wanted a flower garden, since the only flowers I usually grow are some for Dan and marigolds. Also, I've heard so much about arugula I wanted to try it, but none of the grocery stores sell it around here. The onions are because they're getting outrageously expensive. Three pounds of yellow onions were $3.99 this week! That's ridiculous, so I'm growing a lot of them, including the bunching onions, chives, white onions, and Egyptian walking onions. I'll have to dehydrate most of them because they won't keep all winter. I might get some yellow onions to put in the garden. All the ones I mentioned are in beds in the yard.

[michelle]

I'm knitting away at my knitted throw.