Getting my Green on

My balcony garden is just as eager as I am for the growing season. Behold, my immortal chives: I planted them from seed the first Spring I lived in my current apartment, about 9 years ago, and I haven’t touched them since, except to harvest and occasionally thin out. Good thing I love chives! — [...]

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March 30, 2010 В· Betani В· View Comments
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Pretty swatch! Now what?

Tricolor Swatch
Have you ever knitted a swatch for the purpose of learning a stitch, then ended up loving it, but having no idea what to do with it? This is the swatch I'm knitting up for the next book review for my podcast. The stitch makes a nice, dense fabric that lays truly flat. I'm knitting it with 100% wool, so I'm going to felt it when I'm done to see how the tri-color design holds up. I really want to incorporate this stitch into my shop products. Let the experiments commence! I do believe this would be a good night to knit out on the balcony and bask in the glory of my chives ;)