Jan. 18, 2025

This week, I finished the second hood in beige, which turned out lovely again. The pattern is really great. The project post will be up today with the link to the free pattern I used. Have already worn it out a few times this week as the temperatures have dropped again. I still have a lot of the beige yarn left over since I bought new to supplement the leftover mohair. Probably enough for a sweater vest thing (inspo shown below). I might start this in parallel to the Dagmar sweater as a more portable project. This also has cable patterns on it; am slowly mastering cables. 

New project in waiting - sweater vest - picture from pattern

I made good progress on the Dagmar sweater this week; I have the cable pattern memorised now and can even go back and fix small mistakes. Restarting was definitely worth it, as the second time around I was already quite familiar with the pattern. I’ve knitted two balls of wool so far. I need to spin the next ball before I can continue. I just love how it's turning out, and the cabling pattern, while quite technical, is repetitive enough that I can do it semi-automatic.

I’ve suddenly had a lot of woodworking inspiration and have come up with about five new projects for my field. Two new storage boxes, one for tree guards and stakes, and the other for blankets to keep warm while on lunch break. Two chairs to chill on with the blankets. I’m going with the Kentucky stick chairs (inspo pic below). I think these will be relatively easy to make, they fold away, and I think they look really cool. Eventually, I’d like to make or acquire a picnic table. Acquiring will probably be cheaper with the amount of wood needed.

Inspo only

I’ve started on the first storage box, using timber from Wickes. The plan is to make a feathered box, meaning overlapping the panels to give it a feathered effect. I’ve managed to do a few of the frames.

I also converted a wooden pallet that had been delivered with the tree guard shipment for the field into a trolley thing to transport heavier items. Quite pleased with how it turned out. I just cut down the shape a bit, added wheels and one side going up. This will hopefully solve my problem of getting timber from Wickes to my house. I usually have to walk, carrying heavy timber for about 15 minutes from shop to home. It’s not that doable, especially for more than one bundle at a time… So hoping this trolley will carry it for me without being too cumbersome on uneven pavements… 

As I mentioned earlier, I had a big shipment of tree guards and extra bamboo stakes arrive. I went out to the field twice this week to put them all in place. My official count of total hedges and trees planted now is 630. All of them need a stake and a plastic guard. As of now, I’ve done all the trees and 1/4 of the hedges. Need to continue this next week. I have a small hill of tree guards clogging up my main tool storage bin, hence the need for more storage boxes. 

I’ve continued planting onions, of which I still have over 10kg to go I think… I’ll probably change tactics next time, instead of individual planting (which is still relatively fast, just not fast enough considering the volume) I’m going to prepare loose soil then scatter / throw all the onions on top. Then step on it to bury it a bit in the soil and maybe find some mulch to spread over the top. This is an unproven method that I’ve just come up with, so don’t copy me yet… 

And finally... I've been working on this blog this week, making it more mobile-friendly. Check out the new Project page where you can more easily scroll through all projects I've worked on.

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