Renee Scheidt

I've been repairing things that don't count for BBs, which is sad, but it's great that they're fixed!!

I patched a busted seam in the couch with denim and thread (the toddler jumps on it, so I think it may break again soon).

And I crocheted the elbow back into a thrifted knit sweater. I didn't have an embroidery thread that quite matches, but it's not obvious from a few feet away.

It's been a while!

Here is my Test Subject #1...last year's sunflower stalks (nice and pithy like corn) with jute twine and toilet paper rolls. I am considering replacing a couple TP rolls with hardware cloth and maybe stuffing one with cheesecloth to see what sort of things the plants like best.

The pond is still icy at the edges, and midMO last frost date is early April, but I am getting really excited to launch this thing and see what happens.

I know this is technically a seam rip, but as the seam held and the fabric is what's torn, can I submit here?

Couldn't figure out how to edit my post, so here's less math, but rather damp

I think 10x10 is a bit larger than my personal preference, so I am hoping this tightens a bit with use. It was also a little sad to note how many folx are using the same brand of yarn, just because I believe more companies should be interested in non-plastic options.

Sweeping the floor! (Actually I am dry-mopping the floor, I hope y'all don't mind)
Or at least part of the floor. The house is such a shaped that there's no way to photograph the entire floor at once. And the floor grooves are easier to clean with a rag.
Incidentally, an infant-sized cloth diaper fits wonderfully on my hand-me-down, repaired-with-glue&tape Swiffer

Ara Murray wrote:, her crocheting skills have never gone beyond making a chain stitch.

That's me!!

I learned a chain stitch in grade school, just enough to make bracelets for everyone I knew. (Do all girls have that phase?  My daughter's in it right now and she doesn't wear bracelets but she has dozens..)
Anyway, this winter in the Midwest has been horrid, polar vortex here, black ice there, and I decide that a friend of mine needed a custom hat to keep him especially warm.  I found a mediocre written tutorial about "magic circles" that are just cool mathematics and then have chain stitched 3/4 of the way to an entire hat!  I apparently "pencil grip" crochet, but I didn't know there were styles.  It's not pretty, but it's going to be functional, and it seems like all the books use shorthand without explaining what the shorthand means. I hate trying to watch a video to learn; I want a book or a person sitting next to me.

For spices, I INSISTED on a drawer right next to the stove that was slightly deeper than my tallest pint jar (because of course not all of them are the same height, that's just silly)

I keep salts, herbs, etc in a couple spots, but the drawer holds all the storebought spices as well as "oldest" home-dried in various jars and I am not allowed to overfill it.  There's a gold sharpie and a black sharpie as well as dry-erase markers in the silverware drawer so that I can write on the top of the lids of my various flavorings.  It's so convenient to look down and know which red lid is what.

M Waisman wrote:  The pits will get soaked in alcohol for a delicious extract.

What does that taste like?  Is it plum-y or more like how peaches' pits make amaretto?

I have always had more luck with an old pillowcase (for wine or jelly) or a traditional food mill.   By "traditional" I mean the ones with either a pointed bottom (chinois style) and pestle or a fan-shaped blade that pushes the pulp down as you crank the handle.

I have never used a "squeezo" but I have definitely clogged the kitchenAid attachment mill via too many seeds from apples or plums.

Good luck!!