Spinning wool into yarn is meditative for me-I’m having surgery soon so won’t be able to do it for a while-I’ll try one of your suggestions during recovery, thank you!

Vacuum maybe? Good luck!!!!

We travel for the oppressive November holiday every year so that we NEVER travel for Christmas. Best decision ever!

Now I want mochi! That looks incredible! I haven’t made it in years and really need to!

11 different varieties of dry beans in ceramic and glass bowls

Final bean update (about a month overdue). 11/12 varieties produced, about 4 quarts in total. already dreaming about seed shopping for some new varieties! Only about a TBSP of black eyed peas, but they will make 2026 super lucky black eyed peas from @ranchogordo.bsky.social taste even better!

That brown fleece looks amazing! ❤️

Husband adds he tried them at Kindred, which just opened, and liked them there too.

They are pretty delicious broasted at Maxwell House, and we also like them at Uprise!

Bowls and a jar with 9 types of home grown dries beans

A vase with stems of hars ne k garlic in it on my dining room table

A bowl of soft neck garlic

9 types of beans now-3 more still to come!
Finally cleaned up our first ever garlic harvest too.

This is beautiful!

I’m taking good notes so i plant more of the pole beans close to the arch next year-this year was chaos!

Various bowls with 8 different varieties of dry beans harvested from my yard.

Visual of a cattle panel bent to grow beans and squash on it.

Bean empire update! 2 more varieties producing, and almost 3/4 quart of midnight black beans so far. I love this time of year! The four remaining varieties all have pods on them now also. It’s incredible how well @ranchogordo.bsky.social beans grow even with our short season!

How cool! I’ll have to look into those!

Highly recommend it-last year was our first time and I’m now the official custodian of a bean empire.

Okay-I apparently missed two types-we planted TWELVE kinds of beans. Quite the upgrade from 4 last year!

Agreed! They are so beautiful before cooking!

We do too! I leave them in bowls while I wait for all of them to ripen and then store them in mason jars. It’s so exciting that they do well here in Eastern WA where the growing season is relatively short.

Image contains six types of beans in various colors in bowls. Beside them is a pile of Anaheim and jalapeño peppers.

Beginnings of our bean empire harvest from both @ranchogordo.bsky.social bean club beans saved over the past year and some grown from last year’s crop. We planted 10 types, and are currently harvesting six so far: Midnight Black, Domingo Rojo, Mayocoba, Cranberry, Calypso, Vaquero, and Coco.

I’m making a cardigan with rainbow stripes for my almost 7 year old niece.

Just finished my Sophorine and love it! Pattern is by Audrey Borrego, and also had options for sleeves. I made the version including bust darts, and love the fit!

I would love this! There are so few walkable options in my neighborhood, I’d love more opportunities!

Starting a second bobbin of my Cormo fleece because this batt is lighter in color. The first bobbin and current batt are also pictured.

Still on my half-assed #tourdefleece adventures as part of #stashdashers. Switched bobbins because this batt of Cormo was significantly lighter grey. Loving spinning this!

Half-assing #tourdefleece because I need to remember to be kind to my body. #spinning some hand-processed Cormo while waiting for more of it to dry in front of me. Happy to be part of the #stashdashers for the second year!

Finsihed my Relax Tee by @aimeeshermakes.bsky.social for #ASK2025MAL but can’t block it until company leaves…. Excited to wear it!

Processing this Cormo fleece is a an absolute joy!!!
Otter is trying his best to help.

I adore Cormo!!! I have 4 pounds so likely can pass some your way to try!

Picture of 4 pounds of a medium gray Cormo fleece in the box it was shipped in.

Full 4 pounds of fleece laid out on an old sheet in my yard.

The first batch of fleece sitting on a green towel clean and mostly dry.

Started processing my first full fleece yesterday, which meant laying it outside to pick out the bits not worth washing, and then scouring about 1/6th of the original 4 lbs yesterday. I’m so excited for this to dry all the way so i can spin a sample!

So excited!!!!!

*working on

Turquoise sweatee being knit. It rests on a person’s lap who is wearing a skirt with flowers and polka dots. The rug in the background also has flowers on it.

Working in my Relax Tee by @aimeeshermakes.bsky.social at my parents’ place this weekend-can’t wait to get this off the needles!