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Another Hat, Sunflower GS, “Agriculture Report”, and some Pickles

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ANOTHER HAT

So I finished knitting another hat (same pattern as I always make), even though I can’t wear it until it gets cold again.

Yummy purple and blue variegated yarn from who knows where…

I need to be distracted when I am a passenger in the front seat a car (or I get anxious) so I always have some handwork with me:

Riding in the car is better with a project!

If you’ve followed my blog for a while and seen the endless hats I’ve made in this same “Rolled Hat” pattern, then you know I had to take my photo with the double pointed needles in the hat as it nears completion (it’s tradition!) – ha!

Where is Tierney?

SUNFLOWER GS

I’ve been working through random balls of yarn I find in my stash, some of them left over from making other people gift hats.

With the hat complete and the weather getting warmer (into the 70s F and next week into the 80s F) I wasn’t in the mood to start knitting another hat. I have some crochet granny squares to work on using recycled yarn (see post Plastic Yarn?) but wasn’t in the mood for that standard pattern after already making 3 granny square blankets with it.

So I decided to challenge myself and learn a new granny square pattern – Sunburst Square. Here is the YouTub video I used to teach myself:

The YouTuber does a great job teaching you how to make this granny square

Here is my first Sunburst Square in progress:

In the center photo I am in the car as a passenger working on it!

I love Sunflowers and I just had to make my flowers look like Sunflowers! I will share more progress as I work on them while in the car. We have a couple road trips to explore Colorado coming up this summer so I hope to make lots of blocks then!

“AGRICULTURE REPORT”

What is an “Agriculture Report”? Well I was inspired by  @quiteayarnblog‘s ongoing series of posts titled “Agriculture Report” (and this title always cracks me up) that are actually updates of what is going on in her garden. I just had to adopt this same title for updates on what is going on in my garden/my “garden report“…

With the new upstairs patio deck nearly complete (see post Guest Blogger Post: Managing Humans Demolishing and Rebuilding a Deck) it was time to restart my upstairs patio container garden.

It’s pretty much the same as last year – several varieties of tomatoes, hot peppers, herbs and some marigolds to help with pest management.

Oh look I caught the Sunflower block trying to sneak into the container garden…

Those squares are so sneaky…

PICKLES

I’ll just close this post with a pretty giant jar of spicy pickles that John recently made which is sitting on our kitchen counter.

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28 thoughts on “Another Hat, Sunflower GS, “Agriculture Report”, and some Pickles”

  2. The flourish at the tips of the outer round (and inner rounds, too) add the perfect punch of Sunflower Personality. If I ever pick up a crochet needle again, this is the granny square variant (so subtle) I’ll try first!

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  5. I just saw a woman on a TV show wearing a blouse made from these squares with white puffy sleeves. It was darling. There’s a new challenge for you!

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  7. Your hat is looking good, I love the sunflower granny square, and your ag report reminds me that I need to get my deck flowers (but not this weekend – too many people shopping). Hi to Mike – hope he’s enjoying the new deck!

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