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Cardi in 4 days? Day 4 :: Complete ::

Posted by Unknown on

I did it! With a little last minute crochet on the train and some late night weaving in and button sewing, I finished the cardi, though it's probably more of a shrug. I even made the buttons myself, with a little help from the toddler.

I made it a lot shorter than I intended, not just because of the tight deadline (promise), but also because the dress had such a high waist band, I thought it...

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Cardi in 4 days? Day 4 :: Complete ::

Posted by vicki brown on

I did it! With a little last minute crochet on the train and some late night weaving in and button sewing, I finished the cardi, though it's probably more of a shrug. I even made the buttons myself, with a little help from the toddler.

I made it a lot shorter than I intended, not just because of the tight deadline (promise), but also because the dress had such a high waist band, I thought it...

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Trusses and violas!

Posted by vicki brown on

I have some of my first trusses appearing on my tomato plants!


tomato trusses

So exciting!


tomato trusses

I also bought myself a few violas today.


violas

I am completely in love with the black molly sanderson's.



Johnny feels growing flowers is wasted time and space (which is of course nonsense) so I am restricting myself to only edible flowers!



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tomatoes...

Posted by vicki brown on

Tomatoes

...so when I did all my research on growing tomatoes there were a couple of things I forgot to investigate. Mainly, how big will my plants grow, how successful will my seeds be, how many plants can I really look after/fit in our small terraced house and very small outside space??



The answer to the final question would probably have been, 4, maybe 6 at a push. How many do actually have? Hmmmm about...

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