Summertime

Day after day of sunshine! I'm about to get Northwest Sunshine Panic Syndrome!
We have been picking salal berries and baking tarts. Salal berries were a big thing for the native people here. They made fruit leather out of it, and then rolled the sheets of it up into a huge wheel to last the winter. It has no thorns! They taste like blueberries.
Eating great quantities of it makes you poop green. (Too much information?)

The sock trade is rolling along & picking up speed. I have over a dozen avid knitters casting on stitches and beginning to knit me a pair of lovely socks. I cannot tell you how exciting this is! I think I better buy more bronze! Since I love smithing out the knitting needles, and whimper & sob when I try to knit socks, this is a match made in heaven.
Meanwhile we have had house guests, and more coming at regular intervals this whole month. But we really like guests, so that is fine. John & I love to cook for people, and to take them hiking around here.

Great Sock Trade of 2007

Hey knitters of the world! I have begun the sock trade again.
I am willing to trade a set of my hand wrought bronze double pointed needles for a pair of socks. The socks need to be in natural fibers, a women's size 10, and in a color or colors I like. Don't start knitting until I say OK to the trade! I really like the colors green, blue, or purple. I am pining for a pair of all emerald green socks!
Look at my web site to see what the needles look like. http://celticswan.com/dp.htm
Please write to me if you are interested in trading.
More on this later!