BlogHide Resteemsluthvarian (55)in life • 5 years agoSick Baby = Sick MamaSay hello to my personal germ factory. This is baby Dutch. Baby Dutch, like all babies, is gross. To give you an idea of how gross babies are, Dutch started daycare in February. From February…luthvarian (55)in art • 5 years agoPhotograph: Plaster ReliefThe in-laws brought this plaster relief, a family heirloom, when they visited us this week. My husband does painting and airbrush work, so they want him to repaint it. We're thinking of leaving…luthvarian (55)in food • 5 years agoPhoto: Thanksgiving with Baby DutchI'm not super into Thanksgiving for a number of reasons, but we celebrate it for our parents. Regardless of any sociopolitical reasons, it is an opportunity for our parents to visit us and visit…luthvarian (55)in food • 5 years agoConvenience Produce - Trying Imperfect FoodsMy family usually buys produce at the KC City Market , a large farmer's market located in the River Market district in Kansas City. The market offers excess produce that grocery stores won't…luthvarian (55)in poetry • 5 years agoSubcontextSubcontext she told her story in poems and bullet journal pages in baked goods and yarn in the quiet moments between late birthday cards and secrets ruined by savvy she told her story to…luthvarian (55)in homesteading • 5 years agoPhototropism & In-door CornOne of my projects this Autumn and Winter is to grow corn inside . So far, I've got some lovely 6-8" shoots in my dining room. I've been using a 50 watt LED grow light in a floor lamp 14-16…luthvarian (55)in food • 5 years agoCottage LoafThere's something magical about making bread. It isn't something I do often, but I keep supplies on hand, including a sourdough starter I maintain, just in case I feel like rocking out a loaf of…luthvarian (55)in art • 5 years agoShave 'Em to Save 'Em InitiativeThe Livestock Conservancy has started a three year program called Shave 'Em to Save 'Em. The goal for the program is to increase awareness of rare breeds of sheep. Merino has taken over the…luthvarian (55)in shiba • 5 years agoSunshine Shiba Slice of LifeBento is such a good boy. He is one of two Shibas who are members of our family. He's always been a sassy, but he's gone under an incredible transformation since the birth of our child at the end…luthvarian (55)in gardening • 5 years agoSquare-Foot Garden - Corn in my Dining RoomThough I live in the suburbs of Kansas City, I maintain a square-foot garden year-round to help supplement my family's dinner table and to provide a source of plant fiber and dye materials for my…luthvarian (55)in art • 5 years agoBack in Action - a Wooly ReturnIt has been more than two years since I've been on Steemit. Life has provided me a number of challenges and opportunities since then. I've grown my fiber arts business and my family. I've started…luthvarian (55)in art • 7 years ago#needleworkmonday ALL THE SHEEPHappy #NeedleWorkMonday! I'm excited to say I had a fantastically fibrous weekend! I went to visit a local sheep farm, Wildflower Acres . This was a great opportunity! Not only did I get to…luthvarian (55)in needleworkmonday • 7 years ago#NeedleworkMonday Fractals and FailuresHappy #needleworkmonday! This week I finished a fractal yarn spun from BFL and silk. We had a great discussion on our live stream about visual color blending and I'll be posting a blog entry…luthvarian (55)in needlworkmonday • 7 years ago#NeedleworkMonday: Made some yarnHappy #NeedleworkMonday! This week I've been busting stash. I finished a cowl made from hand-spun, hand-dyed Lincoln locks. The photo doesn't show it well, but there are subtle yellow beads…luthvarian (55)in knitting • 7 years agoSilk CocoonsWe had a little failure while dyeing silk cocoons. I had planned to dye them last week and had them soaking. Well, I wasn't able to do it last week, so I saved it for this week. They fermented.…luthvarian (55)in needleworkmonday • 7 years ago#needleworkmonday Unspun Silk CowlI've been slow to post this last week. It is because I've been hard at work putting together a website and blog for my fiber arts. www.luthvarian.com If you're interested in fiber arts and…luthvarian (55)in needleworkmonday • 7 years ago#needlworkmonday - Teaching spinningThis weekend I had the pleasure to teach my husband and a friend how to spin while on stream. To celebrate his 2000th follower, my husband decided to learn to spin and teach how to make some…luthvarian (55)in art • 7 years agoReeled SilkWe talked about silk reeling a while back in this post . That was my first attempt at reeling silk and I learned some valuable lessons. Last night, we reeled silk for a second time with some…luthvarian (55)in twbpoetrycontest • 7 years agoGenius - Writers Block Poetry Contest Week 4Respond in a poem to the following quote: Genius is the activity which repairs the decays of things, whether wholly or partly of a material and finite kind. Nature through all her kingdoms…luthvarian (55)in art • 7 years agoLast Time on TwitchHappy Thursday, friends! On Tuesday, we knitted with silk mawata. By stretching the silk into a long roving, it can be knitted, crocheted, or woven with without adding any twist to the fibers. It…
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