chickens

Week 25 of 2025 from Thread Head

A couple works in progress this week -

I am working on the third part of the Feldmark by Martina Behm, knit with some handspun yarn.

These are my regular toe-up socks, but I added a simple stitch pattern - Andalusian Stitch. It is a 4 row stitch pattern with 3 rows of plain knit and 1 row of knit 1, purl 1. It makes the knitting more interesting without being too complicated, and I think it works great with the stripes of the handspun.

Week and a half old chicks have just started getting little tail feathers.

All the best!♥︎

added by Joanne 1 week, 1 day ago. under chickens , knitting

Week 26 of 2025 from Thread Head

This week I dyed some fibre in preparation for Tour de Fleece (starts July 5th this year) -

The bottom two are BFL dyed in two different colour ways to be spun together, and the top fibre is some leftover Merino.

Photos from Around -

The vegetable garden.

My son brought home so many different annual flowers (I don't usually plant too many varieties), the yard is full of colour now. These are just some of the different petunias.

Beautiful metallic Dogbane beetles on some wildflowers.

Poor Molly had to suffer through some grooming - she is clean, with short nails now ...

added by Joanne 1 week, 5 days ago. under chickens , dyeing , pets

Week 24 of 2025 from Thread Head

Not much time for crafting this week.

The garden is growing well, and all the plants are planted now. My youngest child works at a commercial greenhouse, and a perk is that he was given some plants that didn't sell.

I start my own plants in the winter and usually just buy a flat of impatiens, so it has been a huge treat to have different plants this year.

We also added three more chicks to our flock - here they are at 1 day old (three Berg's Brown).

Five days old and they grow so fast - they have ...

added by Joanne 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under cats , chickens , garden

Lord Love a Duck! from Lovin' Life At The End Of The Dirt Road

DH has been banned from going to town unsupervised.

added by Ranch Wife 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under chickens , ducks

Adding to the Flock from Lovin' Life At The End Of The Dirt Road

Yes, we have 6 laying hens. Yes, we have 4 guineas.Yes, we just added 18 baby chicks.Yes, we have more than we need. Yes, I just picked up 7 more.Yes, we may be in need of an intervention.

added by Ranch Wife 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under chickens

Flannel quilt for beginners from Pieced Brain

Here’s a quick flannel quilt for beginners, perfect as a graduation gift or home decor. You can make it in one day!

Suede Satchel

My middle son turns 25 today! I had been collecting flannels for a few years to make the Suede Satchel quilt for him, and, while on a retreat at Lake Okoboji earlier this month, I finally put it together! It is smaller than my original pattern – it measures 48″ x 64″ with blocks that finish at 8″ – and I hope he will enjoy it as a throw as he hangs out with his cat, Junior ...

added by Denise Russell 3 months, 1 week ago. under chickens , easy quilts , easy quilts for beginners , flannel , flannel quilts , patchwork , quick projects , quilt patterns , quilting , quilts for beginners , quilts for boys , quilts for men (Comments)

Peep! Peep! from Lovin' Life At The End Of The Dirt Road

Every 3 years I refresh my chicken flock, keeping the old hens and adding new ones. I've got 6 old ones and hoped to add 12 babies. They are in high demand, hard to come by and much more expensive this year. The Farm Store was selling 2500 on Friday and they were expecting to be sold out that day. We weren't sure if we'd go in so DH had picked up 6 chicks at Tractor Supply on Thursday when

added by Ranch Wife 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under chickens

Coop Complete! from Lovin' Life At The End Of The Dirt Road

Earlier this week we finally finished the chicken compound.We started working on it before Christmas. I don't even want to think how much time DH put into thisI helped DH make the nesting boxes out of plywood we had sitting around...which means he did 99% of the workThen it was on to the roost. &

added by Ranch Wife 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under chickens , guineas

Hen Party from From My Carolina Home

This week, I planned to have a couple of friends over for a day of sewing and chatting, and maybe just a touch of stitch-and-bitch. My Sweet Babboo always calls this a Hen Party, so I got out my chicken table topper for a nice tablescape for lunch.

I put my gold chargers at the places, topped with white plates and rooster bowls.

The chickens on the bowls are similar to the ones on the table topper.

Gold napkins are held with rooster napkin rings.

In the center of the table, a chicken trivet will be used to hold a ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under chickens , cooking , tablescapes , tomato soup (Comments)

Week 42 of 2024 from Thread Head

Just a few works in progress this week -

I put my other socks on hold and started a simple pair.

Some warmer temperatures this week! I see a few ends I need to weave in.

Photos from Around -

Poor Miss Molly sadly waiting for her most beloved to come home.

Nine eggs today - such a variety of shells.

Sparkle seems impressed too.

Well deserved treats for the hens.

Miss Maggie keeps an eye on the hens, but from a distance.

GingerSnap has been unwell again and sleeps a lot, and everywhere!

In the mint, in the garden,

In sunbeams,

Even ...

added by Joanne 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under chickens , knitting socks , temperature blanket

Week 40 of 2024 from Thread Head

I finished a pair of socks this week -

The stitch pattern is from the Syncopations Socks, a free pattern from Mary Henninger on Ravelry.

I also used the Gusset Heel Basic Socks by Wendy Johnson for the heel.

The yarn is some handspun that I spun during Tour de Fleece this past summer.

Luckily, since I ran out of colours, there were cooler temperatures this past week for the temperature blanket.

Photos from Around -

Miss Maggie tolerates GingerSnap a bit more - he just wants to be near her.

I had help harvesting in the garden (next year we might need ...

added by Joanne 9 months, 1 week ago. under chickens , temperature blanket

Week 39 of 2024 from Thread Head

Not much time for crafting this week.

I did finish spinning a skein of sock yarn - a merino/nylon blend that I started during Tour de Fleece in the summer.

Finished up a few more colours of wool for the temperature blanket - I think the hot temperatures are almost over anyways, and I am glad that there won't be leftover wool.

Photos from Around -

High winds today, so another dead tree down. Molly is always helpful though.

Dot earning her keep - 6 of the chickens seem to be laying now (2 of the breeds).

They are all super friendly ...

added by Joanne 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under chickens , pets , temperature blanket

Week 38 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week was all about mini quilts.

I finished two.

The clamshell one was cut using a GO! die.

'Present me' was so thankful that 'past me' had written a tutorial on how to sew the clamshells!

It is about 10"x16".

Ginger Snap needed a little placemat,

To match Miss Maggie's (the original one from the tutorial).

The next one was made using some leftover 3" blocks and scraps.

It is about 11"x13".

I made it for a little cabinet.

Works in Progress -

Cooler temperatures the past two days.

Weaving with new colours this week.

Photos from ...

added by Joanne 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under chickens , mini quilts , temperature blanket

Week 37 of 2024 from Thread Head

I finished the set of three towels (two with plain cotton and one with bouclé) -

I am so pleased with how they turned out. The pattern (Heavy Meta towels by Plain Weave) is so lovely.

There have been many firsts for me with weaving these towels.

Another one was cutting off some finished towels before I finished weaving the whole warp.

I tightly wove a few inches, added a lease stick and wove a bit more, then cut off the towels.

I tied the warp back on, ready for weaving. I think I have enough for two more towels.

My ...

added by Joanne 10 months ago. under chickens

Blooming... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Each morning when I water the flowers...

I take the time to appreciate them

and how happy they make me...

Whiskey Barrels by the Hen House...

Thread Shed and Hen House...

They are located in the yard next to our house.

The chickens enjoy hanging out by

The Thread Shed...

The rooster takes good care of his hens...

This flower bed is located just outside

our front door...

In full bloom...

Black Eyed Suzies, Marigolds, Dahlias,

Blanket Flowers, State Fair Zinnias

Check out the size of that

Jumbo Lime Green Hosta

next to the front steps !

Enjoying the last of ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 10 months ago. under chickens , flowers , garden

Baby Chicks... from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

There are new baby chicks

running around in the yard...

Mama Hen spent the month of July

sitting on eggs...

August 1st...

three baby chicks hatched out !

Today is their first day venturing out

of the hen house and into our yard

to peck at the grass and bugs...

Mama Hen keeps a close eye out

and keeps them protected at all times...

We are having FUN watching them

scratch around and imitate

everything Mama Hen does.

I have posted videos of the baby chicks

on Instagram

You can watch them HERE

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May Your ...

added by LuAnn Kessi 10 months, 2 weeks ago. under chickens

Week 34 of 2024 from Thread Head

It is that time of the year where everyday involves some kind of canning/freezing/drying/preserving of the bounty from the garden -

One thing this week was plum sauce (like apple sauce) - it is the first year that we have had enough plums to make anything with.

Works in Progress -

Handspun socks - the stitch pattern has started to show.

Ran out of the first colour (the hottest temperature) for the temperature blanket.

Slowly but surely the woven tea towels are growing.

Photos from Around -

The chickens are now able to roam free - Molly and the cats seem fine with ...

added by Joanne 10 months, 3 weeks ago. under chickens , knitting , pets

Week 33 of 2024 from Thread Head

Lots of works in progress this week -

I finally started weaving on this new batch of tea towels. It is a pattern from Etsy I have been wanting to try, but it took me three attempts to get the warp on the loom (I kept making threading repeat errors! Over 600 threads!!). It is my first time weaving towels with 16/2 cotton. The weaving is going well, and much more fun now that I have it figured out.

I started a new pair of socks with some handspun from TdF last month. They are my regular toe-up socks, but ...

added by Joanne 10 months, 4 weeks ago. under chickens , knitting , weaving

Week 32 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I finished a pair of socks that had been on the needles for a couple months-

My fourth pair of handspun socks so far this year. This one from a BFL/Nylon blend I dyed and spun four years ago.

Cooler temperatures this week, but because I am running out of some of the colours I have had to shift the colours/temperatures sequence.

Photos from Around -

Ginger cat's cone is off - his leg and other parts have healed well.

This is the closest Maggie will get to him, and only because that is where her food ...

added by Joanne 11 months ago. under cat , chickens , knitting socks , temperature blanket

Week 27 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I sewed a sundress-

It is the same as one I made last year (a combination of two different Lutterloh patterns). This one is from a rayon fabric given to me by a friend clearing out her stash.

I finished the skein of yarn I was spinning last week for Tour de Fleece. A blend for socks.

Works in Progress-

Temperature blanket (over half way now).

I finished the little "mountain" scene along the bottom!

Photos from Around-

Lots of aerial spraying in the area because of all the water in the fields (this one started just after ...

added by Joanne 1 year ago. under chickens , cross stitch , temperature blanket

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