The grape harvest in this area has been very early this year. They started harvesting white grapes mid February, which is at leas three to four weeks earlier than usual. Most of the harvesting is done during the night now because of the cooler conditions. The machinery thunders down the road, most of them lit up like Christmas trees with flashing lights in reds and white. the little tractors too, make a lot of noise as they trundle their empty bins behind them on metal wheels.
My neighbour told me his harvest has been good despite the fact it has been such a dry season.
Now here is my new chook Mansion, it has sat in its' flatpack in the shed for the last couple of years and at last I had an enthusiastic friend who cheerfully offered to put it together for me and while I held the sides up, my friend put in bolts and nuts and screws and Bingo!! a new house for some lucky chooks to come and live here. Will I have to make curtains for the window? I'll wait and see how private the birds want to be...
While cleaning up the old yard and little shed, I cut back a lot of creepers and this revealed the Morning Glory vine with its' stunning blue flowers and the pretty red berries of the Pepper tree. Mind you, the Glory vine would take over the world if you let it, a bit similar to the Banana passion fruit vine which is such a pest in our garden and I don't know how to get rid of that, its roots break easily so you can't trace it to its source.
The Batwing was knit woven with a two ply pure wool and a mohair fancy yarn with little shiny loops in various colours which unfortunately doesn't show up too well in the photos.
It was quite difficult to weave in as the mohair is inclined to hook onto the needle bars and I had to break the fibres or lift them off the bars nearly every row. Nevertheless it has turned out well and is a light weight garment with knit woven cuffs.
Click on the photos to get a closer look won't you....
My next project is..... I'm not sure....
