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What Mug Are You Using Today?
Finally getting to use my little snowman stack! My son takes mugs up to his room and doesn’t bring them back until he has a lot of them. So some of my favorites just disappear for weeks. Yesterday I got to use the hat, but I didn’t take a picture of it.- Finnie
- Post #2,106
- Forum: Random Ramblings
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African Violet Thread
Are you talking about the Ellie Gardner trailing one? I just tried to find it, and discovered that I actually got it on eBay, not Etsy! However, I couldn’t find it for sale currently anywhere. That happens all the time. Some larger websites often have the same varieties always in stock, but the... -
African Violet Thread
Today’s 2-day update: I’ve had to remove some bad leaves. I hope this one isn’t about to crash. -
African Violet Thread
Yes, that’s the one! I’ve had the more common kind, and it tended to get really leggy. So I would trim off the really long stems and stick them into the dirt in the hopes that they would fill it in more. But it never did. It was just a bunch of bare stems drooping over the side of the pot with... -
African Violet Thread
I checked my repotting records and did a sort of roll call. Besides the Variegated Buckeye Cranberry Sparkler that is wilting, I have lost two of the repotted plants. They were ones that were collapsing anyway before repotting, so the repotting didn’t save them. There are a few more that were... -
African Violet Thread
Do you mean the whole plant died, or just the bloom? It’s 50-50 whether I deadhead or not. If I don’t have scissors with me I often can’t pinch them off bare handed, so I leave them until I come back with scissors. Or eventually they wither away. -
African Violet Thread
Thanks, me too. Here is what the flowers looked like the first time it bloomed: Well here is the next 2-day update on the pink cabbage rose one. The first bloom seems to have peaked, and I will be deadheading it soon. But new buds are forming. -
African Violet Thread
Hugely disappointing. This one’s buds were all dying off and I had to remove several leaves too. Hopefully with all the flower buds removed, it can put its energies into surviving. I’m thinking of setting any good leaves it still has and doing a stem set as well. Try to salvage it before all the... -
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African Violet Thread
Another 2 day gap. That seems to be a good interval to see the noticeable differences. The flowers look less full than they did when I bought it. I wonder if I got it mixed up and it’s a different plant. But I have noticed with other ones that they bloom different in subsequent blooms. I know... -
Crocheters Thread
I was looking up what to do with those Mandala yarns, and I saw where they said you can deconstruct the whole cake into its separate colors! Seems like a waste! But, on the other hand, if you think of it as buying a “set” of coordinating yarn colors, then separating them might be easier... -
What Mug Are You Using Today?
Came to post today’s mug and realized I forgot to post yesterday’s!- Finnie
- Post #2,103
- Forum: Random Ramblings
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African Violet Thread
I love that one! Classic beauty! I’m glad you found this thread too! -
African Violet Thread
This one is getting a lot of buds on it too! Variegated Buckeye Cranberry Sparkler -
African Violet Thread
I visited a friend yesterday and she gave me cuttings from a type of tradescantia that grows tiny little leaves. Hers is still in a water jar and it’s really going to town. When I got home I stripped the leaves off the lower stems and put them in water. In just 24 hours, tiny little roots have... -
African Violet Thread
Oops, I forgot yesterday, and it has changed a lot since Monday! -
Crocheters Thread
I had to look back because I remembered you saying about the LBY Mandala yarn. Is it Meowth? Because I have that one! I had no idea it would transition from one color to the other like your sweater. Or did you cut the yarn and move to the next color when you wanted to change color in your... -
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Crocheters Thread
Here is how far I got on my shawl on Sunday night: Then on Monday I started a new WIP, but it’s knitting. I found a year long Knit a Long where you practice different cable patterns each month. Then in December you have 12 blocks to sew into a blanket. So yesterday I worked on the gauge: And... -
African Violet Thread
It’s one of these pink ones! I think the one on the right.