{"id":11411,"date":"2022-05-15T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=11411"},"modified":"2022-05-16T14:51:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T21:51:55","slug":"cloth-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/cloth-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloth story for now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This cloth is ready to take a rest now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here it is when I had just a few seams left to stitch. I enjoyed seeing it in folds as I maneuvered the strips into place for stitching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4614.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4614-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the last area to be stitched on the last square. I pinned it from one side to make sure it would end up even. Lots of pink in this corner, a prediction of the shift to come? I&#8217;m visualizing more warm colors, more light colors, and maybe triangles? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4638.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4638.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4638-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4638-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4638-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4638-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I took the cloth outside to find a place to photograph, ending up on the side of the A-frame trellis in the corner of the garden. The trellis came with the house, and makes a nice display area. The cloth looks square, but I&#8217;m not sure of the dimensions. I have to measure it again. I&#8217;m thinking this is half done, but maybe it&#8217;s more than half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4642.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4642.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4642-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving back, a view from the side. The chicken run is in the background. In a few weeks, I&#8217;ll plant cucumbers, which will climb up this trellis. And green beans on the other side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4644.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4644.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4644-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving back further, showing all the commotion as Sam rehabilitates the garden rows. He&#8217;s digging out the paths, sifting out the new topsoil in that circular device (a trommel), and refreshing the paths with woodchips. It&#8217;s a big effort. There&#8217;s a small patch of peas planted, the only green in the garden right now. And I have some seeds planted and mulched in the short rows, lower left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We got our soil test results back &#8211; never done a test before, and I thought I should. Our soil is high in biomass, has optimum pH, and optimum or above optimum for most other things tested. Better than I expected, but we&#8217;ve been using a lot of hay mulch every year, and it has to go somewhere. We use very little manure, just whatever comes from the three chickens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4643.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4643.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_4643-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m taking the pressure off myself now that this half-quilt-top is stitched together. I&#8217;ll return to stitching squares, hoping someday to have enough to lay out the upper half. Hard to tell when that will happen. For the near future, the garden is a priority. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cloth is ready to take a rest now. 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