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Strawberry guava juice and jelly recipe now posted to my blog (mkcarroll.com). Strawberry guavas are an invasive species here in Hawaiʻi, destroying native forest habitats. Gathering fruit is one way to help slow down the spread of this weed, and thi
Received a small heap of tomatoes that were underripe but also needing to get used quickly. Olive oil in the bottom of a baking dish, tomatoes cut in half, garlic and rosemary. Baked at 300F in the toaster oven on the convection setting for about 30
It’s just two short seams on each mask and redoing it will help a lot when I fold and seam the ties. I’m pretty good at measure twice, cut once, but need some practice with remembering to adjust the needle setting every time I turn the se
Japanese class assignment last week was to make a Japanese dish, so I made carrot kinpira (Just Bento recipe) and enjoyed it so much I did the same with some collard stems.
Seaming a few crazy quilt pieces by hand during @nerdnitehnl. #YearOfMaking2020
The cotton sheet from my previous post - the plant dye experiment - did get cut for masks, but was given better fabric for masks, and I really didn’t like the colors anyway. So over the past few weeks I’ve tie-dyed, overdyed and modified
Every once in a while, I get to pull something out of a storage tub and know that it is in fact coming in handy. This cotton sheet had been a botanical dye experiment with results I didn’t much care for, but i can probably get at least a dozen
Knitting a washcloth - Purl Soho Close Knit Washcloth pattern (just far enough from garter stitch to keep me engaged) with a random unlabeled skein of cotton yarn from my stash. Looks like it may have been a dye experiment.
#showyourlabels February 2018, purchased at Treasure Factory secondhand store outside of Tokyo for ¥1900 (about $20 USD). I had done a series of KonMari cleanings in 2016 and 2017, which resulted in not having a proper scarf for frosty weather. F
Swatching for socks and taking a photo to keep track of needle sizes. Dark blue yarn is Malabrigo Sock in colorway 871 Playa, gold is Spud & Chloë Fine, originally color Popcorn and then dyed with dried pomegranate rinds.
Knit a hat this weekend - Plushy from @BlueMoonFiberArts is well named! Very squishy and pleasant to knit, plus plenty of yardage - have gotten two adult sized hats out of this so far. Purchased yarn at @TwistedYarnShop in Portland, Oregon.
Today in #visiblemending, I crocheted and sewed on a new belt loop. Bought these jeans secondhand and didn’t realize the belt loop was missing until I was trying to clip my keys to a loop that didn’t exist. . Yarn is @hempforknitting allh

Instagram is where I'm the most active right now, posting at least a few times per week. I'm working on using it to keep track of things that I'm making while I'm making them, and while that doesn't happen every time, I'm getting into the habit and it's fun to share!