Combination Knitting

Combination knitting?  Is there such a thing?  Why, Yes, most definitely!  Sometimes, I think I'm in my own little world and not many times do I venture outside my knitting 'comfort' zone.  The other day, at our spinner's meeting (we weren't spinning, by the way!) we were discussing knitting stitches and techniques.  Several of the gals were knitting on their current projects--I had none--what a great time to sit and listen, ask questions and broaden my knitting world!

I made many notes--then I took the time to look up all these techniques:  Russian:

How About Portuguese knitting?

I found the absolute best discussion of various methods of knitting on

The Dude Who Knits blog.

My spinning meeting turned into a very productive knitting meeting!

and I learned something new and different!

See, you can teach an old dog new tricks!

Points of View QAL

Just Quiltin' 

has a great quilt along!

check it out.

I'm thinking--another great quilt from the stash!

Genius Hacks For Quilters

Hacks for Quilters?!  I'm all in!

Such great suggestions from experts, how 

could you go wrong?

check it out.............I like the idea of glue on binding,

and the Magic 8 to make half-square triangles!

Anything to make our work easier and quicker!

Spin, Span, Spun!

I'm totally having a super time with this fiber.

Where has it been all these days?

I recently cleaned up my fiber closet and it's strange

the interesting things you find hiding in the 

nooks and crannies....

like this fiber!

It's a fleece I bought--who knows how many years ago--

and dyed it in the grease, as I do most of my hot off

the hoof wools.

Why I hadn't spun it before is beyond me--

such a lovely fiber; soft, pleasing to spin

and I absolutely love the colors that the dyes

gave it.

Such a multitude of colors all in one fleece

Does it not look--spinable?

trust me, it's spinning up nicely.

On the other hand, I have this luscious bombyx silk that I purchased

sometime ago from Rivers Edge Fiber Arts

I'm loving this fiber too!  I spin some silk; I spin some wool.

And I'm in a happy place!

Do You Love Color?!!

Are you obsessed with color as much as I am?!

This article popped up and I laughed.............

oh my gosh,

this is so ME!

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This is so true--

and these photos on this website are

so --well--colorful!

I am so excited to get new colored pencils, crayons or pens.

As I said in a previous post, we are remodeling the house--

that is so much fun (!) and making decisions

about paint color--oh MY Gosh!

How do I decide?  I've gathered so many paint chips and paint books--

it's exciting to see all these colors

maybe, I think I'm totally obsessed with color!!

BLOOM!

It's beginning to look like Spring!

And there will be

Blooms!

So, I was delighted to find this interesting QAL

sponsored by Lori Holt, with  Riley Blake Designs

I decided to order Lori's simple shapes for applique.  She has great tutorials

on her website for each block.  Let's get to planting those fabrics to 

BLOOM!

Creativity----But, I'm Busy!

• Read:  Art Before Breakfast by Danny Gregory
• Begin Working Art Projects via Daisy Yellow Art collection
• Stop Procrastinating! 
• Get away from distractions (aka do creative things when away from home).
• Commit to a ‘project’
• Do the smallest thing. 
• Schedule some creative down time with friends. 
• Make time for workshops or retreats.  
• Thanks Jade Herriman for the motivation!

Okay, here I go--I'm leaping right into creativity!!