Square by Square

There are those days, you can only work square by square.

guess what though?  In the end, you put all those squares together

and you have a whole--a whole block--a whole quilt--

and a feeling of accomplishment comes with each

square by square that is completed.

This is square by square for Pat Sloan's March BOM--

I changed up the colors some, but that's what

quilters can do with their squares--no need to 'color

inside the lines'--break the mold and do what you

want--after all it's your square to add to your quilt.

Another square finished for A simple life's

half square blocks--March's blocks were simple

enough to complete.

Another half square block--I'm just pulling out 4"

squares from my stash bin to make half square triangles

for these blocks--fun and quick--once the squares are finished

The three above are from Pat Sloan--A Flower Bouquet!

More Agatha..................

I'm so enjoying these Agatha Christie reads (or in my case--watching!).  These are books I've not read before and many are different.  Like March's book

A tale of angry, jealous and a murder already judged with person 

sentenced to death by hanging, which was carried out!

I decided to knit something small--like this pig dishcloth.

I used a 100% natural colored cotton yarn--

not my own handspun, but nice to knit with.

I used only 4 ply

but when I knitted the cloth

for April, I doubled and made this 

I chose to do a flower

dishcloth, designed by KrisKnits--love making these small items--easy to finish!

She has many different patterns unique to knit--she hasn't blogged for awhile

and I miss her creativity--you can find her patterns on Ravelry though.  I bought

all her sets of dishcloth patterns. Can you see the 'flowers'?

April's Agatha pick is "Mirror Cracked From Side to Side"

We follow Miss Marple as she solves this puzzling case--

which begins as a garden party--

I'm still working on the February garment for

"Death in the Clouds"

A Day In May Mystery

Oh Yes!!  Another mystery from Fort Worth Fabric Studio!!  So happy to see this--I was thinking the other day that there are no spring quilts in my stash.  Yes, I have an Easter quilt or two, but nothing for spring.....................the timing on this one is just perfect!  Of course, I'm a day late getting the information--it will be a five (5)  week sew along.  The patterns are free and kits are available for less than $50.
I'm gathering my fabrics today to begin--and I'll find some purple (my dreaded color!) to sew along!

Here’s what we can share about this Mystery Quilt: • Finished size is approximately 41” x 41” • Kits are available – with Backing + Binding INCLUDED • Highly suggested (not required) Bloc Loc 6.5” HST Ruler, Marking Trio from Omnigrid • Patterns are free and will be posted to our website on Mondays (schedule below) • Cutting guide & fabric requirements will be posted on week 1 • This quilt along will last 5 weeks • Skill level: we have one block that is considered intermediate, the rest of the blocks are confident beginner. If you are a confident beginner ready for a challenge, you can do this! Posting schedule: April 1, April 8, April 15, April 22, April 29 All PDF Downloads will be located on our website under Patterns or search “A Day In May”

April Fool's......................................!

Recently, while out at dinner, my friend said to me--"have you heard of

the new trend?"  "No" I said--"what new trend?"  She said, "I'm thinking

of making these for my ankles--ankle scarves"

"What?" I replied!  "what are ankle scarves?"

The conversation went on from there--she said she doesn't like

to wear socks and since she wears long pants and no socks, her

ankles get cold.  She saw these on internet and thought it was a good idea.

Guess, a lot of other people thought so too and thus, the

trend became a fashion item?

No, not really!

The joke might be on us!

A German satire site called Der Postillon decided to come up with the fake trend in other to get readers wound up. That, and we are sure that they wanted to go viral with this little Internet gag, too.

Their article translated to: “Long trousers are worn only by grandmothers and grandpas. But after I've had chilblains twice this year and my doctor warned me I could lose my ankles, I'll just wear those shawls for safety's sake."But because this is 2018 and a lot of people are still confused over the term “fake news,” some readers actually didn’t get this. They took out their confusion and frustration over the entire matter on Twitter and other social media platforms. Because where else would you want to vent about something like ankle scarves, right?Some people wrote comments such as, “Socks! Just wear socks and you won’t trip over your dang old ankle scarves. What is wrong with you people.”

That's not all folks--you can find these 'ankle scarves' on Etsy!  Some fell for this hook, line and sinker!!

Woven In Time--Great History of Merino Wool

Thank Goodness!  Merino wool is coming back!  Enjoy this video!

Calling All Hookers!

Calling all you crochet hookers!  This one is for you!  Sometimes, I wish I could crochet faster--this shawl is lovely!

You can find the free pattern here

There is a different stitch that I wasn't familiar with so here is

the video for Herringbone stitch....

You can find other free crochet patterns at Moogly Blog  Happy Hooking!

A Good Country Day

One good day in the country = five good days in town.  Our weavers study group were invited to visit the Sky Loom Weavers studio, located on a country road.  The drive was great!  It's spring after all---the road ways were blessed with wonderful wild flowers--and the weather was outstanding!

The studio is loaded with all sorts of woven wonders, handspun yarns,,

super books of knowledge, screened porch surround the studio,

purple martins are swooping and diving around the gourd houses..

fiber braids ready for spinning

balls of lovely dyed wool, alpaca, llama

There are looms warped ready for weaving

towels 

Marion came prepared to weave braid for

state conference goodie bags

Now for show and tell from the members--

Rosemary bought this coverlet at a garage sale

One side

the other side--we all guessed at the name of the pattern--will

need to do some research

Rosemary is very resourceful with her scraps--

she has used her over bits, dyed in the sun,

to make small felted balls for decoration.

Fern had taken the recent workshop given by the guild

on double weave and these were her

loom products

interesting and unusual

Barbara began a new adventure in her weaving skills--

tapestry!  This is one of her first attempts--

really good work for a beginner.

The back of the tapestry.

She also had lovely dishtowel that she wove with

8/2 cotton in purple hues--lovely to look at,

delightful to touch

Dottie loves to 'hook' and she's good!

This is her latest creation..

These are the 'tongues' attached to the sheep--

look at all those little stitches--all by hand!

Penny had two woven rugs to show--these are all

wool weft and cotton warp

The other rug is handspun llama, core spun =, as weft.

Perfect to stand on--bare foot!!

A great day was enjoyed in the country with my

fellow weaver friends!