Hands Down--It's a Mystery!

Another mystery for your hands to unfold!  Plus, your hands will be

delighted once this knit is completed.  These Fingerless gloves

are designed by Michele Pelletier--you can find the free pattern on

Ravelry and Michele can be found on Instagram-- do you Instagram?

Of course, there are two clues already released!

These mitts are worked in the round with simple stitches to create a pretty embossed lace

pattern.  Sock yarn is the yarn needed which allows the mitts to fit

a broad range of sizes--perfect quick gift!

These are designed for easy to intermediate knitters.  Pattern

is both charted and written.  200 yards of fingering weight sock

yarn is required--can you knit in the round?  

I've finished clue one--you can tell which one I began with first--

Brown yarn was the only solid yarn I could find in 

my stash--

Heads UP! Summer Listening.............Here!

Audiobookssync  has done it again!  One of my favorite places to

receive FREE audio books--of course, the  main purpose is aimed at

teens, but guess what?  Many of these books (Audio) are on my list

of must reads (listen) again!  

So put these dates on your calendar to pick up some really

good listening for your summer time........

Below is the listing of titles....

Week 1: April 25 – May 2

SWING by Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess, narrated by Kwame Alexander (Blink)
BLINK & CAUTION by Tim Wynne-Jones, narrated by MacLeod Andrews (Candlewick on Brilliance Audio)

Week 2: May 2 – May 9
OTHELLO by William Shakespeare, narrated by Ewan McGregor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kelly Reilly, Tom Hiddleston, and a full cast (Naxos AudioBooks)
YOU by Charles Benoit, narrated by David Baker (Full Cast Audio)

Week 3: May 9 – May 16
THE EPIC CRUSH OF GENIE LO by F.C. Yee, narrated by Nancy Wu (Recorded Books)
SHADOW OF THE FOX by Julie Kagawa, narrated by Joy Osmanski, Brian Nishii, Emily Woo Zeller (HarperAudio)

Week 4: May 16 – May 23
SPILL by Leigh Fondakowski, performed by Elisa Bocanegra, Nicholas Hormann, James Morrison, Darren Richardson, and a full cast (L.A. Theatre Works)
MEET THE SKY by McCall Hoyle, narrated by Morgan Fairbanks (Blink)

Week 5: May 23 – May 30
A NIGHT DIVIDED by Jennifer A. Nielsen, narrated by Kate Simses (Scholastic Audiobooks)
TEAR DOWN THIS WALL: A CITY, A PRESIDENT, AND THE SPEECH THAT ENDED THE COLD WAR by Romesh Ratnesar, narrated by Wes Bleed (Oasis Audio)

Week 6: May 30 – June 6
THE FIRST TIME SHE DROWNED by Kerry Kletter, narrated by Jorjeana Marie (Penguin Random House Audio/Listening Library)
WILD BIRD by Wendelin Van Draanen, narrated by Alex McKenna (Penguin Random House Audio/Listening Library)

Week 7: June 6 – June 13
A GIRL LIKE THAT by Tanaz Bhathena, narrated by Firdous Bamji, Neil Shah, Soneela Nankani, Lameece Issaq (Recorded Books)
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Henrik Ibsen, Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, performed by Richard Kind, Rosalind Ayres, Gregory Harrison, Josh Stamberg, and a full cast (L.A. Theatre Works)

Week 8: June 13 – June 20
THE GOLDEN DAY by Ursula Dubosarsky, narrated by Kate Rudd (Candlewick on Brilliance Audio)
GULP by Mary Roach, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (Tantor Audio)

Week 9: June 20 – June 27
ASTRAY by Emma Donoghue, narrated by Khristine Hvam, James Langton, Robert Petkoff, Suzanne Toren, Dion Graham (Hachette Audio)
OLIVIA TWIST by Lorie Langdon, narrated by Pearl Hewitt (Black Hills Audiobooks)

Week 10: June 27 – July 4
YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS by Meg Medina, narrated by Roxanne Hernandez (Candlewick on Brilliance Audio)
HERETICS ANONYMOUS by Katie Henry, narrated by Michael Crouch (HarperAudio)

Week 11: July 4 – July 11
THE NAME OF THE STAR by Maureen Johnson, narrated by Nicola Barber (Brilliance Audio)
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST by Oscar Wilde, narrated by Rupert Degas (Naxos AudioBooks)

Week 12: July 11 – July 18
BECOMING KAREEM by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, narrated by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Hachette Audio)
VINCENT AND THEO by Deborah Heiligman, narrated by Philip Fox (Dreamscape Media)

Week 13: July 18 – July 25
THE GO-BETWEEN by Veronica Chambers, narrated by Karla Souza (Penguin Random House Audio/Listening Library)
KIDS OF APPETITE by David Arnold, narrated by Phoebe Strole, Michael Crouch and Ryan Vincent Anderson (Penguin Random House Audio/Listening Library)

Week 14: July 25 – August 1
AKATA WITCH by Nnedi Okorafor, narrated by Yetide Badaki (Tantor Audio)
ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS by Maggie Stiefvater, narrated by Thom Rivera (Scholastic Audiobooks)

 

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!