Monday, April 15, 2019

Odds And Ends

Camilla, one of our expatchers, made this lovely pastel
quilt from birthday fat quarters she received over the
years--she wanted a spring time throw for the living area
The pattern comes from Stashtastic by Doug Leko

I thought I was a genius--then I reread the instructions--
make 4--yes, FOUR! blocks, not just one, but four!

I decided to use my hand dyed fabrics for this quilt from
Fort Worth Fabric Studio--A Day in May Spring Mystery.
I thought I was so smart to finish--well, the second
clue was issued and now, I'm way behind!!  Don't
think this will be finished for that day in May!



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Saturday, April 13, 2019

What? When? Where??

Having moved houses a few times in the past five years,
I forget things!  It's like walking through a door--
"what did I come in here for?"
I'm finding things I'd forgotten existed!
Take for example.......This
Cactus loom all warped with a few inches woven--
What?  The Sam Hill (does anyone know how
Sam Hill got involved in this--I don't!) Little aside here--


I'm asking the question--what workshop?
I'm sure it's a workshop--somewhere, somehow--
just don't remember

And look--all these yarns are with this loom!
Holy smokes--one is even marked with a label
I'm sure the label is right--marked 06/06
paprika & mochacino (I don't know what that is)
I tried a search--autocorrect wants to make it a 
coffee!! 

Where?  I look at the bag it was in--Taos Wool Market--
That answers the question where--but when?
Couldn't figure the date out--oh well--it was sometime
in the past 15 years!  I did remember the instructor--
Rose Virgil!  

You know--maybe, the workshop was at Estes Park Wool market instead--
Does it really matter what? When? Where?
Not really--I'm thinking I just might work on this piece--
even if I don't remember what the design was originally in
my brain--
I went through several doors since then!

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Oh! The Beauty of It!



This is just so beautiful--music, movement of the weaver and the sound of the loom!
Watch and enjoy!



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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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--





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Sunday, April 7, 2019

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


 

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Friday, April 5, 2019

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!



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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

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"


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