Friday, April 19, 2019

Dishcloth Mayhem!

I'm loving these dishcloths--wish I could knit them all
from my handspun, but the blues, browns and whites
are going into my handwoven towels.

Oh, a little story of the way a couple of my skeins are not really
balls but wound so irregularly--

Years ago (you can tell I've not used these Sugar & Cream
products much lately)  our grandson would visit our
house with his friend--they found my sugar and cream
stash and thought--"wow, these would make great
fighting balls!"  And so, they proceed to wind the yarns
super tight so when they threw them, they wouldn't come unwound!

Clever, if you are using yarn for ammunition--but, not so
great when you find these balls all over the house!  Guess there's
nothing like soft 'bullets'! 

My friend and I sometimes get carried away with yarn 
buying--all my Sugar and Cream were bought at North
Carolina outlet when we were traveling though that area.
One of us said--"let's stop!" and that's the rest of the
story...............


I'm working on forgotten patterns--nothing fancy for
me-- An Almost Lost Washcloth



And the Crazy Eights Dishcloth
I use a smaller needle size when I knit my dishcloths--



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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

American Valor Wall Hanging

You can never have enough Patriotic quilts in your house!
I found this kit at Missouri Star Quilt Company
I'm not one for buying kits--but when I looked at purchasing
the panel and fabrics to surround it--it was a no brainer
to go with the kit.

Pattern is there along with all the fabrics except the backing--
cut and sew.............



Love sewing this hanging!  


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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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