Calling All Crocheters!

It's Granny Square Day 2019!!  Break out those hooks

and yarns to participate in Granny Square Day!

Granny Square Day begin in 2014 by Susan Regalia, who uses Instagram's

iconic grid format to replicate patchwork arrangement of classic granny square

blanket online.  Others followed and granny square day was born!

This brought worldwide crochet community together in

celebration of design and color!

Here's how to be involved:  On or before August 15, take a photo of your

granny square and crop the photo into square shape--so it fills the entire

space.  On the day, upload onto your instagram account and

be sure to hash tag it #grannysquareday2019--

your square will be added to the virtual blanket!

To see the blanket, search #grannysquareday2019 and you

will be viewing in Instagrams' standard three wide format

to get the full effect.

Not a Crocheter--check out the finished blanket at the same

hashtag and pick your favorite granny square.

Altogether Spooky Halloween SAL

You might know!  I'm behind!  This popped up on my

FB feed yesterday--everyone has a jump on me--

but, that's not unusual....

I have sewn two other Fort Worth Fabric Studio's

sew along--those two times I purchased the kit--which was 

nice--had all the fabric you needed, including the backing!

This time--no way will I get this ordered at this late date--

so, I'm using my own fabric.

Join in--even though it's a day late--you have time to

catch up, just like me.

2019 Altogether Spooky Halloween Mystery Quilt

--It's Free!!

Under the Needle

I'm not much at machine quilting fancy stitches, but

I can stitch in the ditch!  

I use spray adhesive for the layers 

and it works well--no need for lots of pins.

I'd finished this fall wall hanging--last fall!

it's a small piece and easy to put under the needle

This is Valentine table runner--of course, it was finished

last fall--I tried to stitch it with my regular foot--you

know what happen--one big mess!

I had a walking foot; just couldn't get the darn thing to 

work until I stopped into Bernina shop and they told me

it wasn't assemble correctly--well, darn!  no wonder!

Now, I'm sailing through these tops that have lingered

too long.

Just in time for Christmas--!!!

All three of these pieces need some hand stitching--but so happy

to have them out of the stash bin and out to see the world!

Helping Hands........................Charity Outlet

Our theme for January spin-in 2020 is "helping hands".  I've been stockpiling my knitted items for the past five months and I have a nice batch of hand knit items to send to a charity.  Since I live in the south there aren't many charities that need woolen items--if you have a charity that wants/needs these items, let me know.

Two pair of woolen socks

scarf

another scarf

Hats galore!

Big hats!

Little hats!

Here Comes Fall!

I know it's coming!  It might not feel like Fall, but it's just

around the corner--I'm gearing up with lots of fall theme

projects plus pulling out my stash--

One of my favorite hangings is one I made years ago--fall leaves--I can feel the gentle cool breeze that makes the leaves weave in the air.  Jenny shares with you her quick way to make leaves!

Check out the blog for this awesome Autumn Stars quilt

Fave Quilts has some pumpkin theme banners, table runners

All People Quilt has the pattern for this lovely quilt.

There is no excuse for leaving fall on the cutting table--

sew, sew, sew!

August Agatha Read

Three Act Tragedy or Murder in Three Acts

"Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead, choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison.

Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he can find absolutely no motive for murder."

The question that needs to be solved--what to knit with this read???

I certainly like these 'Movie Theater Arm Warmers" designed by

Johanna Di Stefano--

Or

I was intrigued by this tea cozy from

TeaHouseTheater--

Winter is coming on and I do like tea so a

nice cozy would be perfect to knit.

Knitting Facts, If You're Interested!

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Here it is August--the real 'dog' days of summer!

Here is aside: The Dog Days of summer are the hot, sultry

days of summer, were historically the period following the

heliacal rising of the stay system Sirius--the Greek

and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden

thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs and bad luck.

What else do you do in the hot summer--knit, of course!

It's time to knit up those socks, mittens, scarves, hats--:}

You might be interested in some knitting facts--

Knitting is centuries old--usually knitting fabrics dissolve over time it can be hard to actually date knitting.  It seems to have been brought by the Crusaders from the Middle East.  The term "knitting" is mentioned in the 14th century for the first time. 

A Former Type of knitting was done with only one needle.  a cross between knitting and crocheting was being practiced by Ancient Egyptians.

In 16th Century in France, knitting was practiced only by males!

The first knitting machine was invented in 1589 by Williams Lee, under the rule of Queen

Elizabeth I.  

During WWI women had the national duty to knit socks, scarves and caps for

fighting soldiers across the battlefields--some sent to their family members,

while others knitting for every soldier in the land.

Knitting can reduce heart rate, blood pressure and it relaxes the body to fight

illness better!

In the beginning, silk and cotton yarns were used most often

In 1611 Johann Siebmacher published the first documentation of 126 knitting patterns

The first knitting needles of record were made from ivory, tortoise shell or bones

Excuse me-- I'm off to relax my soul......................