Día de los Muertos

Do you celebrate  Día de los Muertos? 

"November 1 is All Saints Day, and the adult spirits will come to visit. November 2 is All Souls Day, when families go to the cemetery to decorate the graves and tombs of their relatives. The three-day fiesta is filled with marigolds, the flowers of the dead; muertos (the bread of the dead); sugar skulls; cardboard skeletons; tissue paper decorations; fruit and nuts; incense, and other traditional foods and decorations."

— Frances Ann Day, Latina and Latino Voices in Literature

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treat!  A cry that will be heard across the nation tonight

Will you trick?  Or Treat?

We are usually away from the house on this all Hallow's Eve,

so the big candy pumpkin sits on the front porch--

who knows how much candy the first kid takes?

Do they have good manners to take just one piece?

All I know--when we return, the pumpkin is empty!

Fir Good Measure Quilt Mystery

Want to join in a mystery quilt along??

Then join this FB group--Fir Good Measure

sponsored by Fort Worth Fabric Studio.

The pattern clues will be free on this group

beginning November 4

I have sewn three of their mysteries before, two with

their kits--quite good measure of fabric.

There is a wonderful fabric kit available on their website--

but first, join the FB group--the following from the group announcement.

Announcing our 2019 Christmas mystery quilt along, Fir Good Measure! 🌲🎄🌲

This sew long begins November 4 and will run for 4 weeks (completing November 25).

 We will be making a lap size quilt you can enjoy for the holidays! ❤️ Size is approximately 48” x 60“.

 All fabrics in our kit are from Moda and colors are traditional red/green.

 Since this is a lap size quilt, we will have backing sets available separately at a good price! (Backing set is Moda Grunge in White Paper – 108” wide, so there will be no seams!) 

Kits will ship by October 28, but you know we always try to beat our deadlines! 👍🏼 We are excited to sew along with you again! We can’t wait to get started! 🌲🎄🌲

Get your kits & backing sets here:

https://fortworthfabricstudio.com/pages/search-results-page…

Wheels R Turnin'!

During the days of the World Series, the wheel was turning!

So Fast!  It was to keep my feet and hands busy so I

didn't get upset about missed catches, bad calls or

runs for the other team--may the best team win though!

I remember World Series from my teen years--games

were Yankees and Dodgers always, it seemed!

The games were even played over the speaker during our classroom

times--how about that?!!

Anyway, here is what I'm spinning:

Luxury--for sure!  nice in the hand--lovely finish and perfect

for knitting project, that's whirling in my brain

Here are the fibers:  Merino, silk and yak--how

fancy is that!  Roving from Gale's Art--

There are these short dark fibers mixed into the roving--

easy to pull out and set aside and there aren't many

of them

Bobbin is almost full and ready to ply--will keep my toes

a tappin'

Here's the other bobbin I finished--Need

to wind off and ply

This is the colorful roving--named Abode

From this lovely lady in Oregon--she puts amazing

combinations of colors in her dye pot!

This one is waiting in the wings--we'll see if I get to it soon.

Loving this time to spin to my heart's content1

Knits for Binge Watching!

Oh My Gosh!  I have sooooo many TV shows I want to

binge watch--and I hate to have idle hands--let's make

something.............

ski swirl hat Craft Yarn Council

This body is worked flat, from side to side;

with a vertical stripe pattern.  Decreases are worked on one

end and increases on the other side--once the hat is a

parallelogram (use your math here!)--you sew the sides

together and the stripes swirl around the hat!

how fun!!

 

I hate when ads pop up on my news feed! But, this one

time I was happy--look at these cool knitted FLG (fingerless gloves)

Of course, they were advertised to be purchased--my brain is

saying "I can knit these!"  There are lots of leftover yarns in my

stash that would be perfect for these--

Here is recipe from Martha Stewart's site (Yes, Martha of all people!)

It's a basic pattern but you can add the necessary knits and purls

where needed.  

Strata Scarf from Purl Soho is absolutely a stash buster!

They have a lovely selection of yarns if your stash

isn't loaded.  Follow their suggestion in order not to have

twenty zillion ends to weave in when finished!

Gobble, Gobble

Thanksgiving quilts are usually overlooked!

I do have couple of older hangings that were pre-printed fabric panels

The other day I was looking at You Tube TV and

found these two Turkey hanging tutorials--both really

good turkeys.  The top one is this year turkey--

the bottom video is dated 2010, but the pattern is still

available quilting tutorials

Both are made with Dresden plate patterns

Turkey Wall hanging

Quilt in a Day has a whole farm of animals free or $5 for kit

Head, Shoulders, Hands, Feet

Keeping warm is a high priority when winter weather arrives--

I enjoy finding interesting patterns that will keep us

cozy during those chilly days!

Warmlix --loved this website!  Such cute models and

the patterns are a delight

Chelsey Clammer

This is a slouchy version of the Slip Stitch Stockinette

Beanie (Ravelry ). This version is very adjustable as long as you work

with multiple of 2--The decreases are just K2tog

Kristina Smiley designs for Expression Fiber Arts

I really like all their patterns! Tamsyn is the name of this

lovely pattern

Monkey Socks by Cookie A is one of my favorite socks to knit!

Always nice looking footwear!

Happy knitting!!