Tape? For knitting?

The other day I came across an article on stash tape photo—heart be still!! I remembered there are boxes of tape in my fiber closet!  Whoa!  Why didn’t I think about using this stuff before!  After all, it is well aged!

This was bought several years ago during a sale at our local yarn shop.  Why was it bought?  Because it was on sale!!  Some reason, huh?  

Couple different colors and sizes were included.

Good brand and Japanese?!! How could this bargain be passed up?  And several boxes—wow!!  

Not quite 100% silk—how could this be used?  After viewing websites using tapes—I jumped right in.  No reason to let these boxes languish on the fiber closet any longer—out if the closet they came!

On the needles, a hat! 

 

May Brings Flowers!

 Here comes May!  April just flew by!!  April is our happenin’ month—birthdays, Easter, walk for CDH, short trip north for a funeral, and oh, how could we forget about Taxes!!!

Maybe, this month might be quieter, more restful.   Alas,  a good reason to sew for charity is one of my favorite!  Make A Wish Foundation.  This year’s Fat Quarter Shoppe quilt pattern.  Make a donation! Receive the pattern and Sew!! Create a beautiful quilt. 

Today is the day for step one release! 

Another stitch along is to make hearts!  Slow stitching to create a beautiful quilt.  

I’ve received my heart templates, ready to go!

This is a finished pieced quilt—now, that’s slow stitching for sure. 

I use my hearts for greeting cards.  On plain colorful card stock, you add your personal message. 

Z. Zero

 

The concept of zero as a number has roots in ancient mathematics, with Brahmagupta, a 7th-century Indian mathematician, being credited with developing methods for using zero in calculations. 












I’ve got zero!  

Victory!!!

I’m a Victor in finishing these blocks!  

Can’t believe I bit off more than I can chew (as the saying goes)!  Trying to keep up with five different ones each month!

This one is going to beat once it’s completed!  

Am using my hand dyed fabrics for this BOM

This one isn’t my favorite but I’ll keep on with it—each block is 15” square.  Nice size when finished. 

Yay!  Victory for this one for sure—years in the making!  And finally finished!!

 

SSSSSSS—Struggling!

 I am struggling with this 

It looks a mess!  And that’s one reason I am struggling with this pattern, 2025 Shetland mystery scarf designed by Toni L Lorenz

This pattern can be found on Ravelry

Why am I struggling, you ask.  Because this is a different construction in my book— you knit a base section one month and you add to it each month by adding a side section—sounds confusing,  but, supposedly, the scarf will take on a diagonal feature. 

All well and good, yes! I’ m struggling reading the chart, trying to keep last month’s stitches on its own set of needles.  Yes, I know I could place those stitches on a lifeline—that’s too much trouble—so we soldier on. 

I’m using bits of my handspun in hopes when and if I finish, the scarf will take on festive look.  In the meantime, struggle has become my middle name! 

Q=Quietly Quilting

 Quietly my needle and thread 

Are working slowly!  To lock together these hexagons

And some day, there will be a quilt of hexagons—enough to cover a bed maybe

On happily, the quiet quilting goes along! 

Log Cabins

 Today’s letter is L

There are Log Cabins—

and then there ARE log cabins!  I mean the log cabins that are built with fabric. 

Easier to build than a wooden log cabin!  

As I was working on my slow stitching project

I pulled out the scrap bin (using nothing but scraps for this) 

I found several strips of fabric, pulled them while looking for wider pieces to cut the hexagons. 

I can’t just throw away those long strips—heck, no!  There is something that can be done with them. 

After sorting into light and dark, I decided to make log cabin blocks—oh, some strips are wider, some thinner, I’m okay with that.  It’s just an experiment!

So strip by strip was added to build a log cabin block!  Just squared it up, keep building and soon there will be a completed quilt top. And bonus—less in the scrap bin!