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!

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--

• Euphemism for the devil: H. L. Mencken suggested that the phrase derives from Samiel, the name of the Devil in Der Freischütz, an opera by Carl Maria von Weber that was performed in New York City in 1825. The phrase "Sa' m Hill" can also be seen in the variant "Samil".^[4]

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!

Oh! The Beauty of It!

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

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--

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

SWING by Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess, narrated by Kwame Alexander (Blink)
BLINK & CAUTION by Tim Wynne-Jones, narrated by MacLeod Andrews (Candlewick on Brilliance Audio)

Week 2: May 2 – May 9
OTHELLO by William Shakespeare, narrated by Ewan McGregor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kelly Reilly, Tom Hiddleston, and a full cast (Naxos AudioBooks)
YOU by Charles Benoit, narrated by David Baker (Full Cast Audio)

Week 3: May 9 – May 16
THE EPIC CRUSH OF GENIE LO by F.C. Yee, narrated by Nancy Wu (Recorded Books)
SHADOW OF THE FOX by Julie Kagawa, narrated by Joy Osmanski, Brian Nishii, Emily Woo Zeller (HarperAudio)

Week 4: May 16 – May 23
SPILL by Leigh Fondakowski, performed by Elisa Bocanegra, Nicholas Hormann, James Morrison, Darren Richardson, and a full cast (L.A. Theatre Works)
MEET THE SKY by McCall Hoyle, narrated by Morgan Fairbanks (Blink)

Week 5: May 23 – May 30
A NIGHT DIVIDED by Jennifer A. Nielsen, narrated by Kate Simses (Scholastic Audiobooks)
TEAR DOWN THIS WALL: A CITY, A PRESIDENT, AND THE SPEECH THAT ENDED THE COLD WAR by Romesh Ratnesar, narrated by Wes Bleed (Oasis Audio)

Week 6: May 30 – June 6
THE FIRST TIME SHE DROWNED by Kerry Kletter, narrated by Jorjeana Marie (Penguin Random House Audio/Listening Library)
WILD BIRD by Wendelin Van Draanen, narrated by Alex McKenna (Penguin Random House Audio/Listening Library)

Week 7: June 6 – June 13
A GIRL LIKE THAT by Tanaz Bhathena, narrated by Firdous Bamji, Neil Shah, Soneela Nankani, Lameece Issaq (Recorded Books)
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Henrik Ibsen, Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, performed by Richard Kind, Rosalind Ayres, Gregory Harrison, Josh Stamberg, and a full cast (L.A. Theatre Works)

Week 8: June 13 – June 20
THE GOLDEN DAY by Ursula Dubosarsky, narrated by Kate Rudd (Candlewick on Brilliance Audio)
GULP by Mary Roach, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (Tantor Audio)

Week 9: June 20 – June 27
ASTRAY by Emma Donoghue, narrated by Khristine Hvam, James Langton, Robert Petkoff, Suzanne Toren, Dion Graham (Hachette Audio)
OLIVIA TWIST by Lorie Langdon, narrated by Pearl Hewitt (Black Hills Audiobooks)

Week 10: June 27 – July 4
YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS by Meg Medina, narrated by Roxanne Hernandez (Candlewick on Brilliance Audio)
HERETICS ANONYMOUS by Katie Henry, narrated by Michael Crouch (HarperAudio)

Week 11: July 4 – July 11
THE NAME OF THE STAR by Maureen Johnson, narrated by Nicola Barber (Brilliance Audio)
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST by Oscar Wilde, narrated by Rupert Degas (Naxos AudioBooks)

Week 12: July 11 – July 18
BECOMING KAREEM by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, narrated by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Hachette Audio)
VINCENT AND THEO by Deborah Heiligman, narrated by Philip Fox (Dreamscape Media)

Week 13: July 18 – July 25
THE GO-BETWEEN by Veronica Chambers, narrated by Karla Souza (Penguin Random House Audio/Listening Library)
KIDS OF APPETITE by David Arnold, narrated by Phoebe Strole, Michael Crouch and Ryan Vincent Anderson (Penguin Random House Audio/Listening Library)

Week 14: July 25 – August 1
AKATA WITCH by Nnedi Okorafor, narrated by Yetide Badaki (Tantor Audio)
ALL THE CROOKED SAINTS by Maggie Stiefvater, narrated by Thom Rivera (Scholastic Audiobooks)

 

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!

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"