Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Another rosette
Here's the 4th rosette from The new hexagon millefiori quilt, by Katja Marek. This one is in colors that represent Cape Cod in the autumn, so, oranges and golds and rusts with a touch of green. Again, all done by hand in the English paper piecing technique (EPP), which is slow and time-consuming and labor intensive, but very pleasant to do while sitting on the sun porch. The colors on my monitor are pretty true to life.
Next rosette, which is a small one, will be about the ice cream parlors and taffy shops all over the Cape.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Sock Madness - Round 4
Finished! Sweet Nuttins is a lovely pattern by Adrienne Fong (aka Bellybutton Knits). Cables, lace, beads, cute little ruffle, pattern on gusset and heel and toe. Oh, my! A neat challenge and pretty socks as my reward. Click on the pics to see the beads!
If you like to knit socks, and want to learn new techniques and make unusual socks, Sock Madness on Ravelry is the place to go. You'll have to wait until next Feb. to sign up for 2017, but it is such fun. I'm speedy, but not nearly as fast as some of the knitters. That's fine with me. Teams are set up with the knitter's ability to zoom in mind. So this year we have 16 teams, ranging from very slow to beyond fast. I'm somewhere in the middle, where I belong.
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