Quilting
One lonely little Whirligig block in progress. Karen from Quilts...etc. has decided to take the plunge and make this quilt, too. Given how awesome a quilter she is, she'll be done way before I even finish the next row. Just take a look at her hand quilting and applique.
My Cake Mix quilt is now being assembled. Top pic is of my placement. Bottom one is actually sewn together. I do love these Cake Mixes; it's the way for me to go with half-square triangles. Perfection and no bias mess. I ordered Brenda Henning's Triangulations for future HST moments.
One Exploding Block quilt back from the quilter, and now being bound. I do love hand stitching my binding down. Can't tell you why, but it is satisfying.
Knitting
One lace shawl needing a good blocking. Mostly garter stitch with some easy and interesting lace bands. Two skeins of sock yarn with leftovers, which will go into Miss P's never-ending mismatched socks.
The boring sleeve from Miss P's yoke sweater in progress. I sent out a sleeve and the body for her to try on. She's at least 5'7", so I can't base the fit on my size. Now the pieces are back and make perfect TV watching knitting. I'm looking forward to working on the yoke.
A brand new lace shawl from the amazing Anna Victoria. This one is Mermaid's Lair, and it is a lovely challenge to knit. I like her charts very much. I'm not one for written directions, but give me a chart, and I'm a happy camper.
Yes, the shawl looks like an old rag with a lot of holes. In actuality, that's what it is: a piece of knitting with a lot of holes (yarn-over) and decreases. Wait until it's blocked! I've stretched out a bit at the top so you can get an idea of who it will be.
And that's all. Pardon me, now, while I get back to work on any and all of these goodies.
1 comment:
LOL - you are not lazy in the least - you have so many projects going!! I'm not sure when I will start this pretty quilt Valse Brillante - but I think I will leave the package of fabric out staring me in the face so I do not forget it. Actually I will probably cut at least one block out and make it and tack it to the design wall so I can always see it :) Hubby and I will start to travel again in the summer now that he is retired for good and I think this will be a good take along project as our small motorhome is really too small to bring a sewing machine along - I have no area large enough to set it up and do not like the noise of a machine when we go camping - what better than EPP - I can cut as I need and baste and get busy - I don't remember if the whole quilt is made what is the final measurement?
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