Remembering Early Summer

Works in Progress III

#7 -- Blue Corners

(I really don't have an idea for a name yet.) I think the blocks are 8.25" and they were really fun to work on.













#8 -- Prayer Shawl (28.5" x 69")
I am working on sewing the ends in. It will be finished this evening, as I want to deliver it.




Update
#4 Disappearing Hour Glass
The top is completed, unless I decide to add a border. I am going to give myself a few days to think about it.

Works in Progress II

#4 -- Disappearing Hour Glass Blocks
I think I am aiming for about 20 blocks -- about 6 more to go






#5 Fingerless Gloves
One of these pairs is actually finished, while the other has quite a few ends to sew in. I have a third pair in greyed lavenders well underway. 




#6 Stars on Blue 
This one has gone back under wraps. I got frustrated making the smallest star.

Works in Progress

There are a whole host of works in progress. The biggest and unfortunately most pressing is a reorganization of my fabrics. Over the years my colour sorting has become haphazard at best. Fabric came out for a project, but somehow did not magically get replaced when the project was finished or even worse the project never got finished. So... The fabric came out, the floor got cleaned and now the fabric is getting sorted and put away.



1.) Soft Drapey Scarf  
--- using a slightly modified ocean waves pattern. The yarn is a rayon/cotton ribbon.





2.) Pieces of Pie
--- Based on Bonnie Hunter's Spiderweb except that I am using Tallgrass Prairie Studio's layout, which includes a great tutorial on using selvages. In stead of using random pieces of colour, each slice of pie will include fabric, mainly from one colour family.




3. Stars in Green 
--- I have 8.5 of the nine stars finished. The center block of each star is unique, although there are at least two blocks of each of the different layouts.

Spring is Arriving

We have weeks, maybe months more grey to endure, but spring is coming.

Another Year, More Hats

Hats & Caps for People

I am going to knit hats again this year.
Last year I knit a few but I did not make a big donation drop off. This year I am going to make a production of it. I will aim to knit another 52 hats -- one a week -- more or less. What with the hats I already have or which are partially or mostly finished I aim to donate 100 hats to Vina Moses December 1, 2014. When I turn the hats in, I will donate the remaining machine washable acrylic yarn to Goodwill.

So far it appears that I am alternating knitting a hat top to bottom and then the reverse. I really prefer knitting top down, but I assume I will continue to knit some one way and some the other. It's a good way to keep the projects interesting.

#1

In progress -- sitting on a quilt being quilted.



And here it is finished

#2 & #3

Both of them in the early stages (I am almost done with #3 -- just the ends to sew in)



#2 Finished
































So far so good.

The Quilt -- Triangles II

I made this quilt for my sister for Christmas. I had been eying a triangle quilt I had seen on Tumblr for a while. First I made a blue and green (with some surprise purple triangles)triangle quilt top, then I moved on to this triangle. I had been eying the brown fabric for weeks, but I just did not know what to do with it and then while thinking about a challenge quilt in progress I found these other tan/green/blue brown prints and I knew just what to do with it.

Pinning the quilt -- a sun dappled afternoon.



My two tables have leg extenders which simply slip over the legs and make the tables about 8 inches taller than standard. I really like working at the tables with the leg extenders (I pay bills and sort papers standing at a single table). The extra height can make it a little bit hard to reach to the very center of the two of them together, but the height makes standing so much easier on my back -- easier than crawling round on the floor let alone working at a standard low table.



The finished quilt.


The back is a lovely snugly flannel with colours that are a beautiful match for the colours of the quilt top.