Stitching, Quilting, and other Crafty Goodness
In a Stable Shepherds Bush from JCS Ornament Issue 2004 Weeks and GAST on 32ct Dark Espresso linen from R&R Embellished with Sterling Silver Star charm Finished 7/26/07 I finished reading Harry Potter this morning. All I will say is Wow. Now, on to other things as there will be no spoilers here. I also [Read More]
I’ve been stitching along on Tesori, and trying to finish up the first block. It is going slower than I would like, but again, I am stitching this in secret (away from Eric), so the time I have to work on it isn’t much. It’s coming along though! I’ve also, of course, been stitching away [Read More]
The Kimono quilt top. I apologize for the dark photo, but it’s been raining here again, so I have little to no good daylight. I am so pleased to have the top finished. I started this quilt on March 13, 2004. I took a class at my LQS on paper-piecing and this is the quilt [Read More]
The Star Wars Scarf Garter Stitch on #8 Needles Plymouth Encore, Color 7357 Finished 6/23/07 I finished my scarf! I drove up to the LYS, learned the tricky super-secret part of binding off (ie, pulling the tail through that last stitch so you don’t lose it), bought some new needles (Addi Turbos), and drove home. [Read More]
I have officially been blogging one year today. What encouraged me to start blogging was two things: as I already mentioned, I started my 101 Things list on June 21, 2006 and one of the items on there was “research starting a blog”, well I just ended up starting one instead; the second thing that [Read More]
I had my knitting class again yesterday, class 3 of 4. I did manage to learn how to do cables, as evidenced by my swatch above. Knitting cables is pretty cool once you get the hang of it. There was a slight problem with class yesterday though, which I am not happy about. Two of [Read More]
