Boy that seems strange to write...2011, sounds like the beginning of a Star Trek episode.
I've been conspicuously absent on this blog, and I'm going to try and remedy that. I specifically noted that I would "blog without obligation" (you'll note the crow over on the right side of the blog) therefore relieving me of any responsibility. However, I really would like this blog to be about chronicling my knitting and now, quilting, experiences. I'm an average knitter, I LOVE the process, the fact that my hands know exactly how to knit and purl without any help from my conscious mind. I can listen to a book on tape, watch an episode of 'Big Love', or just let my mind wander as I listen to Mozart in the background.
What I cannot do is follow a pattern or count to 10. I'm always in a rush, have 27 thousand projects started, few finished and then go off on a tangent making cowls over and over and over again, I made 5 within a weeks time (the Ridged Lace Cowl here), super easy and fun project. But really, why stop in the middle of 2 top down sweaters, 1 Bohus sweater, at least 4 pairs of socks and 3 shawls? There's certainly enough variation there to warrent stimulating knitting. Maybe I have a touch of A.D.D. I know I'm dyslexic, but all these unfinished projects are getting on my nerves - I have so much yarn I still want to work with and so little time! Any suggestions out there?
On another note, I finally got the studio into some semblance of order and I'm excited to have a place to really get creative. I signed up for a quilt class at Stitch, Piece'n Purl six weeks ago and just finished my last class yesterday. I completed the quilt top and have it all layered and pinned, ready for quilting (not my favorite part however) I much prefer putting the puzzle together, that's the fun part for me.
You can see from this photo that it isn't really large - about 23" x 23", but I'm pleased with the way it's going so far. I've just started hand quilting, outlining each shape, and hope to have it finished by Easter to send off to a dear lady. She's a MASTER quilter so I think she'll get a kick out of seeing my first attempt. Here's a close up of those points I referred to earlier as well as my bad attempt at hand quilting. I'm told I'll get better as I progress - ha!
I've been conspicuously absent on this blog, and I'm going to try and remedy that. I specifically noted that I would "blog without obligation" (you'll note the crow over on the right side of the blog) therefore relieving me of any responsibility. However, I really would like this blog to be about chronicling my knitting and now, quilting, experiences. I'm an average knitter, I LOVE the process, the fact that my hands know exactly how to knit and purl without any help from my conscious mind. I can listen to a book on tape, watch an episode of 'Big Love', or just let my mind wander as I listen to Mozart in the background.
What I cannot do is follow a pattern or count to 10. I'm always in a rush, have 27 thousand projects started, few finished and then go off on a tangent making cowls over and over and over again, I made 5 within a weeks time (the Ridged Lace Cowl here), super easy and fun project. But really, why stop in the middle of 2 top down sweaters, 1 Bohus sweater, at least 4 pairs of socks and 3 shawls? There's certainly enough variation there to warrent stimulating knitting. Maybe I have a touch of A.D.D. I know I'm dyslexic, but all these unfinished projects are getting on my nerves - I have so much yarn I still want to work with and so little time! Any suggestions out there?
On another note, I finally got the studio into some semblance of order and I'm excited to have a place to really get creative. I signed up for a quilt class at Stitch, Piece'n Purl six weeks ago and just finished my last class yesterday. I completed the quilt top and have it all layered and pinned, ready for quilting (not my favorite part however) I much prefer putting the puzzle together, that's the fun part for me.
And here's a shot of the back - nothing too fancy just tried to give it a little interest. Not sure if you can tell, but I had several small pieces of batting left over from my son-in-law's OSU quilt so I joined them all together to make the batting for this one. Worked out just fine and helped me adhere to my "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" philosophy that I'm trying to maintain around here.
Here's a photo of hubby holding up the son-in-law's OSU birthday quilt -
and he loved it! Whoo hoo!!!!!
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