Another Quilt

I prepared another quilt for quilting - the Rob Peter to Pay Paul quilt top. I used spray baste for the first time. The backing is 'plush' - a knit backing similar to 'minky', and I was told that I needed to glue it so it wouldn't stretch. Hopefully it will be easy to quilt.

I had a few comments on the wool for my hat - it is Green Label from Tanis Fibre Arts, and the colour way is "Super Tartan",  one of the OOAK colours Tanis offers for sale a few times a year on Etsy. The yarn is lovely - I have used it a few times, and it is very good quality, plus this colour way is amazing, but all of her colours are wonderful.

The wind and snow has left beautiful snow drifts in the yard.

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More Knitting

I always have a couple of knitting projects on the go at once - a simple one (the scarf I showed yesterday) and a more complex one. After finishing the shawl last week I started a cabled hat (since there is still a couple of months of hat wearing weather left!).

All that snow yesterday has left the yard with lovely snow drifts. On the very right edge of the picture you can just see a flock of partridges sheltering under a pine tree (it was pretty windy).

A close up.

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New Knitting

I have decided to pull apart my sweater (my Mom kindly offered to buy the yarn - since the plan for this year is to not buy any new yarn, fibre, fabric... , buying new, replacement fibre is fine - thanks Mom!). I have been knitting on this 'boomerang' scarf (my own design), with pretty, sparkly yarn, from Tanis Fibre Arts.

We had some snow today, making driving conditions treacherous. We did stop to help push someones car out of a snow bank in the city.

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Storm at Sea Quilt Finished

I finished the Storm at Sea quilt!

This is the first proper quilt I have finished since last April! I used a walking foot to quilt simple wavy lines. It is the first time I have done this type of quilting, and I think that free motion quilting is easier.

This was a really lovely quilt to piece - I pieced it last spring. When I was quilting I was surprised how well it was pieced - if I do say so myself! The ruler for cutting the pieces worked so well - it was easy to cut and even easier to piece. I love Creative Grids rulers, this one is the Storm at Sea ruler - it really is ingenious!

This is a photo from last May, when all the individual blocks were pieced,

and this photo is how I lined up the points with a pin, to make sure they matched.

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Sweater Knitting and Quilting

One of my goals for 2015 is to knit sweater with yarn that I have dyed and spun. It is progressing nicely, but I have realized that I won't have enough yarn, and I keep putting it aside to knit something else - hoping for something to change! I now realize I have to either restart it - maybe a sweater with short sleeves, or try to dye and spin more yarn - I just worry about being able to match it.

I did get a start on quilting one of the quilt tops (photo of the Storm at Sea after pinning). I decided to try quilting wavy lines with a walking foot - something new for me - following the line created by the change in colour dominance on the quilt. The red backing is flannel I had - part of my 'using up my stash challenge'.

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Spellbound Shawl

The shawl is all blocked.

The pattern is Spellbound by Boo Knits. Her patterns are so lovely, fun to knit, and look much harder than they really are.

The yarn is SweetGeorgia Yarns, Merino Silk Lace (50% Merino, 50% Silk), in Coral Rose. This is the first time I have tried this yarn, and I found it a bit linty, and shawl is showing signs of pilling, hopefully it won't look too bad.
This is Finish #2 for 2015.

I have to add a couple of outdoor photos -

This morning the full moon was beautiful, creating a lovely shine on the icy snow in the field.

This rabbit was enjoying some carrot peelings.

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Finished

This shawl came out huge - it is blocking on a single bed sheet, and almost fills it.

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Knitting

The shawl is almost finished.

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Quilt Tops

I finished piecing the Double Wedding Ring quilt
Now I have three quilt tops waiting for quilting.

A Rob Peter to Pay Paul,

and a Storm at Sea.

It is time for me to start quilting!

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Row 4!

One row left to sew. These 4 rows are all sewn together too.

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Row Three!

Three down, two to go!

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Row Two and Partridges

I finished row two, three more to go.

The two flocks of partridges were in the yard this morning - lots of squawking and running around by some, others were happy to just watch.

Later the large flock were peacefully eating (you can tell that it is cold because they are so round with their feathers puffed out).

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Progress and a Shawl

I have sewn one row of blocks for the Double Wedding Ring quilt - 4 more rows to go.

I am also knitting a shawl - the pattern is Spellbound by Boo Knits. Her patterns are my favourite - so easy to knit, with enough variety in the stitch patterns that they never get boring. I am using some hand dyed silk and merino yarn from SweetGeorgia Yarn in Vancouver.

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Double Wedding Ring

I have been sewing. I recently cut out the pieces for a double wedding ring lap quilt, using the Go!.
The fabric is from French General.

This must be one of the best Go! dies - the pieces go together so well! I find that some other dies need a bit of fiddling to make work.

It was quick to sew the pieces together for the "blocks". I sure was pleased that I had written a tutorial for this quilt!

Now I am working on sewing all the blocks together (these are just laid out on the floor for placement).

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New Year!

Last year I concentrated on a 365 day photo blog and hardly posted here. This year the plan is to combine the two blogs and post photos of projects I am working on here. Just quick photos, with little writing - trying to keep it simple (really, trying to spend as little time on the computer as possible!).

Yesterday I finished knitting a cowl. The pattern is Appia by Hilary Smith Callis.

 The yarn is so soft - merino, cashmere and silk.

Hand dyed from a dyer in Montreal - Tanis Fiber Arts.

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