On the Needle

I finished two hats this week.

 

First, a sock yarn slouchy hat

for my granddaughters birthday

 

 

This is the third I have done

from this pattern. It is not

difficult, but I am ready

to go on to another pattern.

 

My second hat is going to

charity during the holidays.

 

 I am not purchasing yarn

(or fabric) for the next year. This

hat was one of my using up

yarn projects.

 

My next project...I am not sure,

but it will probably be a

Christmas hat or scarf for

a grandchild.

 

What's On the Needle at your house?

Slow Sunday Stitiching

The weather has turned cooler

this weekend with clouds and rain.

 

I am ready to settle down on

the couch for a little hand stitching

on my Trip Around the World quilt

 

I started it over a year ago, but did

not work on it for most of the Summer.

Sitting under a large quilt top in

the Summer heat was not pleasant!

 

I may also do some un-stitching

today too. I am practicing my

machine quilting on a wallhanging

I have had in the UFO pile

for a couple of years (or more)

I quilted some of the border, but

do not like how it looks. Out come

the handy dandy seam ripper!

 

What are you slow stitching today?

Oh the Needle

The weather is finally turning cooler....

at least in the evenings. I am back

to a little bit of a schedule of sewing

and/or quilting during the day and

knitting in the evenings.

 

I started a new hat. I am not sure

where I acquired the yarn. It's

a pretty red and gold combo,

but very thick. I think this hat will

go to a charity.

 

 

What's On the Needle at your house?

On the Needle

I really don't want to keep starting

knit projects and never finishing,

like my quilt projects. This blue

shawl is my never finished, always

on going knit project.

 

 It is not a difficult pattern. I

just keep putting it to the side

while I try something new. I

resolve to have it finished by

the end of the year!

 

I did have a couple of finishes

this past week. I am making

my husband an assortment of

hats he can wear at work.

 

 

He is a teacher, but also does the

cross guard duty at his school.

Cold and sometime snowy mornings

call for a hat.

The pattern is called Ruben Hat on Ravelry

 

I also finished a hat made of

sock yarn for my daughter.

 

 

I am going the next year without

purchasing yarn (or fabric), so

I found a great pattern on Ravelry

for slouchy hats knitted with

sock yarn. I have never made

socks, but had a lot of sock

yarn in my stash (big clearance sale)

 

What's On the Needle at your house?