Friday, October 30, 2015

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?

Sunday, October 18, 2015

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?

Friday, October 16, 2015

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?

Friday, October 2, 2015

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?