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The Leafs didn’t choke
I’ve been writing this in my head for a day or so and thought maybe I’d share it. An attempt at humour. My grandmother was a huge Leafs fan so it is meant lovingly. The Leafs didn’t choke. I know … Continue reading
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Lambing season round-up
Sunday morning the last of our ewes lambed. Mat was actually watching as the 2nd one came out. We started with 3 East Friesian/Lacaune ewes and 4 North Country Cheviots. 3 of those were yearlings, born here in late March/early … Continue reading
Knitting news
I’ve finished Freya’s cardigan. The photos are on her camera though so you’ll have to wait. I’m not sure that knitting a whole cardigan in 11 days is a good thing. I’m now without a large knitting project again. And … Continue reading
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Update on the quilt
After watching the whole quilt part of a Craftsy class on quilting large quilts on a small machine, I went and got some invisible quilting thread and did a bunch of stitch in the ditch to stabilize the quilt. I’m … Continue reading
And that’s not all…
I realized that I was really enjoying knitting sweaters. And then Freya and I were having a casual conversation in the kitchen about this lightweight cardigan she'd bought and wears all the time. I'd seen a pattern on Ravelry that … Continue reading
I’ve also been knitting
When I finished the red sweater I started looking through the stash for something to knit. The advanced search in Ravelry is fantastic for finding patterns for stash yarn. You can enter gauge, yardage, etc. and it throws up all … Continue reading
now that the swatch is dry…
Time to make some decisions about quilting with wool batting. (A reminder: this batting was produced by Wellington Fibre Mills from Morag and Cerys’s fleeces.) This does need fairly close quilting. That envelope shape in the top left doesn’t feel … Continue reading
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quilting with wool batting
After writing that WIPs roundup post, I decided I should actually take some next steps on the one thing that didn’t require me to spend money. That’s the Pandora’s Box quilt with the wool batting in it. Spray basted because … Continue reading
Quilting WIPs roundup
This post is as much for me as for anyone else. I figured an inventory of Work In Progress might be in order… Scrappy Trip Around The World I’ve blogged about this before: When I started it, and part way … Continue reading
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2nd window covering finished
Once I realized that it had been almost a year since I started this project, I was motivated to get moving. This Wednesday I took the time to quilt and bind the 2nd of the pair of window coverings. I … Continue reading
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