Saturday, December 30, 2017

One final post for 2017...

Hello!  Remember me?  It's been a while - between a crazy amount of knitting that I committed to doing, and my sewing machine dying, I haven't done much sewing in the past 2 months - and no blog posts is the result.
But, the good news is, hubby bought me a new sewing machine for Christmas!  Also, most of the knitting is done too - so hopefully, there will be more blog posts in the new year.
So, what have I been knitting?  Prayer shawls, baby sweaters, and a few toys for my grandsons...  (they aren't finished, so I can't share them yet).  The prayer shawls though - have a look:
 This one is made with a medium brown worsted weight yarn combined with a sport weight white variegated with red and dark green spots - one row is knit, and the other row is k1, p1 across the row.
This shawl is made with a blue / green / beige variegated worsted weight yarn combined with a Bernat Pop! ball that had several shades of green / aqua.  It's done with a simple k2, p1 stitch across the row - EVERY row.  Both were done on 8 mm needles.
I've also knit a few Tenderheart sweaters from Tincanknits for baby gifts - and I've already shared those finishes - but they released a new pattern (Dogstar) this past fall, and I had to try one of them!  I've shared a few "in progress" pictures of that sweater, and finally can share the completed photo: 

It's been gifted to my daughter's friend's little girl.
And now, the really exciting news - I've signed up to do a mystery quilt on New Year's day!  It's through Merry Mayhem - it sounds really fun.  These are my fabrics - and the fun starts Monday morning at 11.  You'll have to check back in a few days to see what I've done with them!
 
I appreciate your patience as I got my "stuff" sorted out!  I'm hoping to find a better balance of projects (and commitments!) in the new year.
Psst!  Did I tell you that 2 of our neighbours are expecting babies?....  Here we go again!