Monthly Archives: October 2014
Knitter’s gifts body done
It rained nearly all day today. That’s good, the earth is dry so needs some water. The forecast is the same for the next 10 days; that should take care of filling our pond. It’s a good day to bake, but this body doesn’t need extra goodies.
Rain like this makes for a great day to enjoy a fire and that’s exactly what we did. I did some knitting on the little sweater, but didn’t get enough to show. Even Kiwi was enjoying the added warmth.
So I came to the sewing studio and finished the body of “Knitter’s Gifts” by Denise Russart. She creates such fun patterns. Next month she will tell us how to do the fancy borders.
New purple baby sweater
The first sweater used less than half the skein, so what’s a person to do after they have finished shopping? Knit of course. This is how much of it is knit. It still needs sleeves and a hood if enough yarn.
More knitter’s gifts
Perhaps it’s time I start making real “knitter’s gifts” instead of just a quilt about them. However, the blocks are now all sewn, but still need to be put together (on another day) .
I know I could use a larger board, but will be happy with this one now. I just needed to crowd the blocks a bit.
A knitters gifts = mittens
I put these pieces back up on the board and plan to finish except for the borders this week. The borders are for November’s bom.
Then after researching more ancestry, I pulled myself away long enough to do another block. These are bigger and have more curves, so they take a bit longer. This is the first of four, I’m planning for this week
Little sweater finished
It’s all finished in size 12 months and I still have more than half a skein left. The question is: Shall I make another sweater or something different
Sabbath day’s rest
The day started out a bit rainy this morning so we decided a fire would be a good thing. We had breakfast and then enjoyed the fire while we rested and read. Then the sun came out for a bit, but it was still cool. It was a great day for resting and reading and eating.
Here the animals are all waiting for me to get down there and let them into their night abodes. I think they knew winds and rain were just around the corner. The chickens, ducks and geese are put in first.
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Then it’s time for the sheep. See , all but one has a fabric winter coat to keep the hay out of their coats. I still need to order for the one missing a coat. Because the wool continues to grow, each will need a larger coat every 3 months or so.
And last of all the alpacas are given a bit of grain in their building where they like to stay out of the rain, but with the doors open.
See how these chickens blend with the fallen maple leaves
and look again at how much the bantam baby has grown in a couple months
Native American dress
Here’s is a darling Native American princess dress that Tee from Heart n Sole digitized. I found the scepter and tiara at the Dollar Stores Hopefully I’ll be making her a pair of boots.
Purple baby sweater + pillowcases
I’ve finished the baby sweater up to the hood and I think I have that figured out. I have picked up the stitches for the neck and will work on it this weekend.
These 2 pillowcases are for a sports loving person.
