Monthly Archives: December 2015

2015
12/31

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Knitting
Life

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Goodbye 2015

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It’s been a good year here, with many things accomplished   You have spurred me on, especially on those days, I wasn’t really wanting to do anything.   THANK YOU!   I hope that in some way this blog has been a blessing to you.  I’m always open to what you would like to see or about which you’d like to learn.   It has been a year filled with quilts and some knitting.   I’d like to expand in other directions this year as well as continue.  And I would love it if you would like to join in.  As well, your comments are blog life blood.

Meanwhile, I’ve started a knitting project this afternoon.   It is very simple.  It uses #2 needles with 64 stitches.  After the k2,p2 ribbing is done, I’m just continuing but every third row is a K2 tog, yarn over, p2.   Simple, but I wanted these to be just a bit different from the plain ones. I get bored doing the plain ones, but sometimes, don’t know what to do with self striping yarn.

For those of you still looking for a good devotional.   We listened to the Daily Audio Bible (DAB) on our phones or computer each day.   It is incredible what you hear when you listen to someone else reading through the Bible.  Though I’ve read and studied the Bible, there were still parts that I didn’t hear the first time, or had forgotten.  We are repeating the program again this year.

 

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2016 Goals revisited

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Quilting ufos to be completed and what needs to be done  The goal is to finish one per month

  1. Circus    due 1/15               appliques cut n sewn,  assembling, quilting
  2. tumbling blocks – blue     quilting
  3. baby block – black             quilting
  4. turtles                                  quilting
  5. heirloom                             quilting
  6. fishing    due 8/1               appliques cut and sewn  assembling,s quilting
  7. storm at sea                       quilting
  8. tell it to the stars              borders.    quilting
  9. mittens                               1 block, borders, quilting
  10. BH king size quilt             skirting, quilting
  11. sunbonnets                        quilting
  12. sunbonnets 2                     assembling, quilting

New quilts I want to make:

  1. http://twosistersandaquilt.com/  These are snowman Block of month
  2. http://www.seamstobesew.com/polls-fixed-and-new-previews-of-sue-and-sam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seamstobesew%2FUceh+%28Seams+To+Be+Sew+News%29    another sunbonnet quilt Block of the month
  3. 2 “warm wishes” quilts for charity   on line pattern
  4. shop hop tote that I acquired the kit for in 2005
  5. child’s teddy bear with piping  pattern
  6. “Frost’s alter ego”” pattern
  7. “Gift wrap”  pattern
  8. “rob Peter to pay Paul’   GO cutter
  9. “drunkards path”  GO cutter
  10. an owl quilt   GO cutter
  11. choose a book and make a quilt from it
  12. “twinkle little tree” pattern

That should handle the quilting,     I have spoken for the Cormo sheep, not sure yet how many, 6-10

For sewing the plan is 2 doll dresses per month, plus we need placemats for 10 months and I like a set of 4. My goal is to make them one month ahead of need.  So I will start these in February   I  plan to make a couple “Bendy Bags” and “run around  bags” as well as a bolts worth (about 130) of purple baby hats for the hospital.  Then there is a request for the microwave bowl holder for gifts.

I am doing the yahoo groups knit along wash cloth which is monthly.   They offer 2, but I’ll be happy to get one done each month.   I also have enough yarn to do at least 10 pair of socks.  If I can squeak them in here, I’d like to do a couple crocheted baby blankets as well.

So these are my 2016 craft goals.    What are yours?   I’d love to hear them.

 

 

 

2015
12/29

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Life

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2016 goals

I seem to be having trouble deciding exactly what my goals should be.   Perhaps that is because they still aren’t the right ones.   I  know that I want to be more relaxed and spend more time outdoors this year.   I have many more projects on my lists than I could do in 2-3 years, so I still need to go through and decide which will be the most important.   This is where I am right now:

  1. Do 3 block of the month flimsies.

  2. Finish 2 quilts a month (1/2 of what I did last year)

  3. Knit 12 projects (socks/blankets) this year + 12 washcloths

  4. Embroider 12 projects this year

  5. Sew 36 projects this year  which includes placemats and doll clothes

  6. Work to get the gardening  producing 12 months a year – add heat and fans.

  7. Set up a schedule for garden rotation and actually work it.

  8. Add 5-10 sheep and find an outlet for the fiber

  9. Learn to use the Scan N Cut

  10. Lose 2# a month

I will work on modifying this to be more specific tomorrow.   I would love to see what some of your goals are for this coming year.   Please share

2015
12/28

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Knitting
Life

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Week end blues cloth

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I’m letting this time between Christmas and New Years be mostly a time to rest.  Since I’m having a hard time getting geared up to put my goals and calendar in order for 2016, it must be that I need this.   Today, I did go to the gym and finished this little wash cloth, which I love because it is soft and squishy.

I also used some time to talk to the Vitamix people.   The first one we had for 18 years before I burned out the motor.  This one we have had 6 months.   So they are paying shipping both ways and repairing it, which is nice.   It’s just hard living without it, since we use it at least once daily and often multiple times..    I’m also sending the “18 year” one to them.  They have agreed to repair that for a small fee so that when one has problems in the future, we will have a back up.

2015
12/27

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Life

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Beginning downsizing

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It seems every year I start to downsize and somewhere in the year I trip and more things come in.  Today, I started in my closet and pulled out about 1/4 of the clothes.   Some were gifts that I’d never worn as they were a bit more office like, others were on the very worn side.   No, I don’t need to go shopping as there are still plenty of clothes in there at least until summer.   This photo is of 3 of the bags.  I think there is at least one more.

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 Then I went to the laundry room and found these in a drawer.   These are from mom’s place and I have no idea how old they are.   I haven’t used them, but there is a home for them.  So they will leave.    That was about all the energy I had for today’s downsizing, but there will be more as I have promised myself 5%.   Do you think I will even notice 5%?   Well, I will continue at a slow pace until I have gone through the rooms.  But I will do it at leisure.

2015
12/25

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Life

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Christmas Day 2015

IMG_3724Just a few photos to share our family Christmas with you .    We had a potluck (dishes agreed to ahead of time) and just enjoyed each others company.   Below are some of today’s photos with one having some 60-year-old albums being returned to my DH along with a new phonograph.IMG_3733

 

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2015
12/24

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Life

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

Our wish for you is a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS

  Because God so loved.  we have this holy day

2015
12/23

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Knitting

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Yarn bonanza

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After gym this morning, my friend, Mary, came over with boxes and bags of yarn that had been given her from an estate.   It was very unorganized.

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There were started projects, lots of yarn with small cuts and even some skeins not yet touched – a real variety!

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We spent the afternoon untangling and rewinding yarn, put some of the finished articles in a “street people” pile.   Some of the started projects and yarns we didn’t feel we would use into a Goodwill box.   Then there was one box of baby and coned yarn we will use to learn how to use a knitting machine. That  left her with 3 boxes of hand knit/crochet yarns, many of  were white 4 ply and eventually will be used in projects.   And there was one box of sewing supplies,   fabric, and knitting needles.     It was fun working together to sort through this unruly mess.

 

2015
12/22

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Knitting
Life
Shopping
spinning

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A better day

IMG_3710This is yummy yarn to spin.   It has some angora (rabbit) that makes it so very soft.

After some spinning we went to the sewing store and purchased a couple gift cards this morning since they were offering a $50 card for $40.    Then off to lunch at the Rio Blanco for a nice Mexican lunch.

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This dishcloth pattern is called “Weekend blues” by Janet Nogle.   I am at the half way mark using a Bernat cotton.   Maybe it will get finished tomorrow,  but then  we have gym in the morning and company in the afternoon.   I think for the next week or so, I’ll stay with some easier projects.

 

2015
12/21

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Knitting

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Try, try again

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I have the yarn and thought this was a cute pattern – which was before I looked at the chart.   Ok, I’m not an advanced knitter and don’t do charts.  But I can read and thought, “How hard can this be?”  Knitting is knitting

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This is how the chart and explanation look.

IMG_3707And after 9 long rows, this is what mine looks like.   Something appears to be wrong, so another day, I will frog this and try again.