I've been working on...
I also started another double-yarn guy's cap. This is on a 36-peg loom using flecked gray and navy blue yarns.
The best part of this week was when my friend Jody sent me pictures of her grandies wearing caps I'd knitted and given to her to give to them!
A Little of This
Cutting more strips, as many as possible, from scraps in my bin, to make 19 more Diagonal Scrap Quilt blocks.
Cutting and piecing scrappy squares and rectangles to make these 12" blocks for our Big Cypress Quilter's quilt-along. I sewed these three blocks while at Big Cypress Quilters on Tuesday.
I used my very portable, less-than-five-pound (weight) Janome Derby sewing machine. I bought it in June 2015 from MassDrop, an online shop that - at the time - sold sewing-related items, including fabric, at bulk rates. I think I paid about $55 for this machine. It's sold now for more than twice the price.
A Little of That
For the first time, I'm making a "flat" item on a round loom - a shawl scarf. I'm using a 41-peg loom to knit around, stopping one peg short of making a circle, and then reversing direction. This is the YouTube tutorial I'm following. I like knitting with this very pale pink, super-soft yarn.
This handsome guy is wearing a red knitted cap that came off my loom a couple weeks ago.
This precious girl is wearing a cap that came off my loom about four weeks ago. It's beige and pastel rainbow yarns knitted together.
Adorable children, aren't they?! I am so grateful for the photos Jody shared, and is allowing me to share with you. She also shared a precious comment from her grandson.
The two of them were trying to throw a Frisbee back and forth, and neither one of them could catch it.
He said,
"Wait a minute, Gramma. Let me put on my new hat. This is going to be my lucky hat!"
I love it! These are the pictures and stories that make gift-giving so easy, and rewarding. Thank you for sharing the love, my friend!
Here at home, even though we're in a drought, Florida blooms are abundant. These are some of the colors in front of our house.
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Princess Plant |
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Fire Bush |
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Alamanda |
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Plumbago |
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Wishbone |
I hope you're enjoying creating, and seeing some colorful spring blooms too. Linda