Monday Making

I'm getting into a habit.

;)

Posting a Monday Making linky party the DAY BEFORE!

I don't know....

Guess I like being On TIME.

Early is even BETTER!

So friends...what are you making this week???

I'll be knitting.

I fell in love yesterday.

This yarn has EVERYTHING a quilter like me enjoys.

A lot of color....

and even some pattern!!!!

I bought only two skeins

and am DREAMING of owning every color available!!!

I told you.

I'm in LOVE.

Please don't judge.

Link up and let us know what YOU'RE BUSY  WITH this week!

;)

Little Knits

I've been making little things over here.

It's finally getting chilly 

and I can imagine MAYBE someone using

these little knits!

There are.....

Headbands for the girls.

Pattern is called "twistin the night away"

Free ravelry download.

I used different yarn....

Different sized needles.....

Different number of stitches.

:)

Hah!

I am SO not a pattern follower!

I always use them as a JUMPING off BOARD.

(Instead of chunky yarn I used worsted weight.

Instead of casting on 14. I cast on 22.

Instead of K2 P2...

I opted to K1, P1

Instead of casting ON stitches in the middle

I DIDn't cast on.)

See?  I tend to veer OFF the path.  LOL!

The gray one was my first attempt.

I changed the pattern a bit on the pink one

and like it better.

Watching someone make something like this on youtube

really helped me visualize the TWIST!

There are also Beanies for the boys.

Simple-simple pattern found in a knitting book...

One skein wonders

;)

I'm on the road to a homemade Christmas!

Yeah!

Paper piecing

I'm sewing with the "church ladies" tomorrow.

:)

Here's the sample block.

We'll be making a few quilts for High school graduates.

We do it EVERY year!

The block is simple.

Perfect for the newbie sewer.

8" square of phone book paper.

One square 2 1/2" or so placed in the corner.

I place mine slightly OFF the paper....

Just IN CASE it shifts in and doesn't cover the paper.

 

LOTS of strips of fabric.

LOTS of scraps....

added Half LOG cabin STYLE.

:)

 

I'm looking forward to a GREAT morning!!!

In OTHER  news....

One thing led to ANOTHER

and I found myself making another KNITTED cap this week.

 

I had the yarn.

My son has winter camp this weekend.

It HAD to be done!!!!

I finished it 1 hour before the kids left.

Whew!!!!

 

Things I learned while making my SECOND knitted project.

*using variegated yarn is helpful to the NEW knitter.
you can easily see the rows of stitches and figure out WHERE you ARE!

*Adult sized caps take quite a bit LONGER than baby caps.

*GOOD quality needles are SOoooo much better than the cheap ones.

They say.... QUALITY is the BEST value.

It's certainly true about knitting needles.

;)

 

Have a GREAT weekend!