Debbie Bliss Embroidered Kimono

Sorry, this is a repost from my regular blog so I can update this link to Ravelry... In future all fabric craft projects will be dumped on this blogsite.

Ok, here's knitted project 2 completed.  Thank you CANDY for adding the detail work and cleanup, it looks AWESOME! of course it helps there's such an adorable model posing....

 

 

First t-shirt quilt..

Well, I've been on a roll lately.  Must be the change to the management type job at work (which provides NO sense of self-accomplishment) which has caused me to be so ambitious on the homefront lately.  Exhibit A: here is the "running t-shirt" quilt I made w/shirts from college races.  It was pieced and pinned together so long ago that at least 1 of the pins had rusted!  i.e. an unfinished project that was at least 5 years in the making.  This past weekend I took a few hours to myself to quilt in the ditch around each shirt and add a binding, and I'm callin it good!

Finishing Touches

Back in August I started this super secret quilting project and after working on it for the better part of a day and experiencing some real highs from it, I was dealt a blow and sulkily packed it away, hoping I would feel inspired to work on it again someday. Fast forward two months and it was October and our quilt retreat was looming and I decided that not only was I going to dig it back out and work on it again, I was going to FINISH it.

Well, I finished it minus about 20 minutes worth of work that I did tonight... I'm so excited to say that it is done! I completed it over 4 days and 20 minutes tonight. And it's still super secret so this is only a special sneak preview and the rest will be revealed in a few weeks. But, I had to blog tonight because dang, it sure feels good to have another project finished. I just wanted to shout, YAY!

erin

Scarf

Okay... confession. This is the first scarf I've ever finished. I've started quite a few, but none were ever so quick and easy as this one.

Some time ago there was a yarn shop in Marion, IA, and it was going out of business. Friend Chrissy and I did our part to buy up some of the stock that was greatly discounted. This is a scarf from one of two balls of a delicious orange-y red (or reddish orange) yarn that is made in Granada. I would need a translator to tell you what it's made of though I have a good idea. (It's mostly synthetic...) It is amazingly soft and feels great against the skin.

Christmas present? Probably so. :)

Off to work on another two Christmas gifts (quilted) and then off to bed... it's been a fun night! :)

erin

Success!

It's amazing how much more quickly one can knit when using the correct size needles with the correct weight of yarn.  Here is Raven in her new and much more comfortable hat... this one only took about three or four hours to make.  Go, me!  :)

Sock buddy ... someday the sock will come?

Ok, I really really REALLY need to stop letting Bella look over my shoulder when skimming craft books for ideas/inspiration.  She invariably hones in on an item that I absolutely MUST MAKE HER TODAY!  Here is a case where I actually managed to complete the item she wanted so badly, since it measures a whopping 3 inches.  Found it in Knitted Socks by Anna Tillman.  No brown yarn, so we have a blue sock buddy (and of course Bella wants the matching one done tomorrow and oh a set for Ivy... and...)