knit, knit, knittery, knit

 I'm really having fun creating this blanket using sock yarn.  It's going to take me awhile but it's mindless knitting and perfect for sitting in front of the tv in the evenings. 

 

- Please check out this redwork block of the month that is starting HERE!  Block One is available HERE.

- If you like to dabble in watercolours, perhaps some of the ideas HERE might be of interest.

- THIS is a great use for a flannel shirt.

- Just look at what creative people can do with teabags (HERE)

Today's quote..."Every night we go to sleep without a guarantee of living tomorrow, yet we still set an alarm to wake up.  That is hope"

So you know what's happening now, don't you

 Yes, I've started another landscape (nothing new about that, is there).  It's #5 in the 'Him and Me' series I've been working on.  I don't know for sure, but at this moment I think it might be the last in the series.  

- Have a look at what THIS artist does - using clothespins!

- THIS looks like something that would be fun to experiment with.

- Amazing that someone thought to come up with THIS!

- And aren't THESE cute?  

Today's quote..."Kindness is loaning someone your strength instead of reminding them of their weakness"

Close enough

 Close counts, right?  The jacket is as done as I can get it for now because my stash let me down.  I know - horrors!!  I need four big dome fasteners (only have 2) and I was sure, in all the buttons I have, there would be four big red buttons.  Sadly no.  So, I'm calling the jacket done - until I can get to Fabricland to get what I need to totally finish it.  You'll have to use your imagination and pretend to see four large red buttons on the front where the pins are.

And....wonder of wonders!  It fits!!
(well, the sleeves and the body could have been
a wee bit longer, but it's okay)

- If you've discovered the many uses for beeswax wraps, perhaps you'd like to try making your own from the tutorial HERE.

- If we still had a garden I'd like THESE.

- Aren't THESE pretty?  I can think of lots of uses for them.

- Ummmmmm - WHY???

- Some of THESE are incredible!  

Today's quote..."Be nice to crafters.  We have enough creativity to make your death look like an accident and due to a lifetime of hot glue gun burns, we leave no fingerprints"

Almost

 There's almost a jacket - but not quite.  Another day should finish it so hopefully I'll have an updated photo for you next time.  In the meantime, the use-up-the-sock-yarn-stash project is growing but it's a slow slog.  I can usually manage two squares each evening but I'm refusing to sit and figure out how many I'll need to make a blanket large enough AND how long it's going to take.  At least the saving grace is that the squares are added as I go along so I won't have to sew them together afterwards - silver lining?

- THIS would be a great stash buster for yarn.

- I'm not about to make another jacket anytime soon, but THIS one did catch my eye (the Vibrant Sashiko Jacket that comes up first).

- Have a peek through the gallery of THIS artist!

- HERE is a cute little project.

- There's an interesting article HERE about pricing your handmade items.

Today's quote is from Tony Robbins..."Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly"

....and....now we have pieces!

 All of the denim 'blocks' have been quilted with red thread and the pieces for the jacket are cut out and ready to assemble.  There was JUST enough in the quilt flimsy to do the job...phew.

Picture shows the front and back pieces - sleeves look prety much the same.  

- Our boys used to play with THESE and now I'm wondering if they are coming back in vogue.  Might have to make some for our grandies if that's the case!

- With rhubarb being in season right now, THIS is a great project.

- THIS little guy is awww-worthy!

- There are tons of ideas HERE to use up that prolific rhubarb in your garden.

Today's quote is from Matt Haig...."Wherever you are, at any moment, try and find something beautiful.  A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm.  Beauty cleans the mind"

and we have a quilt...but wait!

Yes, there's a quilt top flimsy done using all the denim I cut up as you can see from this...

 But - sadly it doesn't seem to have made much of a dent in the container of denim.

And - since this picture was taken, I've chopped it up again (still befuddling the RC over why on earth I would want to do that).

- THIS might spark an idea about what to do with a paper road map.  Now we have GPS maps seem to be a thing of the past.

- I may have posted a link to something similar to THIS but it was a long time ago and so I thought a refresh might come in handy.

- I think THIS is rather awww-worthy.

- Wish I'd known about some of THESE ideas when my Dad was still with us.  He had THE biggest collection of rusty nails imaginable.

Today's quote..."The problem with crafting at 10:30 pm is that it comes exactly one minute before 2:30 am  if you're not careful"

Hack and cut - stitch and cut

 Remember the tangent I told you about last time?  Well I spent the better part of an entire day cutting up denim and then I started sewing it all back together again.  Next 'up' on my dance card?  Cutting it up again!  (pictures to come in my next post).

Sadly, I don't have any pictures for you this time, nor do I have but one link for you.  Being a social flutter-bye and a day away means no time for searching links out for you.  I'll try to do better next time!

- THIS is an important read - and something to take to heart.

And how about this, instead of a quote...