First of all, thank you to all those who checked out my landscape half-price sale, those who enquired, and those who purchased. Your interest is much appreciated!
The unpicking is over (and my fingers are most grateful for that!). This is the end result for the sky area of the landscape...
Next up for my evening project is to make THIS. I'm using yarn I have in my stash so it will be black which isn't the easiest to crochet with but I will persevere. It's not a thing of beauty but it's going to keep my arthritic shoulder warm I think.
- HERE is a handy bag that you might find yourself needing to make.
- THIS is a great use for yarn 'bits' you might have. I think it would be a good way to keep using up the bits as you create them so that you end up with a blanket without having to spend hours making it. The time would be the same but spread out would make it feel like less!
- I thought THIS post was a worth-while read and certainly something to keep in mind during these uncertain times. I think there's more on her blog that is worth investigating too.
The sky looks wonderful. Your work was worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'd been wanting to try some more sashiko and it seemed to suit the sky in this one, particularly when I unearthed some variagated pearl cotton in my stash (which, if memory served me right, came originally from my grandmother and so that would make it at least 60 years old).
DeleteI'm glad your sale went well. And your current work seems to be booming along, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad too. Now I can justify making more!!
DeleteI'm sorry I missed your sale. My life has been super busy with grandchildren. Love the prayer.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly are forgiven - you have lots of grandies to cuddle and enjoy and they're far more important!
DeleteWinter storms coming to that landscape? I think of the book If You're Not From the Prairie by David Bouchard.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's definitely winter (both in the landscape and outside!). Will check into that book, thank you.
DeleteGorgeous stitching on the sky. Let me know how you like the shrug as I have that pattern as well.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Thanks Jackie! As for the shrug, it's going to be awhile in the making because it's rather boring with row after row of sc's.
DeleteMaking great strides on your new project! And that bag design gets a big thumbs-up from me - I love a bag that opens right up so I can see everything that's in it! I don't think I have the skills to make one (yet?) but I'm bookmarking the project just in case :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I like a bag that opens up too, rather than those that I call 'drops and hunts' (you drop it in and then have to hunt for it).
Deleteoooo!!! this might be my favorite of your skies - i thought that the hexie sky was awesome, but THIS one is even awesomer (it's not a word yet - but it SHOULD be) ... waste canvas is brutal on the hands - i swore off it after Melissa's 4th birthday (she's 38 now) when i cross stitched a Previous Moments design on her little pink sweatshirt - but your sky has me rethinking...
ReplyDeletehmmm...
Yes, you're right to think that waste canvas can be brutal but I haven't found anything else that works as well for what I'm aiming for. This sky is using a piece of the shaving cream fabric I dyed.
Deleteand that should be Precious Moments, not 'previous' - stupid autocorrect
DeleteHAh - my brain auto-corrected it automatically!
DeleteHello MA: Lovely Prayer thank-you.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the progress on the quilt.
Looking forward to seeing the progress on your shrug.
Thank-you for the fun links.
Catherine❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That prayer spoke volumes so I had to share.
DeleteShrug progress is slow because it's all single crochet so it will be awhile before I have much to show.
Friends south of the border don’t like what’s happening and totally support our neighbors north❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you - it's much appreciated! And I know Canadians are supporting those in the US who have no use for the current orange dictator as well. We're in this together.
DeleteI'm that age with bad shoulders that have a hard time putting on a coat. My family started giving me wraps and I realized that was my answer in place of a coat. So, now I have several along with shawls and large scarves. I don't have a shrug, but this one looks very doable. Thanks so much for sharing it. I agree black fiber and fabric are really hard to see.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't the first hard time I've lived through. Each time, I've realized my Grandparents and parents actually taught me a lot of WW2 and Depression skills that I'm glad are habits for me.
I've developed a sore shoulder too and I think a shrug will come in handy and not get in my way like a shawl would. That's my thinking and we'll see in the doing.
DeleteAnd yes, I suspect that much of what our parents and grandparents did during the depression will be skills we need to learn.
Not good to have sore fingers from all that unpicking... the things we do - the outcome was beautiful though! Love that prayer, very timely xx
ReplyDeleteI'm getting used to sore fingers and now my shoulder is acting up too. This getting older isn't for the faint of heart!
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