Good morning Slow Sunday Stitchers.
This week was decent for crafting. The first sock now has half of its foot. You can see in this picture all four of the yarns going into the knitting. The yarn management on this is kind of crazy. I'll have to take a shot of the 'bucket of duress' that I use to keep it from all knotting up. Having to be so careful of the yarns makes it slow going.
And I also made good progress on the hexagon set. All the paper pieces were prepped by midweek
And I actually have most of the set whip stitched together.
This is the last set of the reproduction pinks that I need for my proposed block layout on "Aunt Lottie's Garden". Next there will be applique for 30 blocks, then applique borders.
But the biggest win for the week was my needlework piece. It was small, so the stitching went fast and I'm happy to report it is done!
AND it is even finishing finished!!!!
All in all, I'm happy where my week ended slow stitching wise.
On the needlework front, there is more finishing work coming up this afternoon. There was one of the three projects at Silver Needle Camp where I got the stitching done at camp, but the finishing was not completed. There's really not much left to do. Remaining - the cording and embellishment on a 'faux package' box - like a cube finish, but only one side of needlework. Should not take very long (I hope).
Go see what's going on with the rest of the Slow Sunday Stitching crew over on Kathy's blog. Here is this week's link up party.
This week was decent for crafting. The first sock now has half of its foot. You can see in this picture all four of the yarns going into the knitting. The yarn management on this is kind of crazy. I'll have to take a shot of the 'bucket of duress' that I use to keep it from all knotting up. Having to be so careful of the yarns makes it slow going.
And I also made good progress on the hexagon set. All the paper pieces were prepped by midweek
But the biggest win for the week was my needlework piece. It was small, so the stitching went fast and I'm happy to report it is done!
On the needlework front, there is more finishing work coming up this afternoon. There was one of the three projects at Silver Needle Camp where I got the stitching done at camp, but the finishing was not completed. There's really not much left to do. Remaining - the cording and embellishment on a 'faux package' box - like a cube finish, but only one side of needlework. Should not take very long (I hope).
Go see what's going on with the rest of the Slow Sunday Stitching crew over on Kathy's blog. Here is this week's link up party.
I love the print fabric in your hexies. The solid pink is the perfect complement. Your little stitching project is sweet. Your knitting gives me the willies. I haven't made any socks yet and the thought of juggling four yarns is scary. They are pretty though.
ReplyDeleteSocks can be intimidating, but if you can knit in the round on four needle or magic loop, you can do it. I recommend starting with worsted and needles a couple sizes smaller than you'd normally use for that weight and a good basic pattern. I love "knit to fit socks"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nl7-knit-to-fit-socks
Or Nancy Bush's book "Folk Socks" has a great basic pattern. If you can learn to knit socks with figuring out your numbers, you can do almost any pattern. I have big, wide feet for a woman and learned early on how to modify patterns to get a pair I can wear. Ping me on Ravelry if you run into issues. (You are on Ravelry? If not, sign up, it's a knitter's playground!)