I have a new knitting project on the needles.
I’ll be honest, this wasn’t the first pattern I wanted to use. Problem is, there was another designer, I love her work, but she only sells on Ravelry. I will never use Ravelry again. I was one of the early users, but with the recent attack on free speech over there. I deleted my account and will never buy a pattern there again. The online knitting world has gone crazy – they are attacking and destroying people because the cancel culture is going off the deep end. Unfortunately this is happening in the modern quilt world as well. Guess what, these crafts existed long before cancel culture and they will outlast them. It’s not the internet that is the problem, it’s a certain set of people who use the internet for evil.
So I found this pattern online, I was surprised that it is free. I would have happily paid for it.
I’m knitting away, using my lovely yarn bowl. I will not be changing colors. Also, I think the designer probably used sock weight yarn and I am using lace weight. So I am modifying the pattern. I probably could have designed something myself, but I’m lazy when it comes to knitting patterns. I like to start somewhere, even if I am modifying a lot.
I do love the subtlety of this yarn. I enjoy knitting with it and I know I’ll love the shawl.
More handwork. I’m back to working on my ‘modified Baltimore album’. I really love hand appliqué.
Flipping the block over to make sure there is balance from all directions. I started with a very balanced pattern and it’s getting a little freer as I go along. Some of the blocks will be very structured, others like this, won’t. I still think I want a large block with a boat in it somewhere.
I am still not a huge fan of Judy Niemeyer. Except, I fell in love with this pattern. It is out of the box for her and it uses jelly rolls, which means not a lot of wasted fabric. Of course, this one has been out of print for a while. I finally wised up and looked for it on Etsy. There was a seller in Kentucky!! She no longer does complex quilting patterns. This was the only one I saw and I grabbed it! No, this isn’t my next project, but one of these days I will make it.
Out walking and finding the beautiful flowers of fall.
I love it when cacti bloom.
This is weird, why did someone paint this blue?? No, this cacti does not come in this color, it’s not that this color isn’t found naturally in nature, it is, but not on this plant.
Here we have an even deeper blue purple on a morning glory. Nature provides us with plenty of color!
It was a tough week for these guys. Nothing out of the ordinary, just life with babies.
So by Friday, when I was babysitting for this beauty, Dad forgot to bring some things, like a change of clothing. Which gave me the opportunity to spend way too much money on this cute outfit. The joys of being a grandma, I can buy expensive items for her – because I can.
In thanks for the extra help this week, my boys gave me flowers, ah they know me well!
Leah