Monthly Archives: November 2009

Patchwork Cards

I’ve been working on patchwork cards …

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I foundation piece the cards using my embroidery machine – I’m happy to share the designs.

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Free Range Knitter – Stephanie Pearl – McPhee

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I thought this book was hilarious – I can particularly sympathise with the challenging child stories. It motivated me enough to pick up my knitting needles again – not with much success.

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Knitting Disasters!

I started knitting this blanket …

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From here. I wasn’t doing too badly – about 30 rows in – when disaster! On one row the pattern was out by two stitches! I tried to undo it to just below the mistake, but even more of a disaster, so the whole thing is unravelled and I’m wondering what to do next.

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More Quilting

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Back to working on my Mod 9 quilt. I’m about three quarters of the way through the quilting. I ran out of cotton thread…

I find the quilting quite physically demanding – I can only do about half an hour at a time.

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