I am still working (monogamously) on my Moderne Log Cabin – two more squares and the border to go after this one.
I have joined the Bluestocking club at KDD and I am very keen to get started on the first pair of socks. Socks and 18th century women – two of my great interests!
My inkle loom arrived today too – although it does require some assembly.
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Progress is slow and I seem to spend a lot of time unpicking. I should have gridded the fabric.
The pattern is from Satsuma Street, and I am using DMC threads and a 25 count linen (two over two).
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This is a great TV watching project; I can even watch shows with subtitles.
I am finding picking up the stitches is slow (I might need pointier needles), but the rest of the time it is very meditative.
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I’m back onto my sampler quilt (started in 2013!). I am joining the blocks now (using multiple zig-zag stitch). Once all of the blocks are joined, I will make bias binding strips and cover the stitching.
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I am still working on my Moderne Log Cabin.
I am watching Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s Best Practices series on Patreon. Definitely worth it, I have learnt heaps.
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I am still working on my Halloween Cat – progress is slow, but enjoyable.
I have been listening to An offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (the Audible version) while stitching.
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Progress is slow, but steady on my Moderne Log Cabin.
I have finished watching Schitt’s Creek and both seasons of Derry Girls and am now watching Dickinson.
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I have taken to buying yarn whenever we go on holiday.
I bought this one from Text and Co – a yarn and book store, what a perfect combination!
It’s Cowgirlblues Merino Twist (in the shorebreak colourway). I bought two skeins because each one is only 300m (instead of the normal 400 for socks), but I suspect I only needed one.
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I have been (unusually) a monogamous knitter. I started working on this blanket in early December and apart from a brief flirtation with my November sock (while I was on Rottnest Island) I have knitted only this.
This is all garter stitch and it is easy to get into a lovely rhythm and just want to do ‘one more row’.
I have been watching television series
I have also been listening to podcasts. My current favourite is Cast On by Brenda Dayne. She has a lovely voice. Her podcast is about all sorts of creative endeavours.
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I wanted to make something that my girls could keep to remember me by if the worse happens. I decided on the Moderne Log Cabin from the Mason Dixon knitting book. I am using shades of blue and cream from Bendigo Woollen Mills – it is the classic 8ply (I wanted something that could be machine washed).
I am using 4mm needles (an addi circular one).
I picked the stitches up on the edge using the Yarn Harlot’s tutorial – I did knit into the back of each stitch once I had picked them all up.
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