Category: Toby

Tuesday Project Roundup: Piles Of Projects

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Which pile should I start with? The pile of quilt fabrics?
Turning this into a quilt shouldn’t be too daunting, because the final product will consist of just long columns of these fabrics, like this or this. I just need to get started. (I decided against making a doll quilt to practice, because most of my motivation on a project comes from anticipating the final result, and, well, Toby already got his new rug.)

This pile of yarn will be that owl sweater I’ve been talking about since November:

And then there’s this pile, which is the sweater I’ve been working on for ten weeks now. It will look like this someday…

Maybe I can blame Toby for impeding progress. I had to snatch the pieces from the jaws of death right after I took this.

Tuesday Project Roundup: The Vacation Projects

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I didn’t get as much knitting finished as I’d hoped during my time off after Christmas but the new sewing machine certainly helped me get some projects done.

I finished this tunic pattern from the 70’s in gray corduroy. It looks medieval to me, but Mr. Isbell said that I looked like an elf from Lord of the Rings and my mother mentioned Star Wars. I think those were all compliments, though.

Here, I just look like a cat wrangler. (It’s really tricky to get a picture of gray corduroy in a dark apartment at dusk. This was the best one.)

I was able to start and almost finish another blouse, using all the seam finishes and bell and whistles on the new Bernina. This one has already prompted Mr. Isbell to say, “The collar is like a Star Trek villain’s,” but I like it. It just needs buttonholes and a hem.
I’ll try to have a (better-lit) modeled shot next week. Maybe there will be some knitting, too!

It’s Monday

Karen

And if you’re home on vacation, you can just do this:

Notice there’s still a blog here? That’s good! But it still looks the same–I figured out how to make the change but still need some more info to do it. So we’re waiting on that. NEXT week it will be all new and improved.

Tuesday Project Roundup:

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I haven’t mentioned yet that I have this week off, which means this pile of materials will probably be at least half finished by this time next week: The floral in the middle is the stuff from Japan, obviously not stuck in customs. And see that yarn? I couldn’t decide which blue to order for the pullover sweater, so I changed projects completely. Now I will have a nice neutral cardigan that matches what I’ll make out of the fabric.

Toby approves of my staying home this week.