Catching Up
Apologies for the length of this post, it's a catch up of everything I've been working on since October.
First up is Anniversary Roses by Forget Me Nots in Stitches, I took this to the retreat to stitch when I wasn't working on Tend thy Sheep. I was thinking that I could get a fair chunk stitched but then I realised that the band I started was one of those fiendishly complicated ones that Lauren does so well (there was unfortunately also a fair bit of frogging)
Anniversary Roses by Forget Me Nots in Stitches copyright 2009
using the silks and fabrics provided
One wip that I have been working on here and there is Just Nan's 20 Flowers, this is my go to project for when I'm too tired to work on one of my larger projects and am now at the half way point on this one.
20 Flowers by Just Nan copyright 2004
stitched with the kit materials
The project that I'm shooting for finishing this year is The Drawn Thread's Sunflower Bellpull. I'm now down to the last part of the stitching but I've put it down for the present as I need to stitch the children's ornaments.
Sunflower bellpull by The Drawn Thread copyright 2000
stitched using the recommended threads and fabric
And now a finish! I completed the socks I was knitting for Rosie this week.
Basic top down children's socks knit in UK Alpaca Sock yarn in Moss
I completed the knitting on the Ishbel just before I went to the retreat but haven't yet managed to block it so no photo's yet. Maybe next week! My new project on the needles is a Pembroke Vest for Christopher, this is the back I'm about to start shaping the shoulders.
Pembroke vest by Kirsten Kapur
knit in King Cole Merino blend DK
And of course now Rosie is in school I had to make her a costume for her nativity play. Rosie was a snowflake which stumped me for a while. However we eventually came up with something that worked. I made her a small tutu based on the instructions on Simple Kids and then Rosie & I decorated a white t-shirt with glittery fabric paint.
First up is Anniversary Roses by Forget Me Nots in Stitches, I took this to the retreat to stitch when I wasn't working on Tend thy Sheep. I was thinking that I could get a fair chunk stitched but then I realised that the band I started was one of those fiendishly complicated ones that Lauren does so well (there was unfortunately also a fair bit of frogging)
Anniversary Roses by Forget Me Nots in Stitches copyright 2009
using the silks and fabrics provided
One wip that I have been working on here and there is Just Nan's 20 Flowers, this is my go to project for when I'm too tired to work on one of my larger projects and am now at the half way point on this one.
20 Flowers by Just Nan copyright 2004
stitched with the kit materials
The project that I'm shooting for finishing this year is The Drawn Thread's Sunflower Bellpull. I'm now down to the last part of the stitching but I've put it down for the present as I need to stitch the children's ornaments.
Sunflower bellpull by The Drawn Thread copyright 2000
stitched using the recommended threads and fabric
And now a finish! I completed the socks I was knitting for Rosie this week.
Basic top down children's socks knit in UK Alpaca Sock yarn in Moss
I completed the knitting on the Ishbel just before I went to the retreat but haven't yet managed to block it so no photo's yet. Maybe next week! My new project on the needles is a Pembroke Vest for Christopher, this is the back I'm about to start shaping the shoulders.
Pembroke vest by Kirsten Kapur
knit in King Cole Merino blend DK
And of course now Rosie is in school I had to make her a costume for her nativity play. Rosie was a snowflake which stumped me for a while. However we eventually came up with something that worked. I made her a small tutu based on the instructions on Simple Kids and then Rosie & I decorated a white t-shirt with glittery fabric paint.
Thank you all very much if you've stuck with me till now, I'm cautiously optimistic that I can go back to more regular updates from here in.
Comments
-Jen
Bobbi
And all your WIP´s...love every single one of them, especially the LS piece :)
I think so many of understand sporatic posts...life sometimes is so busy.
Rosie is growing up fast! Love her socks.
Have a wonderful Christmas:)
Rosie is adorable! I hope her ear infections are all over now - they can be so painful.
More lovely stitching projects. Love the Just Nan - well, all of them really.
You are making me want to work on some bigger, more worthwhile pieces.
I am sick of Christmas ornaments!
Margaret