Plaids and Stripes

The plaid squares were salvaged from a quilt top found in my grandmother's things.They were in a random setting. I picked out enough to make this little nine-patch, filling in with new reproduction fabrics. Since it is December 31st, I suspect this will be my last quilt finished in 2012.

(Interesting that the backgrounds are all beige and brown, but came through as blue in the photo!)

Pincushions

Two embroidered pincushions with motifs from Calendula Patterdrips Cottage, a pattern from Crabapple Hill Studios.

Green Lace Shawl

This one is being back-posted. I finished it, a long last, between Christmas and New Year's. It is from a pattern in Victorian Lace Today, by Jane Sowerby. I think I have had the yarn for about five years, and I think it took me most of 2012 to knit. I am very, very happy to be finished with it.

I think that I have the urge to knit with laceweight yarn out of my system for a few months.  Knitting the leaf border around the edge - a 12 stitch border - became very boring after about the 60th repeat.

It is 21" x 76". I couldn't find a model to show it off, so I have doubled it and hung it over the back of a chair for this photo.

Mittens complete !

These are from the Woodland Mittens from Knit Picks. There were patterns for six pairs of mittens in the kit -- this pair is NOVEMBER.

Another beaded scarf

I love these scarves. They don't take terribly long to knit and they always turn out pretty.

One mitten finished!

Left mitten is complete. Even the thumb. Remaining : right thumb, snipping all the thread ends and, of course,  blocking. Will I have to block them on my hands?

Machine Quilting

About halfway through quilting this twin sized quilt. Maybe I will get it finished over the holiday weekend.