The Last Project of 2013?

This is felted wool applique. Pattern:  "Top of the Morning "#183", by Geoff's Mom Pattern Co.  Very cute, eh?  The polka dots are APPLIQUED.  I bought the kit at a quilt show in the fall. The felted wool is appliqued to a silk background. I added a linen backing. TaDa!!  21 x 44 inches.

A long quilting weekend

Julie's very pink quilt -- I have forgotten what kind of flowers those are.

We sewed our socks off over a long weekend at the lake.  Many pieces were finished or almost finished. 

Julie's applique project 

Sheila's paper piecing quilt

Julie's stars quilt -- 2 blocks

  

 Lisa completed fronts and backs for FOUR quilts this weekend!!  Wow! 

Lisa - Daniel's "little monkey" quilt for cabin bedroom

Lisa - The Very Bright Quilt for Noel's bed in the corner of the cabin bedroom -- look back in the blog -- this quilt has been featured on several occasions

Lisa - Wow. Another cabin quilt featuring a Laurel Burch print

Lisa - Quilt for Summer's bed at the cabin

slowly things get done

This is block number one of a quilt I'm making for my daughter -- Block #3 of Vintage Valentine by Verna Mosquera. It was designed to be done in shades of pink and off-white/tan, but MY daughter wants plumy purples and sagey greens . . . I think I started this in January?
On to block #6 (doing the vertical striped background ones first).

Moving on to MITTENS, but in the meantime, another hat

Knitted hat for Lisa - this is a much lighter weight yarn than the other two - knitted on Size 3 needles.

And yet another hat

Madeleine Tosh DK

Hat for Nora

Yet Another "Another Hat"

Lisa liked Nora's 'Another Hat' (see previous post), so I offered to make one for her. She gave me a ball of yarn that she brought home from England last year -- King Cole brand, Riot. This hat is knitted at a finer gauge, since the yarn is not as thick as the Malabrigo Rio.  It striped up beautifully, don't you think?

This was inspired by a hat in a book, but I have changed it enough that I think I could claim it was my own pattern. I added the earflaps, changed the geometry of the crown, and also changed the striped pattern.  The stripes are made with stockinette rows alternated with reverse stockinette rows, so the reverse stockinette rows stick out, making those ridged stripes.

I like it so well, I would like to make a sweater with this detail at the collar and cuffs. 

Another Hat

I think this yarn is just fabulous, but I wanted to experiment with a small project, so here is a hat. It is simple stockinette and reverse stockinette stitch. The pattern is modified from the Cosima pattern (pg. 122) in Hip Knit Hats: 40 fabulous designs, by Cathy Carron (2005). The yarn is Malabrigo Rios - worsted weight - color: Iris