Archive for November 13th, 2006

Nov 13

Mitten Report

Well, I have a pair of mittens. Definitely fraternal twins, but that was to be expected with the random-coloured roving (and three different lots of it)! One (the newest) is also much, much fatter than the one I made in February. I think with a bit of wear, that one will un-puff. It may also be that i’ve had the other one for almost a year, and have been trying it on and all that. I hoping.

Oh well, I live somewhere cold now, they’re not for pretty, they’re for warm. :)

Pictures to come…. sometime with it is light out, and the boyfriend is home. Can’t take pictures with these on! Can’t even use the timer, because they’re like wearing (tight) oven mits. I’m sure I could bash the top of the camera until I managed to hit the button, but that’s just tedious. And with the amount of puff, I’m not sure even bashing it would have any effect.

What’s exciting is that I have a good amount of the third lot of roving left (I would be scared if I didn’t…) for felted Christmas ornaments! I’m also taking a spinning class this coming weekend, so I’ll either have more roving to turn in to balls, or I’ll spin this leftover mitten stuff. eee. I really shouldn’t even be testing out another hobby. I’ll get obsessed, I know I will.

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Nov 13

Spellbinding Quilts

I got some quilt books out of the library today. Just what I don’t need, another hobby.
I finished the top of my mitten yesterday evening, and if I stop procrastinating and fold this laundry soon, I may finish the thumb tonight. I didn’t finish yesterday, because I baked bananananana bread, and then cinnamon buns. Yummm.
The books I borrowed were Quilting for Dummies and Modern Quilt Workshop. I love all the patterns in that book, and can’t wait to start. My small, tiny really, problem is that I don’t know how to use my sewing machine. I have used sewing machines in the past, but haven’t in years, and even then, it was reluctantly.

spellbindingq.jpg The book link I want to leave with you today is Spellbinding Quilts
Harry Potter in quilt form. There’s wizards (all bearded though, no little boys), dragons, castles, centaurs, owls, a sphinx, giants/trolls, you name it. So incredibly enchanting, they certainly cast a spell over me. It’s a rather dangerous spell, it’s making me think I can do it. I don’t know how to sew, remember? One day, I will make a wizardly quilt. I love the one with all the motifs in.

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