There must have been some kind of cosmic tiny needle balancing last week as Vera didn’t do any stitching and that’s almost all I did (until I hit the roadblock on Saturday).
The next motif to be worked will be the dancing witch & squirrel to the left of the tree. I can’t wait!
I woke up to a thunderstorm early this morning — hard rain, thunder, and so much lightning! It hailed a couple of times, too, though I couldn’t see it because it was still so dark. Naturally, it’s garbage and recycling day so I had to drag two bins to the street in the rain. bleh.
6:00 am
The rain is all in the northern part of lower Michigan now and the rest of our day looks pretty nice — clouds, sunshine, 73F — with rain likely returning this evening.
The MDK class with Lorilee Beltman was VERY good and I learned a number of things — including tips & tricks — to make stranded knitting less intimidating! Lorilee is an excellent teacher. And I will knit Latvian mittens (that fit & are symmetrical)… someday!
The kids & I had so much fun!
Painting is serious business!
Davy’s work.
Ginny made the cat & pumpkin pictures. Davy’s are the 2nd from right, both rows. The rest are all Malina’s!
Davy wants to be part of everything these days!
Pumpkin!
I love the expressiveness! Davy made the one with the goatee, and the one to the right of it. In addition to the garland, there’s a pumpkin on the kitchen window frame and a few on the staircase — Ginny’s decorating.
Ginny & Junah discovered a few small holes in the air mattress when we inflated it, and I patched them, but it wasn’t enough. Davy needed a little comforting at 4am and I noticed that Jun & Gin were basically sleeping on the floor with big poofs of mattress on either side of them! I inflated it a few times on Saturday morning for movie watching, and they had a LOT of fun playing on it as it deflated… and then I tossed it. Junah expressed some concern that no air mattress = no more sleepovers, but I assured him that another would soon be on its way. (It was delivered yesterday! Same brand & pretty much the same price that I paid over four years ago.)
Tiny Needle Tuesday!
And now, something that I haven’t done in AGES!
It’s the start of The Harvest Dance. Those tree branches have to extend a bit more on either side and there will be a lot more leaves & acorns. If there’s a “boring” part of this design, that’s it.
Little owl.
I’m probably going to replace the words “Fancey Blackett” with a repeat of the motif on either side of it all the way across, maybe with some color play. I’m charmed by the name, but also find it distracting.
I am using a lighted magnifying lamp to make this work easier on the eyes. It gets in the way & I bump it once in a while, but I can’t imagine doing this without magnification (at least not while I’m also watching TV or talking to people).
I haven’t knit very much in the past week, but I did place an order for a few colors of Felted Tweed that were running low. I’ll be back to the blanket in no time.
We stopped at a couple of thrift/resale shops over the weekend and I found a small collection of cross-stitch patterns… one of which I just could not resist!
The dancing witches & squirrels! The pumpkins, the crows, the corn!
It has been AGES since I threaded a needle and picked up a piece of linen — there are a couple of pieces I’d like to get back to — and this might get me going in that direction.
Vera may have some company on Tiny Needle Tuesdays!
