No-Pix Chit-Chat

The Old-Fashioned (crochet) Sampler is on hold– not for too, too long, I hope.  It’s already well beyond “afghan weather” around here, for one thing.  For another, I just wanted a break from it.  I had been making slow progress on the Billowy Delight (knitted) scarf, but now that’s mostly set aside, too.  It’s better […]

Old-Fashioned Sampler

There are a few more squares to share! Another Kingcup: A Marigold: And a second Willow: After making those, I spread a quilt with white backing across the bed and laid the squares out more-or-less at random.  (Tried to get a fairly even color distribution, but didn’t agonize over it.  This definitely will not be […]

Old-Fashioned Update + Current Knitting Project

I took some (awful) photos of the latest batch of squares for the Old-Fashioned Sampler afghan.  Here’s the mosaic: 1. Danish Square, 2. Italian Cross, 3. Peony, 4. Bright Flower, 5. Lemon Stripe, 6. Fudge, 7. Framed Flower, 8. Circle in a Square, 9. Daisy Chain, 10. Seville, 11. Edwardian Fancy, 12. Peony The colors […]

Bad Puppy!

Luna broke out of “her room” (i.e. the dining room, which we’ve temporarily stripped of most furniture and sectioned off from the rest of the house) last night and had herself a good ol’ time.  It’s not the first time this has happened, but it’s the first time it’s happened that Trixie didn’t let us […]

So Tempted…

I’ve been slowly working on more squares for the Old-Fashioned Sampler.  (Sorry, no photos.)  I’m starting to repeat some of the squares I liked best, now.  Still no specific number as a goal, but in theory I’d like to make it big enough to cover our bed, so there are plenty left to hook.  I […]