FO: Quilt-Style Curtains

Remember the quilt-style curtains I was making for the kitchen? They’re done and in the windows! They have been for weeks, actually, but I only recently took a few photos for “show and tell”. The main attraction curtain is basically a doll-size mini-quilt– a rectangle to go in the window of the kitchen door. I […]

FO: Mermaid’s Tears

Here’s another finished object with photos, at long last. This is one I knitted in a couple of weeks, back in the late summer of 2015– but I only recently got around to blocking it and taking some photos. “Mermaid’s Tears” Pattern:  “Petits Trous de Printemps” by Berangere Cailiau (Free on Ravelry, in English and […]

FO: In Anticipation of October

Yet another finished object is finally getting its moment in the spotlight!  ;o) “In Anticipation of October” Pattern:  “October is for Spinners” by Sharon Emery (Pattern free on Ravelry) Yarn:  Lion Brand Fishermen’s Wool, “Natural” (hand-dyed with food color gels) I’ve forgotten most of the ups and downs of this project, but I did blog […]

FO: Rhubarb Scarf Wannabe

Here’s another long-overdue finished object report! This is a project I’ve written about multiple times before, back when it was still in-progress.  Basically, it’s a Catherine wheel pattern worked in two colorways of the same yarn.  The whole thing was inspired by this lovely scarf, which the crocheter called her “Rhubarb Scarf”, because (if I […]

FO: “Multnomah” Shawlette

This is a… unique (shall we say?) finished object post, because I started knitting this shawlette back in April 2012.  (Good grief!) The shawl went into a long time-out, but was finished in October 2013.  Then it took me another few years to finally block the silly thing.  And now, only five years from the […]

Latest Doilies

“Pineapples & Crowns” Pattern by Patricia Kristoffersen (from Pretty Pineapple Doilies) Thread: Cébélia size 10, “223 Medium Dusty Pink” (I love Cébélia.  It’s a quality thread with plenty of body and a lovely sheen.  Always a pleasure to crochet!) I honestly don’t remember much about this pattern… Looking at the finished doily, I’d guess that it […]

Machine Piecing and Blocking Doilies

I’ve been machine-piecing many four-patch blocks for a quilt I want to make.  It’s a version of “Rainbow Rows” from the APQ 2015 Quilt-Along.  I don’t have a copy of the pattern, but I’m winging/reverse-engineering it, based on photos.  I think I can get a reasonable approximation– or at least some version of it that […]