It has been super hot and dry here for the last month. We are keeping our fingers crossed our summer monsoon moisture will start up soon – we really need the rain! I took “advantage” of the heat and stayed inside and did crafting and reading this weekend, so here’s what I worked on:
Jane Austen Anniversary Quilt: I am SO close to having the top finished. I have 2 more of the diamond borders to attach and then one final set of stripes to go around the outside edge and it’ll be done! I will be excited to send this off for quilting and then have it on the guest bedroom bed to enjoy. I love the historic reproduction fabrics used in the design. Hard to believe I’ve been working on it almost a year – it’s been a fun one!
Handspinning: I have one bobbin filled with the first 140-gram gradient pack from Hilltop Cloud Fibres. This bamboo/BFL/merino wool blend spins up like a dream and it’s fun watching the colors change from orange to pink. I have started the second bobbin and hoping I can start plying in another week or so and actually finish this up during the Tour timeframe.
Supernova Quilt: I am still working slowly on the second month’s medallion. This is the “blue” star in the rainbow palette for this quilt. I fussy cut the seaweed/floral fabric so it formed a wreath when stitched, and I have just started working on the final round of blue stars that goes around the outside of this.
Flower Child Top: I cast this on a couple of weeks ago but didn’t get any photos of it until Friday. This is another summer/short-sleeved top, with pattern by Wool & Pine. It’s a top-down lace yoke pullover and I’m using a fingering-weight alpaca/silk/linen blend from my stash for this one. I am about halfway through the yoke increases.
Craggy Shore Socks: I haven’t knit socks in a while but I had a couple of skeins of stash sock yarn wound up and ready to go and I needed an easy project so I cast on for the Craggy Shore socks. These are a simple knit/purl pattern but they look like vertical wavy lines and are entertaining to knit without being challenging. I’m using a skein of Hue Loco Merino Sock for this pair.
That’s all for me this week YOP’ers! Hope yours has been a good one. 🙂
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