Lessons Learned & Weekend Update!

This weekend I was able to spend some dedicated time to my fiber addictions. It's really rare that I get more than a couple of hours. First up, I finished up the block from my Egg Money Quilt class and cut out the next 3 blocks and bagged them up. The first block is called Christian Cross.

Then I worked on the little heart blocks from my paper piecing class. After I had done 2 of them, things started going wrong. I got frustrated. 3 partially finished blocks ended up in the trash. I decided to take a break and ended up reading a few blogs and surfed Ravelry. Then I decided to come back and things went well. I'm slow at this and am very happy with having 6 of the 9 blocks needed completed. I used 2 of the fabrics I received from Diane. Can you pick them out?

Lesson Learned: Sometimes you just need to walk away.

Then I cast on for the Cap'n Crunch neckwarmer using some yarn that was handspun as a gift for me from Kim of Palm Valley Fibers. It's a delicious color! Here is where I was when I realized that I should have put in 2 button holes 1.5 inches into the project.

Lesson Learned: It's in my own best interest to read the entire pattern before getting started.

I hope I have enough of this yummy yarn!

I also spent 2 hours sorting out yarn barf (leftovers from the mitts below). In the bathroom (why I set up the ball winder there I have no idea)!

I also finished weaving in the ends of my Fine Cabled Mitts.

Pattern: Fine Cabled Mitts (Ravelry) From Knitspot

Yarn: Sundara Sock Yarn

Colorway: Black

Needles: US 2

I got everything accomplished that I set out to accomplish except finishing the binding on my first free motion quilting project. More on that later!

You should see my studio/dining room. What a big mess. Then I have a ball winder in the bathroom to take down and a ton of knitting stuff by the bed. Tomorrow night will be all about cleaning! Besides it being Valentines Day (I can't go wrong when I spend the whole day with G), it was a good weekend - when I was quilting, I sat at the table with the window open, the sun shining in, and listened to the sounds of the kids biking, skate boarding, roller blading and walking outside the window. When I was knitting, I was watching a movie with G with a dog at my feet and a dog snuggled between me and G. Doesn't get much better than that!