Stitchy Fingers

Well ... long time no see! I guess I'm not very motivated this year to keep up with my blog! Nevertheless, there are many things going on "behind the scene" :-). I've done various things like: - continued crocheting on my red scarf - started on a crocheted poncho for my youngest DD in some very lovely fall colours   (need to start another poncho for my eldest DD because she's jealous of her younger sister :-) - plan to do some more knitting on my Happy blanket (pattern can be found for free on Ravelry) - taking knitting courses for learning the Fair Isle (knitting) technique! - ... If you are wondering on my Supersized Wine Shelf ... Yes, I'm still in love with it and dying to continue on it but I'm strongly thinking of switching the fabric from Edinburg (stitch over two) to Lugana (stitch over one) since the piece is simply too big. Still test stitching on a small piece of fabric to see whether or not I like it :-). Last Friday I did visit one...

Hi all, I know ... it has been long since I last posted a blog entry. Looking back I see that my blog has been seriously neglected this year. I guess it's all due to different factors: not much inspiration followed by a very busy period. All started with the Easter holidays, then our DDs had their end of schoolyear tests, followed by our holiday at the Belgian coast. So you see ... a little bit of everything :-). So what did I do hobby related? I added some books and charts to my stash, spent most of my time during our summer holidays in July on crocheting on my red shawl and started on another HAED - a supersize this time (what was I thinking?). Books and magazines - most of the time Quiltmania ones: I first purchased nr. 2 and then absolutely wanted to obtain nr. 1 because the Passacaglia quilt is featured in it and I want to make it sometimes. First it was out of stock but in the meantime Quiltmania decided to reprint it (big relief) - I...