Knitting

We are going on a fishing trip with Wayne's family in march. I can't get in our boat because of my back so I am taking some craft gear to work on while they are out in the boat all day. I have started the hexagon wallhanging for the exhibition and will have a few beading patterns as well . I have started some knitting last night. I had knitted this wool up but didn't like it so I unravelled the whole thing. This was harder than I thought because I had knitted the cardigan in entrelac   in one piece and it didn't unravel as easy as normal knitting dose. So now its all ready to re knit, I have decided to knit a top down style jacket thing. Last year at a knitting retreat I brought a book called button up your top down and I am now knitting a jacket with a nice collar from this book.  

I don't think I have enough yarn with just the pink/ grey yarn so I am going to add the dark grey. I really don't like strips but I don't have a lot of choice. At least but doing this from the top down I can space the strips out evenly over the whole jacket.  

Beaded star

Instead of making more triangles I decided to make a star . It was a bit confusing because I had made to many rounds on each piece and then it would not zip up . 

Beaded triangle

I have mastered the beaded triangle.

 now all I have to do is make some more !

Exhibition Quilt

I have worked out what I plan to entering in the port Augusta quilters guild exhibition this year. I am president of the guild and really need to enter something . I have had this book of wall hangings made from hexagons for a while and had not really looked at the size used but decided the one on the front cover was what I wanted to make. There are only just over 700 hexagons and they are appliquéd onto a background fabric. The first problem was the pattern used 1/4 inch hexagons ( too small !) I am using 1/2 inch ones and as you can see next to my thimble they are still small. The size is measured along the strait edges not across the middle. I have cut out all the fabric and tacked a few onto the papers yesterday at craft in Quorn. We are going on a fishing / boating holiday in early march. Wayne needs a break, because I can't get into our boat I will stay at the home we have rented. Wayne's brother's and there wife's and his parents are all coming  to Cowell. I will get a lot of this wall hanging completed while we are away . I was going to take my crocheting but its to bit big already to cart around and I don't want it damaged.

leaf bag panel

Leaf Panel

This pattern can be used for all sorts of things use you imagination

 

Bead magazine

I have just brought the special bead and button magazine The Beader's handbook 2

In the free charts there is a flying bird chart to make a cuff bracelet. I loved to effect so here is my attempt at a repeat type pattern

Leaf Thing cuff 

Stitchery

Baltimore Style Stitchery. The quilters guild gets requests for donations on quilts for 

different charity to raffle. The above is my block for a quilt we are making , to give to  local woman who is teaching in Africa.Each block is slightly different, the heart is in the middle of them all. only four colour of embroidery thread are used. We make a few quilts each year for different groups , We all work together and get some lovely quilts.