[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[MustKnowHistory]

I love it!

[Fzob]

Something my wife made a few years ago

[MayflowerMadam]

I put my hand quilting aside for a few weeks to make some little bed caddies (slipped between mattress and box springs) for my sister’s grandchildren for Christmas.

Guilt grabs me when I walk into my stash closest; the fabric calls out to me to make another couple of tops. My best friend died a year ago and left a ton of fabric to me and I need make use of it.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Textile Museum. Washington, DC

[finnsheep]

Was carding a Leicester Longwool/Coopworth fleece I bought last fall at PA the Endless Mountains Fiber festival this morning. I’d love to send a photo of my Scandinavian spinning wheel that I have been using to spin it, but can’t figure out how to post photos.

[Qiviut]

Some of these are really beautiful ... all are amazing since the material (dried leaves) is so fragile. Lots more pics at the link.

Crocheter Uses Her Skills To Turn Dried Leaves Into Works Of Art (30 Pics)

[V K Lee]

A respite from the Christmas rush.
stroll through a listing of arts and crafts blogs...find one you like?
https://blog.feedspot.com/craft_blogs/

[Qiviut]

I got a VERY special Christmas card on Friday, one I look forward to every year - the year I don't get one is going to be quite sad indeed. The story behind the card: my SIL's mother is in her 80's. She used to own a knitting shop & has always been crafty. Every year, she cross stitches a piece & her husband photographs it & turns it into their Christmas card. They have recently moved to a "home" (assisted living) & she's had operations on both hands/thumbs due to arthritis & gone through painful rehabs. How she stitches any more is a mystery to me, but she gets it done. The designs get simpler every year, but that's certainly understandable. I was surprised to get a card this year, after the surgeries. Somewhere, I believe I have a card she did some years ago - very detailed and I couldn't believe it since I cross stitch & could appreciate every little nuance .... I'm looking for it and if I find it, I'll post a picture. So here's a pic of the card I got Friday - it's 'prettier' in person, but my (bad) photo will have to do:

[Qiviut]

I have been seeing this off and on - finally got a good, full view of the whole snowflake tree ... really pretty & a neat idea. Here's the link:

Red Heart Tree of Snowflakes

[Qiviut]

"Temperature" blankets are popular - AllFreeCrochet has some charts that can be downloaded:

3 Crochet Temperature Blanket Charts - Free Downloads

Other info at the link:
How Many Colors Should My Temperature Blanket Have?
Keeping Track of Your Colors
Yarn Suggestions for Your Temperature Blanket

[Qiviut]

Knitting .... after mostly crocheting for years, I’m working on improving my knitting (taught myself to knit as a teenager, but bad hand positions/habits, etc. works against me). I find that knitters tend to have one thing they love to knit: socks are a ‘biggy’, sweaters is another.

My ‘biggy’ is fingerless mittens. I’m pretty obsessed with them. I have an “easy” pattern from Bhooked that I like, but it has a ‘thumb’ that you have to add after the main mitten is finished. It also calls for “chunky” yarn.

So, how about a pattern with a ‘gusset’ rather than a thumb & using 4 medium yarn? I found one!! We have a group that knits for charity & they posted that they need fingerless mittens for dialysis patients & posted a pattern for people to use. It uses #4 yarn, has a thumb ‘gusset’ and unlike all the other patterns I have, it knits from the top down to the cuff, which is “interesting” and I find that I like it.

Yesterday, it was rainy & cold here so no outdoor work was possible & the house had a MAJOR cleaning for a luncheon that happened last week which means NO ‘you-should-be-cleaning-instead-of-knitting’ guilt! I knitted two of the fingerless mittens per the ‘From the Heart’ pattern. That is a real improvement for me to knit two mittens in one day. They fit my hand nicely and I’m going to make some more for Christmas gifts with this pattern. There is a picture of the mitten on the pattern ... if you don’t like the long ribbed cuff, you can knit a few rows more after the gusset is finished before starting the 2x2 ribbing for the cuff & then just don’t do as many rows of ribbing.

This pattern is ‘easy’ enough that after two mittens, I pretty much have it memorized overall - you do need to keep a row count.

Link:
https://fromtheheartstitchers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Knit-November-2019-Newsletter-Pattern.pdf

[V K Lee]

Wiki Has Released Over 83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns Online For Download

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3800151/postshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3800151/posts

[V K Lee]

25 Crochet Blankets (Patterns) Coming with Soothing Designs and Cozy Textures!

https://cutediyprojects.com/diy/best-25-crochet-blankets-patterns/

[V K Lee]

Another web site for you:
AUNT ANNIE
http://www.auntannie.com/index.html
https://www.anniescatalog.com/

[Nailbiter]

flr

[Diana in Wisconsin]