Blogging the Day to Day

 Someone pointed out to me that I was not keeping up with my blog and while I know I have not written much in the two months I feel bad.  I have not felt that I have done anything that anyone would want to read about. It was pointed out to me that it all was interesting as it was different than what they do in their life. So I will make an effort to write even when I think its not exciting enough because maybe the day to day is what is interesting and I have to look at my art in a different life.

Thank you for opening my eyes to look at my fiber art as interesting to more than just me.

Tomorrow I will post a new project :)

Missing in Action

Hi Everyone! I can't believe that I haven't posted in over 2 weeks. Just where did the time go?  I have been busy and just need to remember to take more pictures so I remember what I want to blog about. We were supposed to go to visit my daughter in the South but due to weather and illness we were unable to make the trip.

This last week I have been in bed or on the sofa with a really bad cold. It seems many people have been hit with this thing and its been a long recovery for them too. Here it is Sunday night and I am still in my pajamas laying on the sofa under a couple of quilts.

Even though I have been sick the world still turns and things still happen. I got some knitting done on my barn raising quilt.

When I was looking at my blocks I noticed that I didn't have any purple blocks. I need to get some purple into this thing!

I have been working on getting a beginner quilt class together. Here is a sneak peak.

One of my nieces asked me to knit her a coffee cozy.

And last but not least....I have been invited to be a guest blogger on Tatertots and Jello. I am super excited!

Big things are happening for me this year and I am so very grateful for all the support from all of you. Thank you, THANK YOU!!!

How Do You Eat an Elephant?

How do you eat and elephant? One bite at a time.

I really feel that by setting goals and trying really hard to stick to them I am making progress on eating my elephants.

This month I have been able to get 2 more barn raising squares knit. Both of the blocks this month were knit with self striping yarn. It really adds interest.

I showed you this one as I was knitting in the car last weekend.

Since today is Valentine's day I felt like knitting with some pink yarn. It makes me happy! I started this block as I was talking to my Mom on the phone. We tend to have really long conversations and its nice to have something for my hand to do that isn't distracting or that I have to pay much attention to.

So what elephant are you trying to eat? Have you set reasonable goals? I truly find I get lost or get side tracked when I don't hold myself accountable to get something done. I will get back to knitting on my sweater tonight as I watch the Olympic coverage but for now I am going to enjoy mindless knitting with some gorgeous pink yarn.

Sweater Update

Did I ever mention that I am a really really slow knitter? I am super slow, I am not sure why but I just am. It seems to take me forever to get anything knit. Some people can knit a sweater in 2 weeks start to finish. Me, not so much.

The Olympics are starting the second week of competition and I have not gotten very far on my sweater.  Here is where I started out last week...

This photo is the closest to the actual color of the thread.

And here is where I am this afternoon...

I have gotten through the decreases for the waist shaping.

I am onto adding in the increases for my hips, because I have hips!

Still need to add more length and I haven't even began on the sleeves. As my daughter would say "oh buddy". It is not looking good for me to have this finished by the end of the Olympics. My new goal...by St. Patrick's Day.

Take Along Projects

I really like to have a project to work on when I am out and about. Today's project was a Barn Raising block while we were driving home from a visit with my Son.

Its hard to take a picture of your knitting on a good day but a moving car is not easy. You can just barely see that I have a quilt on my lap. When we are in the car I like to kick off my shoes and cover up with a lap size quilt. I hate cool breezes and even in a warm car I cover up. I am such an old lady.

It was a snowy drive home.

I was able to get the block complete and just need to bind it off and another one is done! Having little project with me helps me to get a little knitting time in almost anywhere.

New Knitting Book

I bought myself a new knitting book. I have been looking at purchasing this book for sometime. It is just so adorable!

The Big Book of Knitted Monsters by Rebecca Danger

Look at Bea, isn't she adorable?!?

Toothy Joe is just too cute!

And Hugo looks like he could be a best friend.

So why did I buy a book of knitted monsters? I have this crazy idea that I can knit up a bunch of these little guy and have them on hand for gifts for little kids. You know, in my spare time I can knit these. Actually someday I hope to be a grandmother (except I will be called Bunny but that is another story) and I would love to give my grand kids toys that I make them instead of store bought gifts. Because I know how dang slow I am I thought starting sooner than later would be a good idea.

The Never Ending Quilt

I feel like my Mystery Quilt is just never ending. I was able to get a little sewing in today. I need to sew together all the pieces I have sewn together.

I got 10 of these blocks sewn together...I need 60.

I got 5 of these sewn and need 61. Oy Vey.

Here is my design wall with the 15 blocks sewn. Remember once I get all 121 blocks sewn together then they need to be sewn to each other.

I like the look of this quilt but I will say making a King Size Quilt is a ton of work and I am sure that I would only make this for myself. I do enjoy giving away my quilts but not this one.

Now I need to get settled to watch the opening of the Olympics and get to knitting on my sweater. I would be wonderful if I got to wear it for St. Patrick's Day!  Oh, and don't be shocked but I have my next sweater picked out already. It too will be a many year project I am sure. That really doesn't bother me because the things I chose to make are not inexpensive, it would be cheaper to purchase these items but I get way more hours of pleasure than I would just buying something.