What happened to November??

Well, I realized I can't knit very well on circular needles.  No tension and the stocking ended up ridiculously large and baggy!!!  The foot is great - that's on double pointed needles and nice and snug....although I goofed and didn't start the red for the heel till it was almost too late!  I have been pulling out the quilt some evenings to hand quilt a block or two.  I'm in no rush to finish it at this point.  Other than that, I've been trying to fill in for the baby momma who injured her shoulder and so I'm exhausted....

Nice Things Come In Small Packages

I participated in my first stash swap hosted by Aoife at little pink room.   We had the month of October to get in touch with our partner and get our packages mailed.  October was a CRAZY month!  MommaSkye helped me go through our stashes and found some we thought Hollie might enjoy, put it in a little box and sent it out on the 30th.   I was relieved that Hollie had an equally busy October and so excited to find her package waiting for me yesterday when I came home from North Conway, NH.  It was a delight to open after driving home on a very chilly, gray, rainy day.

  

I love the geometric prints!  And do you see the extra goodies?  The adorable basket, a package of straight  pins, curved safety pins, and a gorgeous spool of multicolored thread.  Hollie is amazing!  Thank you so much!  I was so undone when I found her package because she sent it priority mail and mine had gone first class.  Traveling from one coast to the other, I never expected mine would reach her until the end of this week. Phew!  I was so relieved to find that it had.

Falling to Pieces

 I haven't quite finished the Christmas Stocking, but I couldn't resist playing around with a pattern I found in a quilt magazine using leftovers from a small quilt momma Skye is making for her daughter.  These tiny stars are adorable and supposedly easy....mine are FAR from perfect, but I have a lot of tiny pieces cut and will continue to practice when I have some spare moments.

Progress Report

Well, the quilt sandwich was taped to the floor and pinned together.  (The blue is the painter's tape, not part of the quilt)  Now it waits for quilting, I'm attempting to quilt by hand, but first a knitted Christmas stocking for my son-in-law needs to be finished! 

Thirsty??

After a long hot walk on the National Mall in DC, we were happy to see a water fountain......until we got closer. (from our DC visit in September courtesy of my son)