I’ve been reading:
- Persuasion Jane Austen
- Plain Truth Jodi Picoult
- Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer
- Wench Dolen Perkins-Valdez (a friend from high school!)
- Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
- I just started reading Jane Eyre.
I’ve been knitting:
- socks for the Mister (insert rant about the size of his feet here)
- thrummed mittens for me – This is actually attempt number 2. I ripped out the first mitten because I was too chicken to do the afterthought thumb. These instructions are less intimidating, but I still prefer the look of a gusset.
I’ve been quilting:
- two crib size quilts for my nephews – Finished them last week and mailed them today. Yay!! I ended up machine binding. I had quilted too close to the edge, so didn’t have the room to attach the binding for a hand-stitched binding. Honestly, I could spend a lot of time pointing out the flaws or beating myself up about the fact that I didn’t hand quilt them, but I’m going to refrain. They were made with boat loads of love and I think they are pretty cute. Do you hear that Inner Perfectionist?!?
Next up:
- the second thrummed mitten (as soon as I get more roving)
- maybe a sweater
- quilting the lap quilt that I started two years ago
- possibly more Jane Austen, but I’m open to suggestions
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January 26, 2010 at 6:37 am
threesneakybugs
You go girl!! So neat to see it all summed up. Don’t you feel accomplished? And all that reading! Wow. One of my 2010 goals is to read more. And ever since I saw your 1st attempt on the thrummed mittens I’ve been wanting a pair.
January 26, 2010 at 6:44 am
Jess
You’re on fire!
February 1, 2010 at 11:02 am
sarah
yay for thrums!!! this makes me want to get to an adult sized pair before winter’s end. looks like i still have a few months…..
February 15, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Nina
I’m so inspired Dana!! You are A+ crafty. Now to get quilting . . .