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:: June 23, 2006 Hop, Skip, and a Jump
I was feeling a little gun-shy about quilting the Pie in the Sky quilt, so the natural thing to do is start another top, right? And another from the Denyse Schmidt book at that. The quilt in the book is 12 blocks big, mine will be 30 blocks. The pink/green/black/white color scheme was lifted wholesale from Hillary's inspiration that she got from a piece of fabric I sent her -- does that make sense? And it uses that fabric and some prints that she sent me. Some other color schemes (is there a difference between "color scheme" and "colorway"?) that are sure to come into play in future projects: Orange, red, and gray (with a hint of bright aqua blue) a la Jane's log cabin quilt Orange, aqua, and brown (spotted on a stranger's knit shirt recently) Chartreuse with grass green, avocado, and other darker greens (inspired by new growth in spring -- long overdue inspiration, that is)
What color schemes, ways, combinations, whatever, have been on your mind recently? posted by in Quilting , Works in Progress , _____-Alongs :: Comments (5) :: link :: January 31, 2005 Deer Head Embroidery
Here's an in-progress deer head embroidery that I started a couple months ago. It's from this Aunt Martha pattern collection. You can't tell the scale from the photo but the design is about a foot wide. Once it's finished I intend to hang it in the spot where the previous owner of our house had a real stuffed dear head. It was one of the last things she took down as she left the house for the last time, crying. Although: I think I need to admit that embroidery bores me. Every few months I'll get on a little kick and get a chunk of a work-in-progress done. Or start a new project. I never finish. I think it has to do with all that starting and ending new lengths of floss, which you have to do so very often. Does anyone relate? posted by in Needlework , Works in Progress :: Comments (1) :: link :: March 20, 2004 Phildar en Gris
My kit for the Phildar cowl-neck Eponge sweater arrived after a long wait (I didn't realize the shop was far away in Canada!). I love the Spring Tendances magazine -- it'll keep me in sweater patterns for years -- but the Eponge yarn in Clementine ... bleargh! Instead of the subdued, white-flecked soft orange I expected, it's the most vibrant, pure, orangey orange imaginable. It is not unlike the color I chose for the links of this website, #FF9933 to be exact. Clementine is actually the perfect name for it, but if I ran the circus I would insist it be called "Electric Navel." This sweater plus this color ... plus ME ... damn, it'd be so loud you could probably hear it, and it would sound like construction noise, or a crossing guard whistle. I am the victim of a poorly calibrated monitor, I guess. And it's my first internet yarn purchase! Ah ... live and learn, live and learn. I swatched it up and it actually makes the gauge nicely for the Little Black Top in Stitch 'n' Bitch. I abandoned that though because it seems like the front stripe would drown in the terrycloth-boucl\'8e texture of the fabric. So, I will suck up a round of shipping charges to exchange the yarn (except for the one skein my dog got a hold of, probably because it looked like a Dreamsicle). Update: The exchange has gone down. The yarn knits up so soft and spongy, true to its name. It's an easy drop stitch pattern on US 2 needles, and it's going quickly. Update 2: After a couple of do-overs, I kind of gave up. The pattern is very confusing, and the yarn sticks to itself, making the whole endeavor very not-fun. posted by in Knitting , Works in Progress :: link :: February 22, 2004 Cookie Theft Embroidery
As you may or may not know, I am studying speech and language pathology. In one of the tests used to diagnose language problems in brain damaged patients -- the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Exam -- there is a picture used to elicit a spontaneous speech sample, called "the Cookie Theft." It's a weird picture, kind of clip-art-ish, somewhat distressing. The Cookie Theft is a big part of my life, so I wanted to reinterpret it and immortalize it in thread. posted by in Needlework , Works in Progress :: Comments (1) :: link
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