One empty bin

Journal, Knit & Crochet

Thursday, January 21, 2021

I’ve managed to empty out one of my bins of yarn. I posted an afghan earlier and I finished another one. Although it is hard to see this actually has four different shades of pink. It is longer and skinnier than I would have liked but it will cover someone’s knees and legs if they are cold.

There were also a couple of skeins of brown in the bin so I made up a couple of hats.

What I’m not showing is the overflowing bin just above where the empty one is. There are all sorts and varieties of yarn in it – mostly for scarves and maybe some hats. I started work on a scarf last night.

We are having a Guild business meeting tonight via Zoom. I hope it works better than the Zoom meeting we were supposed to have with Taylor’s school assembly this afternoon. Taylor is receiving an award of some sort (even Taylor didn’t know what for); the school admitted they had some technical issues and have rescheduled for tomorrow. We have our first Zoom event for the Hall on the weekend and I sure hope someone knows how to work it all.

Paper Piecing

Journal

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Part 3 of one of my cross stitch-alongs was released today and so far I’m two weeks behind. When Part 2 came out I was ready to stitch but when I went to find the right colour of floss I didn’t have it. At the end of last year I placed an order for floss from a shop on the Island that is just outside of Comox. I called the shop on the weekend and she assured me the package had been sent out on January 2nd. I decided rather than substitute the colour I’d wait until my package arrived. Another week has gone by and still no package in the mail. I probably could have gone ahead with section 3 but today was a card-making day so I didn’t even check the colour I was supposed to be using.

I’ve worked on a couple of cards today and I’ve been pleased that most of the pieces I needed came from previously cut scraps. I’m so happy that the drawers of scraps are coming in handy; perhaps I’ve just reach the point where I have enough to be useful.

The first card went together fairly easily in spite of the fact there were 53 pieces in a six inch square. The second card (one of three) in the project has 36 pieces in a five inch square. I’m pleased that both of them were paper pieced which makes smaller pieces easier to stitch.

We have an online concert this afternoon so I’ll head downstairs in a few minutes.

Guild Day

Journal

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The Guild was set up today for a Zoom sewing day. The “usuals” showed up and we had about a dozen who joined. I checked in a couple of times. Since I’m working on the Guild Challenge I wasn’t able to share any of my stitching. A group of women from Texada were sewing together at the Legion. I don’t think they took a break from their weekly sewing (usually Monday night) except maybe over the Christmas break.

My car battery is finally fully charged. I made a quick trip out to the pharmacy this afternoon but that wouldn’t have charged anything up much. I have a bunch of errands to run so I’ll go out later in the week and do that – bottles to return, depot recycling, a pillow for the SPCA and maybe I’ll sneak a few more books into the Kiwanis bin. I’ll need to keep a closer watch on the battery charge so it doesn’t fully drain again.

Pat is online tonight so I’ll get a bit of reading done after the supper dishes are cleared up.

Happy Birthday Will

Cards
Shared Squares (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

I wish we could have a big celebration for Will’s 16th birthday but that is out of the question. At least he was in school today so he was able to receive birthday wishes from his friends.

There were way too many pieces in this small card. Do the designers do it on purpose just to make us struggle? It was paper pieced and should have been easier but when the fabric and paper are so small it is still hard.