Code Word for Today: TEXTURE

 

Is there anything more attractive to an artist than a texture?  I think not.  Especially when you can touch it.  And it's just as tantalizing while you are making it.

14 Peonystreet Project Bag - New!

One of my favorite words is "new".

And one of my favorite quotes is 

"Necessity is the mother of invention".

Introducing the 14 Peonystreet Project Bag!

I've been doing LOTS of knitting in the last year, due to 

my world being turned upside down.  

I looked at a lot of patterns for bags, but I'm hardly ever satisfied with someone else's design.  So I made my own.  It has a fabric divider on the inside, to hold two balls of yarn, for knitting brioche patterns or socks.

Finished it yesterday, taking residence on my knitting chair today!

Isn't she cute??!

Here's the sock I'm working on.  It's the Fluorite Sock by Andrea Mowry of Drea Renee Knits.  I'm using a self striping/varigated sock yarn, instead of the fade technique.

It's a toe up pattern.  The sock is reversed (inside out) when finished.  I already have a taker when it's finished, but they're going to have to wait til Christmas!

This is on a rainy day, here on the farm.  It's only snowed frosting once about a month ago, so far.  It's technically not winter yet.  

It's been an entirely too long year, very tiring.

Hope yours has been better than mine.

Take care, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Rainy Day Chat

Welcome to the Banter!  It's a rainy day here in the mountains, and with the rain and drizzle comes the fog... so typical for the fall and spring here.

Speaking of fall, its about at it's peak here, colorwise.  It is beautiful.  The leaves are clearing out though, and they'll soon all be gone.

Which doesn't bother me much at all, because, next is Winter!!  I love winter.  I think people think I am crazy-- who loves the cold??  I do, because I get to wear sweaters, and thick socks and warm pants and coats and knitted hats and gloves.

And, speaking of sweaters!!   I'm knitting one for myself.  This is the first sweater I've ever made for myself.  I think it's coming along well.  I made some mistakes, but corrected them all before going further.  I had to knit several swatches first, and learned the pattern quite well, as I had to start over and over.  My brain just doesn't want to work with me in counting, unless I do it over and over, and over again.  So it is quite a challenge for me.  This is the back of the sweater, it is going to be seamed, which frequent makers on the internet comment that they really hate seaming.  But I have to do it for the experience.  There is more on my Ravelry page which you can link to HERE. (click on the word "here").

The three pictures above are part of my BEE HAPPY quilt project organization.  I'll be cutting the 10 inch stack today, then hopefully start at the machine very soon.

 This is my foyer.  I've never had one before, but I think it looks okay.  It's really not done yet, it's always  a work in progress around here.

 Some mums for you!

And here's my Good Bye Girl.  I decided to put her on display in my glass case.  She's too fine to keep in the shadows.

I hope your day is fine.  I love the rainy fall days.  I've made some chocolate chip cookies and am ready to cut some fabric!!!!     XXOO,   Bebe