All This By Hand

Arlis' Doctor's Sock

John's godfather just had a stroke.  Since we live so far away from them I felt like there was nothing I could really do to help.  Then John's godmother emailed me, saying their family doctor has been going above and beyond helping them and that he refuses any payment other than handknit socks and that I've been conscripted to knit them.  Knit socks?  That I can do.  Although they're for his doctor and not for him, every single stitch is filled with prayers for John's godfather and his family and all those helping hiim to recover.

And then we got punchy...

Machu Picchu

One of my mom's coworkers is returning from a trip to Peru today so we made her a cake Machu Picchu.  One of the best part about depicting ruins in cake form is that the frosting doesn't have to be perfect.  They're ruins!  I love baking with my mom.  Things like this make me wish I lived closer.

Midwest Fiber and Folk Art

My mom pointed out that almost everthing was blue or green or purple.  Just call me predictable...

Retro Prep

Here is Retro Prep before I realized that I'd split the sweater for back and front as 110/90 stitches.  I think I lost five hours of work.  That sound you hear is me kicking myself.  I am so happy with the sweater, though, and seeing as how I won't even be able to wear it until November I don't think the setback will matter.

Miter

This is my favorite part of the quilt.  Just look at that beautiful miter!  I love that fabric and I love how there are tons of little things for John to look at during rest time. 

Quilt Block

Here's one block, which gives you the general idea of the quilt.  Retro story book center surrounded by an alphabet print, topped off with a ruler border.  I did my very first free motion work on this quilt, simply by dropping the feed dogs and using the regular presser foot.  I suddenly see why someone would buy a Bernina.

John's School Quilt

This is John's school quilt, which will be a nice bit of handmade in his oh-so-uniformed day.  They have a rest time every day and I'm so glad he'll have something I made with him. 

First handspun project

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I have no photo resizing software here, so I'm trying this Flickr blogging thing. This is my first handspun project, made from pink mystery wool batts. If I can get my act together and get the kids to bed early tonight, maybe I'll actually get to blog tonight!

Recycled Rowan

I'm finished with the entrelac bag for Yarntopia and it's waiting to be photographed sometime today.  The Rowan Country yarn it's made from is a loosely twisted chunky weight single.  Here's what it looked like originally.  I had half a skein left over and I turned yarn into roving back into yarn.  Oh, this was fun.

I don't even know what I'm going to do with it.  I just know that it seemed like an excellent idea late last night when I should have been going to bed.  I am so looking forward to the Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair in a few weeks!  I'm going there with nothing specific in mind other than to find things that look like they'll spin up pretty.