A Bit of This and a Bit of That
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A little bit of this and a little bit of that has been happening around here…
I FINALLY uncovered Emmie G….
First up to get quilted is the baby quilt I started at the Mystery retreat…
Just did a simple loop-de-loop… So happy to be able to have a play with Emmie G before I leave…
Oh and absolutely LOVE the light bar that Dad made for me, it provides sooo much light, it even helps during the day…
I’ve got three quilts done so far, just need to do one more before I go… will take pics of them when they are ready.
I worked slowly and steadily on the crochet shell blanket…
And it is now done…
I used this tutorial, and used a smaller hook so that I could make it nice and thick and warm…. I will save it for a cold winter 🙂
Our driving is done!!!
123 hours!
DS passed his hazard perception test this week and got his log book approved…. next week he will sit his driving test, so hopefully he will pass that too…
I won’t miss the long days of driving, but I will miss the Aussie scenery, including the lovely golden fields of canola…
Oh, forgot to show you the lovely pressie Lenore gave Elizabeth and myself when I met her in Seymour:
Lovely soap made in her home town of Tallangatta… and speaking of Lenore…. I’m afraid I have bad news on the sock front….
I seem to have lost a stitch and the ribbing has gone all wonky… my mother took one look and said it was all wrong, so I am going to start over again…..
Now, one of the ladies in the Monday craft group recently learned how to knit socks… and she told me she had to undo her first pair about 50 times. Now she is churning out the socks, so I shall not give up yet! I just hope I don’t have to start again quite so many times!!!!!!
Just four more sleeps till DD and I head home… I have packed one bag, and am sorting out what can fit in the suitcase… it is taking time, but I am getting there 🙂
I still have lots of quilt shop pics to share with you.. soon… 🙂
Great to see Emmie out for a drive instead of the car! so good to have done all those hours… well done… I love the look of your crochet blanket and good luck with the socks…. Have a safe trip back… Aus was happy to have your for a while but Qld missed it…
Hugz
Nice work going on! Congrats to phase 1 with your son!
The sock knitting will come-keep at it!
Hi! Congratulations go to your son and to you for sticking with it! The shawl is so pretty. Quilting machine! Must be so nice to have one but you said you were packing for home so I am wondering why the quilting machine is not at home? I guess I will just give up trying to keep up to you and just enjoy your blogs wherever you happen to be! LOL Nancy
Good to see you making good progress on the quilting. love the crochet blanket.
is it hard to know where “home” really is??
Crotchet rug looks lovely. Now re the socks, it’s like falling off a horse, don’t leave it too long before the stitches are back on the needle.like your friend said at class, it might take a number (hopefully not 50) of goes but you will do it. Takes awhile to get use to the small needle and yarn size. When you knit a jumper next time you will think you are using crow bars. Xx
Ps. Good luck Matt for next week. I would love an Emmie G in my garage 🤓🤓
I’m sure you are relieved not to be sitting in the car for so many hours – it’s good practice for a beginner driver though. I’m a bit away from beginner drivers now (our boys are in their mid-30’s) and I don’t know if the rules have changed, but at that time there certainly wasn’t any sort of log book like your son has been keeping. I think all new drivers should be required to drive so many miles before they are allowed to drive alone….and also have to watch a graphic film about the repercussions of driving while drunk. I think seeing that would make many of them think twice about drinking and driving. Sorry about the sock but I think we all go through a learning curve with those!
Love the little quilt & glad Emmie G has had a workout. Congrats to DS. Your crochet rug is gorgeous, love the colours. Good luck with the sock knitting. Hugs,xx
Well done on the driving goals. Must be so hard to be constantly packing up and tooing and froing. Your quilt on the machine is so cute. I love your beautiful Shell crochet. I am a hopeless knitter so you are streets ahead of me xx
Glad you got some quilting done on Emmie G & your crochet rug is really pretty & well done. Maybe you’ll do socks well enough by the time you get back again, that you’ll be able to teach me.(lol). I’m useless!!!!! Take care & huggles. Safe travels & we’ll keep in touch by email.
Wow! It’s funny that we are now both (for me at age 58) just learning to knit socks in the round with Mom saying it needs to be pulled out and redone. But I intend to persevere hoping it won’t take 50 tries. I’m being silly enough to try two socks at once. Youtube has been a big help.
Great baby quilt, the loops are a wonderful compliment to the pattern.