Knit One Quilt Too

Just a little something extra

I made one more little thing for the Community Baby Shower on Monday.  This little hat is a simple baby hat made with some leftover Rowan Calmer.  It's sitting on a stack of fabric I picked up on Saturday at the Stitchin' Post in an effort to brighten up the stash. 

By the way, I had a lovely afternoon in Sisters all by myself on Saturday.  I spent a good long time in the Stitchin' Post, then as I was leaving discovered a brand new wool shop, called Baabaara's Wild and Wooly.  They sell handspun wool, rovings and fleece.  I asked about spinning lessons and they said they would come soon.  In fact, she was already to give me a spindle lesson right there, but had sold the last spindle that morning.  They have a nice list of free demonstrations and classes in April and will be doing things like felted eggs, dyeing, knitting, needle felting and wet felting.  Very cool!

There's more tulip love around here.  I couldn't resist the velvety tomato color of these beauties.

Lastly, I keep forgetting to update my runagogo mileage.  So far it's 60 miles.  That's mostly walking, but there is some bike riding and one snowshoe tour.  It's been fun and I'm not nearly as far along as I had hoped.  With only 2.5 weeks left, I've got a long way to go.  Luckily, the warm weather has arrived for the time being.  We are having lovely spring-like days (here that means 50's and 60's- and occasionally in the 70's like on Sunday). 

Catching Up!

We've been terribly busy again, but I've got some good stuff to show you.  First, here are the gorgeous silk yarns I picked up at Artfibers in San Francisco.  These are both 100% silk.  The top photo is a line called Hana. The colors are exquisite- much richer than they appear in the photo!  The bottom one is also 100% silk, but it's looser spun, thick and thin- it's called Golden Chai.  I'm thinking special scarves for each of these.

Speaking of San Francisco, I finally figured out that we walked about 7 miles that weekend, so my total so far for the 100 mile challenge is 23 miles.  I've got 10 more to go by the end of the month, if I want to stay on track.  It shouldn't be difficult since we are having lots of the sort of sunny days that Central Oregon is known for.

In other news, our extended family is having a baby explosion (not literally!).  I'm the oldest of 10 cousins on my dad's side and the younger ones all seem to be adding to their families this year.  I just found out the first babies (twin boys) were born on the 18th.  They live in Australia, so I don't know when we'll get to meet them, but I'll bet they are adorable.  Happy Birthday to Taylor and Kiran!  I also have two other cousins due to have girls this year!  What a happy time.  I've been busy in the quilt room and here are the piles I've made so far.

I've got another quilt project going right now, but I think it requires a separate post, so that will be coming up later.  Meanwhile, I haven't forgotten about the Manos blanket!  I'm working on the last bit of knitting and then the sewing up!  I think the big burst of steam I had after Christmas has dissipated, but I'll try to work on that this week too.  The quilting has really drawn me in and now that I have quilt and fabric piles all over the place it makes me want to get all that out of the way before working on something else.

I'd like to welcome my very talented sister to the online art/craft world.  She has her own website now and will be selling her gorgeous glass creations online.  Check it out at Silly Dog Art Glass.  Congratulations Cheryl!

100 Miles by April 1

I just joined the 100 Miles by April 1st group.  You can walk, run, swim or use whatever body movement you like!  I've already logged 6.7 miles since New Year's and that doesn't include our geocache walk that day.  I wasn't keeping track of miles that day, but it was probably at least a mile.  Anyway, click the button on the right if you want more info.  I'll try to post weekly about my progress.