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Linen and Threads Mystery SAL'19 - Dec 4 |
Yes, I am here, and it is Monday morning, and I am going to try and get two weeks caught up. This might be a bit longer than normal, but you will understand if you read to the end of the post to see why.
Linen and Threads Mystery SAL'19 - I have been slowly working on this piece, and you can see that I haven't been able to get a lot of time to sit and work on this piece. I am looking forward to seeing how much more of this I can get done before the end of the year. I would love to see the rest of the border finished, but I am not sure if that is going to happen with only 2 weeks left in the year.
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Linen and Threads Mystery SAL'19 - Dec 15 |
I am going to be working hard to see how much of it I can get done as the 2020 design size and the title have been released, so I will need to get prepared to start that project on January 1st.
If things so well, I should be able to see a bit more progress on this project during the week, but I will have to see how things go.
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Everyday Shawl - Dec 14 |
Everyday Shawl - I have been getting bits of time to knit in the last couple of weeks, and I have been trying to move both the grey and teal shawls forward. I am really glad that I put in the marker for the beginning of the month, as I can see how much I have been able to get completed since the beginning of the month.
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Everyday Shawl - Dec 14 |
On the grey shawl, the orange marker shows the beginning of December and the green is where I was on December 8th. I like this shawl as it is simple knitting and something that I can work on when I just need something easy to work on and don't want to follow a pattern.
On the teal shawl, the green marker shows the beginning of December and the orange is where I was on December 8th. I have been trying to work on this shawl a bit at a time as I am trying to get the chevrons completed so that I can get this shawl also to the point where it is easy to work on, and I don't need the pattern, but it is still going to be sometime before I do that.
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Hex keychain |
English Paper Piecing - This weekend, I had a bit of time to sit and try and figure out a couple of other ideas for using some of the motifs that I have been working on. The first project was a keychain using the motifs, and that didn't take too long to complete as it was a simple and fun project.
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Hex pincushion |
The other project that I wanted to try and make was a Hexagon pincushion, so I sat down and worked on getting it made. Sure there were some challenges making it as you have the cardstock in all the motifs until you get quite a bit of the pincushion sewn together. I am happy with how it turned out, and now I am going to try and make a couple more of them.
I look forward to seeing all the different things that I can make using the motifs that I have. I have some larger items on the go, but considering they are just a pile of motifs, I haven't taken any pictures of them.
QuickBooks Connect - Now, here is the reason why there was no blog last week. I was at a three-day conference for QuickBooks, which is the accounting software that I use. The conference was wonderful and I learned quite a few new things about the software and other things.
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Chris Hadfield at QuickBooks Connect |
One of the keynotes at the conference was Col. Chris Hadfield, and it was wonderful to listen to his talk. We were four rows from the stage, and it was a great spot to see him and also get a couple of pictures of him. The other highlight of his keynote was when, after completing his talk, he picked up his guitar and sang two songs to wrap up was a great day.
The conference was three extremely busy days, and now it is getting back to getting everything else done.
I hope everyone has a great week, and you find some time to do something that you enjoy doing most days. It doesn't have to be for long, but at least a few minutes of doing something for yourself is important.