Instead of quilting down the stairs, I've been knitting up the stairs. I've finished 3 pairs of socks. The yummy green yarn was dyed by the very talented Deb Levy. She's a very generous friend.

 I'm also working on a sweater for a friend who shall remain nameless. It's coming along very nicely now but not so much in the begininng. Of course, once I figured out that the designer really did know what she was doing and me, not so much, everything started to move along fabulously. It's not fun to unknit row after row of more than 200 stitches because you couldn't follow directions in the first place. The upside of all that unpicking is that I got to know the pattern repeats very well. It's knit from the bottom up in one piece. It's a KnitPick's pattern....http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/Harumi_Cardigan__D10614220.html

In case you were missing my kitties...

willing subjects

I'm taking an online photography course and no one wants their picture taken....even the cats are starting to look and walk away when they see the camera. Good thing for my little friends.......

So, I thought I would be sewing up a storm while hubby is recuperating from his rotator cuff surgery but nary a stitch has been taken. Between helping him out and taken over the snow removal duties, the day just flies by. We have another storm coming with the possibility of two more feet of snow and PT started this week....x3 for the next 6 weeks. I have been knitting.....good thing I have lots of projects.

Queensland Flood Appeal Auction

Carole over at Quilting Adventures is having an auction to help the flood victims. She is auctioning off a Civil War Chronicles kit to the highest bidder. Please go over and check it out.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

From our house to yours.....wishing you all a very Merry Christmas filled with much love and joy!

ufo challenge 2011

I've picked out my 12 quilts for the challenge.

1. blue and white star snowballs
2. nana's gardens
3. dolpins and turtles
4. sunrise
5. sunset
6. yellow brick road
7. underground railroad
8. butterfly quilt
9. cat stars
10. christmas trees
11. flannel quilt
12. garden club

Head on over to JudyL blog for all the details. I'm looking forward to the challenge and completing some of my projects.

for those that wondered

The kitty quilt is a pattern from Buggy Barn Quilts in one of their books called.... That Crazy Thing We Do.