Saturday, 19 February 2022

Resting AND Keeping Busy?

 

Can you keep busy and rest at the same time?  I'm trying to do both!  I've never been one to just sit without a project or book in hand.  I have no option but to rest just now as even going up and down stairs leaves me breathless so I'm making sure I have wee projects on the go.  I've been making more hexies to add to my quilt.  Progress photo as of this morning!  They're laid out across a UK double bed.  All the fabrics were free to me, donated by my lovely mum and her quilting friends.


Some of the fabrics are just scraps, big enough for a 3" hexagon but some are full fat quarters.  No longer wanted for whatever reasons so I got lucky! I'd rather not cut up the larger pieces of fabric just for hexies so they've been waiting patiently for a project.  And I think I've found one in my Youtube browsing!  Karen at Just Get It Done Quilts explains it HERE in 5 Ways to Use Ugly Fabric 😆 The fabrics I have aren't that ugly, they just don't go together.  But I love her design for a quilt that isn't too precious to be used.  It's on my Summer holiday project list now!


I knitted a few more squares for my sock blanket with my leftover sock yarn. I found a stash of them when I was looking through my fabric so need to get those stitched together and take an updated photo of  the blanket.  It's getting big!  I can't remember when I started it but it was definitely in my previous house so at least 8 or 9 years ago! 😲

I knit, sew and plan out my garden and allotment while sitting on the sofa or lying propped up in my bed.  I've not managed a full day out of bed yet for over a week.  I'm just achy and tired and more than a little bit grumpy!!
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8 comments:

  1. Jackie19 February 2022 at 22:49

    Ohh, thanks for idea to use up leftover sock yarn. Love it.

    God bless.

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    1. Ali20 February 2022 at 08:17

      Thanks!! There are loads of sock yarn blanket ideas out there, this method of knitting individual squares suits me as I can take my wee needles and a few scrap balls of yarn in a pencil case as my 'project on the go.' Once I have about 20 squares I stitch them together in a strip and add another row to the blanket :-)

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  2. Chris19 February 2022 at 23:11

    Good you have lots to keep you busy. I am plowing through the latest "Outlander" book by Diana Gabaldon. It's called "Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone" and is a mammoth 880 pages! But I am almost half way through it and quite engrossed in it.

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    1. Ali20 February 2022 at 08:21

      I must confess to not watching the series on tv even though it's filmed locally!! I don't read as much as I used to as my eyes struggled with the print size. I should get back into it now I have my varifocal glasses. Although I do listen to audiobooks when I'm pottering about in the kitchen!

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  3. gallovidian20 February 2022 at 06:36

    Good to see your projects x

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    1. Ali20 February 2022 at 08:21

      Thanks! Probably not as many as you though!! xxx

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  4. Joy20 February 2022 at 08:34

    Those hexagons are beautiful!
    I think you can definitely rest and keep busy. Personally, I can't just sit and watch telly - I have to be doing something with my hands - knitting, cross stitch - something like that.
    xx

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    1. Ali20 February 2022 at 08:49

      Thanks!! Definitely a scrappy labour of love project but I'm loving making something from fabric that would probably be binned as it was too small

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