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!!
Ohh, thanks for idea to use up leftover sock yarn. Love it.
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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 :-)
DeleteGood 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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!
DeleteGood to see your projects x
ReplyDeleteThanks! Probably not as many as you though!! xxx
DeleteThose hexagons are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI 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.
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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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