I Cut My Embroidery In Half! On purpose!

I started working on this embroidery (fabric from the Moda Minick & Simpson Snowfall collection) in November, and I finished it awhile ago. I had no real idea where it was going, but this morning, I figured out what to do with the small, highly detailed piece.

 Yes, cutting it apart was every bit as scary as steeking!

Little blank journals  (approx. 4" x 6") from Oriental Trading Company.

New Window Block 3

New Window Block 2

Assembly process here.

Almost Wordless Quilt Block- New Window (a variation on Cathedral Windows)

8- 5" squares coordinating fabric with high contrast

I didn't forget how to knit...

It's been a long time since a knitting pattern grabbed me, but JennyPenny's Calaveritas mittens did the trick. A friend posted the pattern link on Facebook, and within 10 minutes, I had bought it and was printing it out. I dug through the stash for some Knit Picks Risata yarn, and an unknown stash white fingering, and was off to town.

I skipped the Latvian Braid (whose instructions come in a You Tube Video), but otherwise knitted the mittens to the pattern. They came out a little big, but that's okay because I intend to wear them with commercial gloves underneath. If I was to knit them again (not likely), I'd drop down to 3mm needles (I used 3.25).

I love everything about the design, but I especially (and I do mean ESPECIALLY) love the skeleton thumbs.

If you have knitted mittens from a chart, and understand how chart decreases are indicated, and if this is not your first stranded pattern, then this should not be difficult (lots of float-anchoring, but that's just the way it goes when you have long streaks of a single color in a stranded design).

I give away most of what I make, but these are mine, mine, mine!

1 Year of Stitches Project 2 Finished but not Assembled

I haven't put it together yet, but the white-on-white stocking embroidery is done. This piece will be auctioned later, and all money donated to the ACLU.