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What are you knitting Mary ?
mirjam At the moment, nothing. I am assembling a quilt. However, I have six skeins of Araucania fingering weight yarn I found at a re-sale shop a few weeks ago for almost nothing, and it is beginning to call to me. It is yarn made in Turkey and then hand-dyed in Chile, and is a lovely blue with casts of green. It is 75% wool and 25% poly, so I'm thinking of making a pair of mittens just to see how it really goes, and then turn the rest into a hat, scarf, and perhaps some socks. But not until the quilt is finished! I have put that quilt aside repeatedly over the past 5 years, and it is time to finish! |
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On Dec 23, 5:27*pm, Mary wrote:
What are you knitting Mary ? mirjam At the moment, nothing. *I am assembling a quilt. *However, I have six skeins of Araucania fingering weight yarn I found at a re-sale shop a few weeks ago *for almost nothing, and it is beginning to call to me. It is yarn made in Turkey and then hand-dyed in Chile, and is a lovely blue with casts of green. *It is 75% wool and 25% poly, so I'm thinking of making a pair of mittens just to see how it really goes, and then turn the rest into a hat, scarf, and perhaps some socks. *But not until the quilt is finished! *I have put that quilt aside repeatedly over the past 5 years, and it is time to finish! Happy creative time to you Mary Do you have a subject or special technique in the quilt ? i wish you to enjoy making it and having it mirjam |
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Do you have a subject or special technique in the quilt ?
i wish you to enjoy making it and having it mirjam The pattern is one that I designed on a pad of hotel note paper while at a very boring meeting about amending birth certificates in Washington DC. Since the hotel was located in Foggy Bottom (near the Watergate Hotel), I named it Foggy Bottom. The quilt is based upon a 12" block with the smallest bit 1", the largest 2", and lots of half- square triangles -- 72 bits of fabric in each block. The blocks are turned for assembly, so there is an overall pattern with major diagonals over the quilt with stars alternated with flowers in the centers. This quilt is 9 blocks by 9 blocks and will fit a queen bed as a bedspread or king bed as a coverlet. Every stitch in this quilt is by hand. If I were to compare it to known patterns I would have to say that it is like Jacobs Ladder but much more complex. This is a quilt I intend to keep and to use on my bed, so I am very grateful that the dog likes to sleep under the covers or on sheets at the top of the bed rather than on a quilt or bedspread! He's very clean as dogs go, but is still a dog. Sheets get changed every 5 days or so, but laundering a quilt means a special trip to the laundromat, and frequent laundering of quilts is rather hard on them. I have pieced quite a few blocks of this quilt during quiet afternoons at sea on several cruise ships, in the Caribbean, in the Mediterranean, and on two Trans-Atlantic crossings, so parts of this quilt are rather well- travelled. |
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On Dec 24, 3:45*pm, Mary wrote:
Do you have a subject or special technique in the quilt ? i wish you to enjoy making it and having it mirjam The pattern is one that I designed on a pad of hotel note paper while at a very boring meeting about amending birth certificates in Washington DC. Amazing , how boring meetings give birth to interesting art works HAHA] *Since the hotel was located in Foggy Bottom (near the Watergate Hotel), I named it Foggy Bottom. i like that *The quilt is based upon a 12" block with the smallest bit 1", the largest 2", and lots of half- square triangles -- 72 bits of fabric in each block. *The blocks are turned for assembly, so there is an overall pattern with major diagonals over the quilt with stars alternated with flowers in the centers. *This quilt is 9 blocks by 9 blocks and will fit a queen bed as a bedspread or king bed as a coverlet. *Every stitch in this quilt is by hand. *If I were to compare it to known patterns I would have to say that it is like Jacobs Ladder but much more complex. I am very impressed ,,, and hope you will soon complete it and Show the picture *This is a quilt I intend to keep and to use on my bed, so I am very grateful that the dog likes to sleep under the covers or on sheets at the top of the bed rather than on a quilt or bedspread! *He's very clean as dogs go, but is still a dog. *Sheets get changed every 5 days or so, but laundering a quilt means a special trip to the laundromat, and frequent laundering of quilts is rather hard on them. We have special covers for our [quilt like] blankets [ duvets] I have pieced quite a few blocks of this quilt during quiet afternoons at sea on several cruise ships, in the Caribbean, in the Mediterranean, and on two Trans-Atlantic crossings, so parts of this quilt are rather well- travelled. Aha you passed by our country? i live on the Mediterranean shore ..... mirjam |
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Aha you passed by our country?
i live on the Mediterranean *shore ..... mirjam I haven't visited Israel yet, but hope to get there! The closest I have been has been Alexandria and Kusadasi, both of which I enjoyed very much. I was on the QE2, and we had an overnight in Alexandria, so I took a side trip/overnight to Cairo, which was excellent. |
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On Dec 25, 7:23*am, Mary wrote:
Aha you passed by our country? i live on the Mediterranean *shore ..... mirjam I haven't visited Israel yet, but hope to get there! *The closest I have been has been Alexandria and Kusadasi, both of which I enjoyed very much. *I was on the QE2, and we had an overnight in Alexandria, so I took a side trip/overnight to Cairo, which was excellent. Next time please visit me ,,, mirjam |
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