Yesterday was a really busy day but I feel like I didn't really accomplish much of anything tangible. I did some laundry, made some bread and delivered some food to the local food pantry. I probably spent most of my time timing my longarm. I'm not good at doing that so it usually takes me a few (or 10) tries. I think I have it but I wasn't in the mood to load a quilt and give it a go. I packed up a box of soap for a local charity. I've made a little progress on the next set of pieces for Red Sunset but, honestly, this project has been mostly ignored the past few days. Yesterday, I mentioned that I was going to start a hexagon sweater with Lion Brand Jeans yarn. This is the third start with this yarn. I really like it a lot but it's difficult to see the stitches in this dark, speckled yarn! I think this pattern is going to work out just fine. There are about 500 different video tutorials and patterns for hexagon sweaters but I've settled on this one. I like the cuffs and edging that she designed and her video tutorial is really thorough. If I can't get this yarn to work for me in this pattern I will give up and donate the yarn to someone else! I really should have picked a lighter color of this yarn. During my meal breaks I'm reading up on my training for working the election polls next month. I had training Tuesday afternoon and this is out homework. I really enjoy working the polls but it's a really long day. So I guess I've been pretty busy but today and tomorrow I'll be at sewing days with my quilt club. If I talk less and sew more I might get another veterans quilt top done!
Gene Black
10/8/2022 08:22:25 am
That yarn would make a lovely sweater, but I can feel your pain about working on the dark color. It is like sewing with black thread on black fabric!
patty
10/10/2022 09:18:47 am
Kudos to you for working the polls. With the current political climate, poll workers are under uncalled for stress. Keep plugging away at all your projects! Sometimes we all have days that the hills are too high.
Mary Anne
10/12/2022 06:31:35 pm
I'm in the Jeans yarn lover camp but then again I've only ever knitted with it so can't speak to how it works with crochet. Right now I'm knitting a sweater colour-block style to use up the rest of my jeans yarn that I had leftover from last years sweaters. Comments are closed.
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