10 February 2007

White Socks finished

Over the last few days I sewed the 10 blocks that I had decided I needed to add when I first laid out the 70 existing blocks and sewed the top together. The pattern is Jewel Box and you can see that I once again chose to have two color scrappy quilt. This is one of my favorite types of quilt. I am thinking about adding a border, but the quilt already is 160x200 cm and I think just a red binding might be enoug.





I finished my white socks that were originally intended for the knit the classics for January. Though I had planned to use a simple eylet pattern, I could not resist when I found Gothic Lattice in one of Barbara Walker's Treasuries. After all Woman in White is a gothic novel. I am not sure if I would do the toe part like this again, but it's not bad enough for me to redo it. The socks are Regia Silk in white and very soft.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your socks AND red/white quilt top are beautiful!!
I love finding a knitter/quilter! I do both, but have been pulled into the knitting hole and can't get out! I have a beautiful scrappy quilt that just needs to be quilted and bound....maybe I need to make a path to the sewing machine....
You do very nice work!

Booklogged said...

Beautiful quilt. And lovely socks. So nice to surround yourself with homemade items. Cozy!

Jan said...

What a beautiful quilt. I get the blocks done and then never put them together. I love your socks too.

Sonya said...

I love those interlocking cables on your socks. Your quilt top is amazing too! My grandmother is a great quilter, but I didn't inherit her eye for color. Or her attention to detail.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I really enjoyed knitting Green Gable. I'm sure I'll knit it again.

Emma said...

Those are gorgeous socks. fantastic job!

Anonymous said...

Love the colours of the Jewel Box quilt top - very pretty! :)

teabird said...

Wonderful socks - they are, indeed, perfect for Woman in White!

melanie (a/k/a teabird)