Roses are ...

Dahlia in July

Weather

This is the weather from the little tower in two directions at the same time yesterday evening. You can see the bad weather approaching...

Mai Vacation

Pfalz April 2012

Some WIPs

Karenina with the pattern proceeds going to MSF.

 Another pair of Jules, these ones will be size 44 for Bettina's kids.

 Scylla, because after seeing so many on the SKA threads I was too weak to resist.

A poto of the cardigan I have dug out of the closet and am back to working on. It is actually black, but the color is hard to capture.

Some FOs

My finished Mystery Socks for the SKA (Sock Knitters Anonymous) group on Ravelery.

MyGuy's reworked X-mas socks, they needed shortening and tightening after he first wore them,they grew like crazy.

Valentine's Day 2012

Erna's 85th

It was my mother in laws 85th birthday and we bought this bouquet for her in the name of relatives from Bavaria, thus the "blue" white flowers:

4 new stars and a new knitting project

While MyGuy was out viewing Verblendung the american version, I managed to sew 4 stars for Max' Star quilt, they still need the sashing strips but at 11:30 I decided to call it a night. I have finally managed to screw up one of the star points by sewing the squares in opposite directions and then cutting the second one of before I realized it. Lucikly I could recut one, so the star still looks good.

As I cannot find half my hats and gloves (not that I have searched too hard yet, it was warmish until this week) I have cast on a new hat this morning on the train. Topdown and improvised, so wish me luck on figuring out the right number and spacing of increases.

First Knitted FO 2012

I finished the girly socks, but have no picture as the battery on the camera was empty. I also ripped one of the christmas socks for MyGuy back to the gussett decreases and added two more sets of decreases as they are to wide and to long.

I did finish the 6th star for Max' Star quilt, but Sunday I spend more time watching downhill skiing and slalom than sewing.

Flue brings progress

Due to some fever and flue I staid home from work and finished the first sock of both my Girly socks and my Cotty socks. And on the day I was almost good I started putting together Max' Stars. The first two are done and I am very pleased so far. I have cut 35 centers the same and the sashing posts will also be all the same, I do not have enough of any fabric to make all the sashings the same, but that is fine.

Grey Pink Quilt

Reading Challenge

This reading Challenge sounded like fun, so I think I will see how many I can read from by stacks for this color reading challenge.

Convergence bordered

I have finally added borders to a small convergence quilt I made quite a while ago in a class with my mom. Black and white and red. I am quilte pleased with how it looks now.

This is a small size and I think will make a nice first project for my machine quilting resolution. However I have to dig out my manual first and get the tension right, at the moment I have a feeling my bobbin thread is popping up at the top of my sewing.

Lone Star

The January palette by Vicky would be great as a Lone Star, I think, but white as the back drop? Or lime green and have the purples and blues form the star...

Send my Kaleidoscope off

At least I hope it went off, I have left it with the Best of All Husbands to be send to my mom for quilting. I finished adding the border strips, sewed up a backing and put the binding fabric in there, too. Tape shut and address to Mom. Done!

Sunrise today

Quilt Plans

I am currently working on finally finishing the Kaleidoscope Quilt I have started long ago. Then Max's Stars needs to come together so I can give it to him in July for his Birthday. I also still have a Storm at Sea that is in little baskets, so that needs to be done at some point.

I have committed to Quilting Resolutions, too. I want to do applique and machine quilting for new techniques, finish my Max's Stars and will do a Lone Star for my always wanted to do this project.

On top of that I want to work on a series of quilts using the Buckeye Beauty block.

Should keep me busy, don't you think?

September Days on the Rhine and in a steam train.

How many knitters can YOU fit in a tiny living room?

Poor Roedel!

My poor car had to be taken to the garage by the ADAC and it looks like it might be more expensive to repair it than what it still is worth. Sigh! Not that I  n e e d  a car, but it is my first one.

Bei uns ums Eck.

Green Damson

Maybe not the best quality for the picture, but here is my finished Damson in action. I think the dark "border" of Hazelknits is not anything you would notice without being told.

A few WIPs and a FO

Bavaria 2

Die wunderbare Welt der Amelie?

Yes, another bookshop, why were you asking?

Bavaria - a bit of vacation impressions

Fondue in February

Verena

The new Verena (Winter 10) is out. However the preview this link is taking you to has saved you from the worst thing in the magazine: Merry Christmas is an intarsia sweater with lots of christmas motives. I thought those had died with the last century, but here is one raising it's ugly head. Otherwise there is some nice stuff in it as far as I could tell from the first flip through.

The second part of the Verena Socken um die Welt is also available and I am enjoying reading the "travel" descriptions, even though some of them have nothing to do with the socks depicted with them. I think I will knit the Nepal socks, maybe without the Ajour (Lace) at the top.

Stricktreff October 2010

I had a lot of fun, but was busy talking, eating and knitting, so only a few pictures.