Tuesday, February 4, 2014

A Quilty-Knitty Weekend

The very first Sew-In of the Maritime Modern Quilt Guild was a quilty success!  What fun we had.  I took along my video camera hoping to get some candid shots but I totally forgot to charge the battery so no photos from me..darn.  But if you click here  you can see some shots that Adrienne, our president,  took showing us all hard at work.   I worked on getting my son's flannel quilt sewn together (he lovingly calls it his"felt quilt"!) and I also finished sewing together my "Slices". I haven't decided what I will do with this yet. Tote bag?  machine cover?  Large cushion?  It's 24" square-ish
  We all made progress on projects and are looking forward to our next get-together later this month.

 That was on Saturday.  On Sunday afternoon, Knitty Sister and I went to Dartmouth Yarns for a workshop on how to arm-knit...yes, knitting using just your arms, no needles...too much fun. Here's a You-Tube video on arm knitting if interested.  I made a cowl.  I used the most gorgeous yarn.  I can't find the ballband and I can't remember what it is called but I can find out if you would like to know.   It is a super bulky and the reds are amazing.  It came in several colours.

Today, I am working on sewing rows together and getting my son's quilt into a flimsy so I can get it quilted and gifted.  More snow tomorrow!  This will make three Wednesday's in a row that we have had a snowstorm.

I am linking up with The Needle and Thread Network for WiP Wednesday 

16 comments:

  1. ARM knitting??!! That's a new one on me... Sounds intriguing...

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  2. What a fun weekend!! Quilting and knitting! The arm knitting looks like such fun - I can imagine a whole room of knitters doing it and having a good laugh!

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  3. LOVE the pointy quilt and I MUST try arm knitting again!

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  4. sounds like a good weekend...no snow for us in central bc...it has been warm...colder this week but today the sun is out...love it

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  5. You totally need to teach me how to sew triangles!! I've been wanting to make a kona solid triangle quilt. Very pretty-sorry to have missed the first sew in.

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  6. Lots of snow this year! The triangles are great!

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  7. Hi Linda, I agree Saturday was a fun time! Love your triangles! About arm knitting, well, I am not a knitter, but I did see another arm knitting tutorial a while ago and it totally looks like something I could do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBlzVCaX7HU It's only about 4 minutes long. Cheers!

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  8. What a great time you had! Love seeing Slices...so pretty. I have never heard of arm knitting...love the cowl!

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  9. Oh I love the rainbowness, but then you knew I wouldn't didn't you.

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  10. Love your "Slices" quilt and your eye for colour. I've heard of hand knitting so I shouldn't be surprised to see it's moved up the arm. The yarn you chose is lovely.

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  11. Nice Linda...I really like the colors in the yarn

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  12. Love those triangles!! I've been itching to make a triagle quilt as well... although mine will probably be for a baby! Great work!!

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  13. Love this quilt, its been pretty cold here, it seems the cold weather has come our way now.
    Take care Linda!

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  14. Arm knitting--that sounds like fun!

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  15. I've never heard of arm quilting -- very intriguing! Glad to hear you had fun at the sew-in!

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  16. Your "felt" quilt's colours and combinations thereof are fantastic, and thanks for the link to arm knitting.

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