Moda Sampler Block Shuffle

Have you heard about the Moda Sampler Block Shuffle that started this week?  Each week there will be 2-3 free quilt block patterns available for download and at the finish you will have 30 blocks for a quilt.  I think it will be a good way be able to stitch a little bit each day without committing to a big project during the holiday season.  One of my favorite local quilt shops, O'Susannah's Quilt Shop, is stitching along and posting YouTube videos of the process.  Watch the video below for more details...

  

While The Internet Was Out

I may not have been posting, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been quilting.  I was recently asked to make this quilt for a military couple that will be getting married this month, so I have been busy sewing to make sure it was finished in time for the wedding.  (Maybe it's a good thing that the internet wasn't working right!)  The quilt finished at 60x77, so it's a nice throw size that will be perfect for the sofa or 4th of July picnics.  The pattern is Star Bright Quilt and is available for free from Swim Bike Quilt.

Finally...Really...I Hope!

I think we finally have the problems with our internet worked out.  Even with the new line and a higher speed our internet was still dropping.  All signs pointed to the router as the culprit, which was one of the first things we replaced in August, so I was hesitant to follow the tech's advice to purchase another new router of a different brand, but I did just that last Thursday and so far everything is working great.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the new router has really fixed the problem, so I can get back to blogging as usual!

Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday

Handknit With Love

A longtime friend just entered into hospice care this week.  Although we are close at heart, we are not close in miles, so I can't be there to help her and her family.  I'm one who needs to DO something and I had already made and given her a quilt a couple of years ago, so I went to work on knitting her a pair of cozy slipper socks.  Very little in the grand scheme of things, but it brightened her day when they arrived in the mail and I know she will be reminded of how much I love her when she wears them.

The pattern is Chunky Knit Slipper Socks and the awesome printable wrapper is from Cobberson & Co.

What Happens?

What happens when your friends find out that you are knitting hats for charity to use up your yarn stash?  They give you their stash!  Thanks, Kathy.  It's probably a good thing that I have more yarn though (not that I was in any real danger of running out) because our internet issues were only solved temporarily.  This weeks "solution" is to bump our our speed, but that's not working either and service is still sporadic.  Oh well...less time on the computer means more time to knit!

Silent Sunday

No Internet Means...

We have been having trouble with our internet not staying connected for the past couple of months.  Multiple calls to tech support, visits from the cable guy, a new modem, and a new router weren't of any help.  Last week I reached my breaking point and threatened to change ISP's if the problem wasn't corrected.  Apparently they didn't want to lose a customer because they sent someone right out to change the line into the house.  Low and behold that fixed the problem and our internet is running full speed without interruption.  No internet means, no blog posts, but it also means that I was actually doing something a little more productive than blogging and pinning patterns to Pinterest. I knitted eight hats that will be donated to a local pre-school!  Maybe the internet should go out more often...