Waiting for Christmas........

Well, I haven't posted for a while and some of my posts are moved. I do have a few more projects that are completed but as they are Christmas gifts, I will have to wait to post photos. Who knows, some of my family may actually read this blog!?
One day I will get around to rearranging everything here.
Today is Sunday and I plan to do some sewing in the afternoon as that is not considered WORK.
I went with friends to some great craft fairs on Saturday. It was enough to get all of us motivated to keep "crafting". So many clever ideas!

St. Joseph County Fair has come and gone!

Here are the photos I promised some of you. These are my prize winning items for the fair last week! I didn't enter any food items this year. My garden was not up to par for a Master Gardener! LOL
Well, maybe next year. Seems like the items I did not take had no other entries this year and so would have been easy prizes. But like everyone else the fair people did not have much money this year either and the prize money was almost nothing. Think I should enter more quilts as that is paid better than the knitting. But I have been more into the knitting lately.

Soldier sock in progress...

I see there is no date on the posting of the beige sweater? Oh well!
Here is a picture of the first sock in the pair of soldier socks that I am currently working on. I am resisting knitting two at a time due to tangling of the yarn!
These are Olive drab, Regia stretch fingering weight yarn ( 75% wool some nylon and a little elastic). Working them on a size 1 needle except for the heel and toe which will be more densely knit using the size 0.
Thought you might like to see what they look like OTN? See the links at the left for a link to the SocksForSoldiers website and join up!

Zealan's Beige Cardigan

Well, here are the photos for the last cardigan that I made for my grandson Zealan. The yarn is Wool-Ease, color "wheat". It is mostly off-white with brown and grey colors going through it. (Not really the "flecks" though.) The pattern is from an OLD Coats and Clark mini-book of Toddler Sweaters. I remembered to improve the raglans on this one by adding one extra knit stitch on each side of the decreases. The pattern doesn't have those and you can "see" the decreases. Ick!
This on is a size 24 months so he can still grow into it!

BBS - Big Black Socks for Soldiers

Hi!
Just a short note to say my latest pair of BBS is finished and almost ready to mail to Kim! I was able to beg a pretty washcloth and a box of toothpaste samples to send with this pair! I was excited about that!
Picture will be posted later. Honest!

See the link area to learn more about helping out in this wonderful cause!

The matching hat is finished!!

Here are the promised photos of the hat that matches the cabled sweater and mittens. It is very cute. If I make it again though I will make the "scarf" ties a little longer. I also had to learn two new techniques to complete this project; wrap and turn on short row shaping and the cable cast-on. Learning is good!

Although I have the big Vogue Knitting Book. I usually find myself looking things up online where you can even get video demonstrations. How many of you are familiar with knittinghelp.com ? It is a great resource! Check it out

The Quilt is finished!!!

Here are the promised photos of the completed quilt, close up of the Aunt Grace fabric in the 9 patch blocks, and close up of the binding and the label. After the binding was applied I started to like it better than I had before. Still not exactly what I was looking for but good.
What do you think? I think I should always make small quilts so that they get done!LOL