SimplyChic Carryall for Crochet

A friend in the U.K. sent me some lovely fabric a while ago.
It took me some time to decide how I could show off the fab fabric to it's best.
I think it's Liberty Fabric ???????

Since I already have a carryall to carry to sewing classes
and one to tote my netbook
naturally I want one for my crochet stuff.

I wanted to preserve the fabric's great print,
Well, duh, what better way than to leave it to speak for itself.
Oh, yes, I did add a bit of bling 
didn't it turn out great ! ! ! 

The purple handles are drapery tie-backs that were a buck a piece at Hobby Lobby/

I used vinyl and fabric for the first pocket that will hold my current fave crochet pattern book
the next 'page' is a couple of fabric pockets to hold my current project
with instruction in the larger pocket.

There are pockets with zippers and more with out.

Pockets for my cotton crochet yarn on one page and two zipper pockets on the other page

that holds aluminum hooks in one and my steel hooks in the other.

Here are some of the details on the front of my newest carryall.

Back to organizing my sewing area.

AGAIN

Hugs 

What's Doing

Yes, I've been organizing my sewing area.

Again ! ! ! ! !

Lowes had some shelves

that I thought would help give more storage space

 out where I can see it

and get at it.

A person couldn't tell it by looking at my area lately,

but I work best when things are organized and not chaotic.

It's a work in progress.

as usual

This afternoon I was able to catch my Oldest Brother [boy, is he oldest] on Google Video Chat.

Had a nice visit and was able to see what he's been up to. 

He says he does not like to video chat

but he does stay online with us for quite a while once he gets on.

Nice way to spend part of the day.

As soon as DD#2 arrived for our SewDay we got out our newest GO! Fabric Cutting Die.
This is our Drunkard's Path cut from two FQs.
Only big enough for a quick table runner.
My first attempt on sewing those drat curves.
Really went quite fast.
The die cut a notch at the center of the curves so that alignment is easy peasy.

A week or so ago a knitting pal and I met up and knit for a couple of hours.
This is her little knitting bag - only about six inches from top of handle to bottom of bag -
includes a couple of ball of yarn and needles.
It's so cute and best of all
she gifted it to ME ! ! !
Thank you Paula.

Hugs

It's A Brand New Bag

Remember my Carolina CarryAll made with this

cool Batik fabrics?

I've been carrying since the day I finished it.

You probably know I don't carry bags for very long at any one time.

I change daily, weekly - so to carry one this long is unusual. 

I really like the shape and style and find it convenient to carry all my stuff.

Boy, am I amassing stuff to carry.

BUT,

now I am tired

of carrying the same old bag.

So, Now I Have A Brand New Bag ! ! !

Okay, I know, it the same ol' bag
INSIDE OUT ! ! ! ! !
Yea, another month of my Carolina CarryAll ! ! ! ! !
Hugs

Yummy, yummy, yummy,

so good for your tummy.
Guess what I baked.



Pumpkin Bread,
Corn Muffins
and Pumpkin Corn Muffins.

I bake just like I knit
- - - - I just add the left over [yarn/batter]
to the new [yarn/batter].

Don't think about it, just eat 'em while they're hot.

Daughter is coming over tomorrow for our annual
Turkey Soup Dinner.

This year was my turn to
cook-that-carcass.

I did just that with the addition of carrots, celery, potatoes, onions and noodles.
We'll be ready to fill our bowls.

Pass the muffins, please.

Hugs

FO KAL

It's a Finished Object
for the Knit A Long
Knit.Sock.Love

Cookie A. named her pattern Cauchy
and is the math inequality sign
you know <>

I began the KAL on November first
only to find my first yarn choice stank
as far as being able to decern a pattern in the self-stripping yarn.

So I went to the Stash and found this Icy Blue and Serendipity Turquioise combo
to begin again.
They made with the same yarn as Hubby's Turf Green Sox.
Bown Sheep Co
Lambs Pride SuperWash
Sport weight.
Just finished them this week - I do love 'em.

Hugs

Another Finished Pair

Plain Vanilla Sox
Perhaps you remember this yarn?
Picked these up during this past month and
decided to use
Melissa Morgan-Oakes pattern Raindrops for the leg pattern.
I love this Austermann yarn and
Oh, The Colors ! ! ! ! !

They're a slouchy sock.  Not to be worn with the leg stretched.
Just A  Nice Comfortable Day Sock.

Hugs

A Finish ! ! ! Finally ! ! !

With a couple more to come.
This pair is for Hubby
They're knit toe up -magic loop method -
with re-inforcing yarn in toe area.
It's a k2p2 ribbing
Brown Sheep Co. Lambs Pride SuperWash
Sport weight
it's called Turf Green.

I've completed a couple more pair
as I am participating in
Ravelry's KAL Group
for Cookie As new book
Knit.Sock.Love

Hope I'll be able to post many pair from Cookie's newest book.
I love all her designs.

Keep warm.
Hugs

KAL Cauchy

Since I have changed yarn for this KAL
[Knit A  Long]
the pattern has emerged.
Unlike the previous yarn choice
this lighter, solid shade
certain does Cookie A's pattern right.

The cuff and heel which is knit in a green yarn
in an attempt to use up stashed yarn.

The Raverly Cookie A
Knit.Sock.Love KAL
officially begins in January
so this means poor little ol' me will have to
do a little yarn shopping for
some solid yarn
so that the intricate stitches are shown to their best.
Poor me .  .  .  .

Have also been sewing and
gee, guess what,
ORGANIZING ! ! !

Haven't made much headway on any of these fronts.

Hugs

I knew this wasn't the best choice . . .

You know I joined Rav's Cookie A Designed Socks KAL.

And, you know I chose to use this self-striping yarn

which I knew wasn't a good yarn to knit any kind of a pattern and expect it to show up.

Can you see any pattern besides the ribbed cuff?

These sox are destined to be frogged [rip-it, rip-it, rip-it out]

back to the ribbed cuff.

I've found some solid color yarn that I'll begin 

once more making Cauchy.

I'll post photos of the new sox/yarn as soon as 

I do more than Cast On.

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Michele of     michele made me   tells us all about 

her newest Brain Wave.

This gal really comes up with some creative ideas and this one is right at the top of the list.

Make a Fabric Turner

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Daughter Deb and I spent this afternoon sewing.

Cut 400+ inches of 2.5" binding strips.

GO! figure ! ! ! !   We used the GO! ! ! 

Once she squared up her Patriotic Stars quilt

she was able to get the binding sewn on to the back of the quilt.

We attempted to use Pat Sloan's machine method of finishing the binding but we were not successful.

We have not given up on Pat's way and we will

give it a try again down the line.

Hugs & ♥♥♥s

Here it is mid-week already

Cookie A's new sock book is just about to come out.

Shipping date November 20th 

I've pre-ordered my copy. 

YeeHaw

You may remember I joined the Rav group for Cookie A's book

Sock Innovation last year

and committed to the KAL.

Sad to say my intentions were disrupted in September 

when hubby encountered a  couple of medical problems.

Well, those problems have sorted themselves out so that we are back to our usual routine more or less.

So when I was invited to join a new Cookie A RAV Group: 

Knit. Sock. Love.

I jumped right in

[wearing hand knit sox no less]

You still have time to join in the fun

RAV Knit.Sock.Love Group  

There are already 181 of us.

There's to be the beloved KAL 

which/that won't begin until after the holidays.

In the meantime, we are doing a 

Free For All KAL

Any Cookie A pattern.

So I decided to knit a pattern from Sock Innovation.

Cauchy is a simple knit-purl combo that 

forms lines that resemble inequality signs.

You know I favor Toe-Up Magic Loop Method of knitting sox, 

but this time it'll be Cuff Down still on Magic Loop Method ending with the Kirtchner Stitch.  Oh, happy day ! ! ! .

While I ordered my copy of SKL I also purchased a 

pdf downloadable copy.

I want to have a jump on picking my faves so I'll be ready when voting time to chose a pattern for January comes 'round...

Here a pic of Cauchy just past the cuff section

I'm having lots of fun getting back into knitting

Cookie A designs.

I've been following a really good blog titled  Blog Buddy  

If you haven't found this blog and have had issues with Google Blogger, well  -  -  -  -

The Blog Boddy is the brain child of

Karen of Sew Many Ways

What she sez about her Blog Buddy idea:

"What is a blog buddy you ask. Well, I have had so many emails asking me different questions about blogging, pictures, emails, blog buttons, how to follow a blog, etc...I thought I would start a feature on my blog called Blog Buddy. This ongoing section of my blog will give tips and helpful hints for you, your computer, your blog and blogging in general. I blog through Blogger, so most of the info will be about Blogger. This will be a "go to" feature for blogging help."

IF you've ever had questions about or problems with Google Blogger you just may be able to get a resolution by visiting Karen's blog.

Hugs & ♥♥♥s

Pimpelliese Scarf

No freezing wind down the back of my neck come mid-winter.

I found the pattern for this wind stopping kerchief

on Ravelry.

Pimpelliese

It's a

Christine Ebers design

I absolutely love the color

Icy Blue

Brown Sheep Co

Lambs Pride

Sport Weight

100% Superwash Wool

The lace edge is knit as you go and is an easy twelve row repeat.

It's one of those purse-sized projects that you can whip out anytime you have a couple of minutes wait time.

I carried it for months but finally finished it last week just in time for
our monthly Knit Nite.  Had to show it off, don't ya know.

With the Autumn weather turnng in
some cooling weather here in mid-MO
my newest addition to My Neckwarmer Collection my get used before our truly icy weather after the first of the year.

Please don't ask the definition of Pimpelliese
I tried to google it but came up empty.

Hugs & ♥♥♥s

Haven't Decided Yet

what will be stored in 

my Denim Case giveaway prize

   from michele  made me.

I just love this denim creation and want to use it

not just put it in a drawer to keep nice.

So, whadda think?

Markers

Water color pencils

Time to rummage through Halloween candy leftovers

'cause not enough goblins came by . . . . .

Hugs & ♥♥♥s

Die-Cut Tumbler Blocks

A week ago Saturday when D#2 and I made up our minds as to what we were going to work on during our Sew Day,
our plans immediately changed when the mailman delivered my AccuQuilt Tumbler Die.

Out came my entire blue Scrap Stash.
It took us more time picking out the pieces that would fit the die than it did for us to cut.

We were able to cut the twenty blocks used in this tabletopper plus only a couple more before we used every blue scrap of the correct size.

While I manned the Bernina
Debbie handed over the blocks in the order of the lay-out on the design wall.
It took us no time at all to sew up this little top.

We had a short Sew Day and really accomplished something.

During the week when there was a free minute or two I added a border with a green flange,

quilted it a little.  Just enough  .. .. ..   ~quarter inch from either side of the seams.

Then used the Flower shapes cut using the die that came with the GO!
We cut these shapes from fabric that already had Wonder-Under -
so they were ready to be fused to our Tumbler Top.

 

That's about as far as it has come, so far.

Will be doing some machine stitching on the flowers, stems and petals.

Haven't decided about binding .

Hugs & ♥♥♥

This Fall's Newest Collection

As I do attempt to keep up with current trends .  .  .  .  .  .  .

this Fall it has become apparent to me and numerous others

 that the most notable collections

include

the most amazing, fun, time-saving collectibles

- - - - they are to die for - - - -

AccuQuilt GO! Fabric Cutter Dies

Mr Random Number Generator eat your heart out, pine away,

'cause I'm not dependent upon your whimsical mood any longer 

when it comes to acquiring a GO! ! ! ! ! 

Last week I bit the bullet and plunked down my $ $ $ $ 's 

and brought this magical device to it's long awaited home ! ! ! !  

 i.e.:  GerryART's 'studio'

As soon as we got home 

off I dashed to my Scrap Stash while hubby release GO! from it's cardboard travel container.

That afternoon we cut 4.5" squares, 2.5" squares and 2.5" triangles for an hour or more.

Phoned D#2 told her the news - - -

after work she ran home to let Precious doggie out for a quick nature break.

That evening, three or so hours, we cut more squares and triangles.

Such fun ! ! ! 

Piles and piles of cut perfectly cut pieces ready for action.

In the days since,

I've begun 

My New Fall Collection

of 

GO! dies

oops ! ! !  I hear my GO! beckoning - - - gotta GO!

Hugs & ♥♥♥s

Oh, Yeah, I Won . . .

I won 

this giveaway by 

michele made me

you can read all about Michele and her giveaway.

Oh, my ! ! ! 

Michele's Denim Tree Pencil Case

was just the beginning.

It's stuffed with such gorgeous goodies.

Wait, I'll get to those in a minute.

But don't just glance at this lovely.

Click on the above pic to embiggen it to check out the details.

Isn't this gal just oozing with creativity?

She has taken used denim and created this character of a tree.

Enlarge the tree photo below . . . . 

Don't you just know it has an historic tale to relate - - if

you'll only take a moment to listen to it's story.

This Denim Case is going to be used for something special

and if not special

it certainly will be when stored within.

Here's the overhead view of the special zip pull and zip.

Have you ever ? ? ? ? 

And then, there's the four

Fat Quarter's of Japanese import, no less.

Afternoon palette of Market Fresh 

by Hokkoh House

See this denim pocket

with

Handmade wooden painted buttons.

Click on the photo to see the handpainted dippity-dots.

Creativity at it's utmost!

Here's a close-up of the stripped FQ and buttons made of wood.

Can't get enough of this button pocket.

Michele's entire giveaway - - - 

handmade.

Can't believe my fortune when I found this vintage hand made lace.

Swoon ! ! ! ! 

This was Michele's first giveaway and I count myself lucky to be one of two winners.

Take another minute or two and visit 

michele made me

to learn more about this creative, talented, generous gal ! ! ! 

BTW, I found her blog via her sister

at

Ariane's crafts

Ariane's blog is another blog I enjoy

you may like her, also.

Now it's time for me to really,

REALLY look at my giveaway winnings 

and look at them again.

Hugs & ♥♥♥s

Double Scoop of Vanilla Sox

 Sock Progress:

I have two pair of just plain vanilla basic style sox on my needles.

This Forest Green pair has re-enforced toes

with ribbed instep and leg.

Yarn:  Lambs Pride SuperWash Wool Sport yarn.

Needles:  #3 forty-inch circular

They're ready to begin the gusset

then on to the slip stitch heel.

I'm following Wendy D Johnson's

method as seen on page 41

of her book

Socks from the Toe Up

This striped pair are at the same point -
ready for the gusset, also.

Ribbing on this pair will begin at the leg.

Yarn:  Austermann Step SuperWash Wool
Needles:  2.5 mm thirty-two inch circular

Hugs & ♥♥♥s

Sew Day Aprons

DD#2 and I had one of our

Sew Days over the week end.

Using already-made aprons from Hobby Lobby

and several orphan blocks

we came away with these

Patriotic Aprons.

Not certain what DD#2 is going to do with hers
however, mine [the red one below]
could end up being wall art.

 

Hugs & ♥♥♥

Tablescape?

Have I shown you this before?

I don't remember
but I do like the looks of this table top.

I made this Mystery Quilt
designed by Pam Oliver
several years ago.
I added the raw edge appliqué
to fill in the wide border.
I like the way it turned out.

Here's my little Vignette.

Found Annie while on a day road trip with some Chicks!
She was hanging out at a Mennonite-owned fabric shop
and was game when asked to join our road trip.
I enjoyed her company so much that I asked if she'd like to stay at my place for a while.

 

Time for a little Tea

for me and thee.

Sally had a garage sale.

Gerry stopped by.

This little vase came home with me

for the price of one thin dime!

Hugs &  ♥♥♥