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Working On: A Red & White Quilt

Did I ever tell you that Zac and I were hand-piecing and hand-sewing a quilt together?

It’s the Irish Chain pattern from Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration.

Just in case the sentimental factor isn’t sky high enough, I stole Zac’s rattiest work shirt and cut it up, so it’ll be the accent bit of blue.

The very idea of co-quilting a quilt is, in my mom’s words, “DisGUSting!”

“Is it a divorce-quilt?” asked a friend of mine, over drinks, when I told her about it.

But I think they both meant it in an affectionate way.

I mean, it isn’t yet.


Working On: Beatnik

Well, I finally found the time to cast it on.

beatnik sabine juniper moon farm

I’ve been knitting this while watching Game of Thrones, and, I’ve got to say, the plot’s just about as twisted and internecine as the cables.

Ba-dum-ching.

beatnik sabine juniper moon farm

Seriously, though, I was expecting to be twisting one column of stitches around another– I was NOT expecting to be cabling a cable. The chart’s just complex enough that I keep having to refer back to it, which doesn’t go well with television, and really doesn’t go well to my self-assured, never-rip-back, forge-boldly-on knitting style.

I guess it’s good, every once and a while, to knit a pattern that’s smarter than you are.

beatnik sabine juniper moon farm

The Sabine is doing nicely– springy like a wool, but cool like a cotton– and I particularly like this forest-green colorway, Foliage. It’s fun.


Working On: Beatnik

Well, I finally found the time to cast it on.

beatnik sabine juniper moon farm

I’ve been knitting this while watching Game of Thrones, and, I’ve got to say, the plot’s just about as twisted and internecine as the cables.

Ba-dum-ching.

beatnik sabine juniper moon farm

Seriously, though, I was expecting to be twisting one column of stitches around another– I was NOT expecting to be cabling a cable. The chart’s just complex enough that I keep having to refer back to it, which doesn’t go well with television, and really doesn’t go well to my self-assured, never-rip-back, forge-boldly-on knitting style.

I guess it’s good, every once and a while, to knit a pattern that’s smarter than you are.

beatnik sabine juniper moon farm

The Sabine is doing nicely– springy like a wool, but cool like a cotton– and I particularly like this forest-green colorway, Foliage. It’s fun.