18 | January | 2013 | Justquiltin with Denise Russart

Remember I said I had gotten some fabrics from Hancocks of Paducah — well these are the ones I bought

I think the colors in them are gorgeous (the flash is washing out the black tone on tone and the print on the right a bit). Rich orangey reddish colors – a shade of green and blue – both a bit different which I love. I saw the print on line and just kept going back to it and then saw the striped fabric and there was no turning back.

So today, as I was picking up the various scarfs, shawls, socks, etc strewn about that are finished, need to be blocked, or simply need to go back in a closet or drawer, I looked at the basket where I was collecting them – see the second photo – (yes underneath them are about one third of that basket full of all the errant hanks of yarn I gathered from here and there that need to find a home) anyway – as I was looking at the knit items I looked at the fabric again — aparrently I’m hooked on those sorts of colors because if you look at the knit stuff, the majority of the things hung over the edge of the laundry basket have the same colors in them as the fabric! Too funny.

I did finally shower, dress and find something to eat and the Christmas tree is now UNDECORATED and pulled apart into its various sections. I did actually measure the longest section in case when I go out to dinner tonight we’re near a store where I can check to see if I can find a large enough storage tub to put the artificial tree in. So I did get some things accomplished and think I actually collected all christmas decorations, movies, music and got them all put away. 20+ pairs of hand knit socks have been washed and are on the drying rack in my laundry room — bad thing is when I walk in there, my laundry room is tiny — it most definitely smells like a heard of wet sheep is in there. LOL Wet wool — not necessarily a great smell.

Then I decided to stop for a coffee break and check emails and…….insert happy dance happy dance here…….. I can’t tell you which design and I’m not going to tell you which magazine yet, but I got an email from a magazine asking if they could publish one of my patterns. So my coffee break extended while I got some info ready to email to them. Did I mention while happy dancing. ROFLOL Okay I’ll stop saying “happy dance” — at least for now.

Many things are on many needles – I still haven’t gathered them all together to figure out my plan of attack for getting the Unfinished Knitty Objects (UKOs) finished. But the three that I am currently working on are the Drifted Pearls scarf – Camp Loopy 1st Quarter project which you can see HERE in yesterday’s blog post.

Although it doesn’t look like much all scrunched up on the circular needle, here’s how far I am on the Greta vest.

Both those patterns can be found on Ravelry.

There’s also a pair of SKYP socks I’ve been working on – just another 2″ or so on the foot of the first sock and I’ll be ready to finish that one off.

See what others have on their needles over at Judy’s.

Today, the first day of my 4 day weekend, is off to a slow lazy start. I got up early, turned on the coffee pot, snuggled up in a chair with a quilt and have been knitting and looking around me thinking what a mess! But you never want to jump right into that cleaning – you must plan your attack, right? LOL

Spent some time perusing the Hancocks of Paducah catalog – there are too many fabrics that I think — that would be perfect for this project, or that project or……… put down the catalog lady and step away!! ROFLOL

No I did not immediately (or as of yet) place an order. LOL I’m not saying I’m out of the woods yet tho since my current fabric combination love is yellow and gray and there are some oh so pretty shades that I keep thinking wouldn’t one of my bid blocks look so pretty and springy in those (we’re headed toward single digits next week so I’m trying to think ahead to spring!). It was a bit disappointing tho that inside the catalog, where they show the fabric line that I designed the quilt pattern for, someone goofed and they gave credit for the “quilt design” (mine) to the “fabric line designer.” But I’ll get over it – mistakes happen.

So several cups of coffee later, and many more rows knit, I’m still contemplating my plan of attack for the day. The maid has not come to make me breakfast so I may have to find something myself to eat and Mother Hubbard has not restocked the pantry so there’s not much to choose from. (Thank goodness there was coffee!). So I think another cup of coffee while I figure out a grocery list and then I may actually get dressed and get busy around here. The only really true plans around here today are to go out to dinner with a friend and then to the grocery store – it’s a vacation day so I don’t want to work toooo hard. 😉

Don’t forget that tomorrow is the first Stitchin with Justquiltin 2013 free project. Button in the sidebar is the place to find all info on this project.

I haven’t decided yet if I’ll go pull more fabrics for this one in this size or if I’ll just concentrate on getting the smaller version I made last weekend quilted. I’ve got so many tops waiting to be quilted and I generally don’t repeat making a quilt design even in a different size.

But remember — in order to qualify for drawings for some of the “Justquiltin swag”, you need to actually stitch along , since at some point in the future I’ll ask you to post comments on a particular blog post with a link to share your progress on a project so we can see some eye candy and what fabrics you are using.

Tote bag, mouse pads, pens — just little goodies to give away. Okay -time to get seriously busy around here.