Tone on Tone Block

Hello Delafield, how is ST. Johns Academy?This little lace peacock is from Wisconsin, I hope that Cheryl will like my work.

I love these little blocks, it is just so much fun to work on them. Here is a tone on tone in cream.I just added the Tenerriffa Lace with little buttons in the center,beaded the Peacock ,2 seam treatments with beading and some filler embroidery and flower beads.

Bread baking

This is a two pounder with wheat and rye.

Madeleine's,something to go with my coffee .

Since the weather is not to nice today, we did not work in the garden so I had time to bake a Farmers Bread and my favorite Madeleine's.

Another block finished

I used the design on the fabric for my Inspiration,added more fairies because you can never have to many of them and a couple of birds to finish my work. This was another fun one to work on.

My parents have been here for a week now and I don`t have as much time for my sewing for now. So I`m glad to have finished this little Fairy Block for Peggy Sue.

This has just been delivered

My new lace yarn just made it in time for me to start a wonderful shawl at the Knitting Delight Group.I do love the softness of the cashmere and the  bright colors.I sould be cleaning the house, but look at this yarn,where are my needles?

Finished!

She is done! This is a little shawl called Pimpelliese,I used two different shades of green sock wool,very easy pattern and quickly knitted up.

Not sure if she will be mine or if Pimpelliese will go to Germany when my mom goes back home.

It is Thursday, I`m off today to finish cleaning and rearranging the house to get it ready for my parents. I`m so exited ,I have not seen them for 3 years. So just wanted to post a few pictures of my finished shawl.

My first Lace shawl is done!

This was a find while looking at blogs , the pattern is called Bottom up Birch . Looking back I had started it on Saturday February the 19 and just finished it yesterday. Since this was my first I was very lucky to be a member of a group called Knitting Delight. The Ladies where awesome sharing their secrets on how to block and what to use and I will need to invest in a few more supplies for my new found hobby.

The width on the top is 90 inches, it is light as a feather.

the close up of the pattern

I `m in love with Lace knitting, after I failed at my first attempt last year I decided to try it again and using smaller needles made all the difference. No big holes as before but it took a little to get use to the thin yarn. All this time invested was time well spent, I love my shawl.

I`m a bad girl

This pattern is called Pimpelliese ,it is very easy to knit I know it will be a nice  wool shawl when it is done.The little edge is knitted right along with the rest of the pattern.

My mom and Dad will be here in 6 days and I Should be cleaning the house. last night I decided to start a new shawl instead. It is a very easy pattern and should not take to long to finish, I really wanted to start with the dark green silk I just got yesterday but it was so hard to get a start to roll up the yarn into a ball. The silk is not as easy to work with as I had hoped and even wearing gloves did not help much. So it will have to wait till I`m up for a challenge.