Dear Jane and some knitting

I bought a house this week - after over a year of searching. I'm very pleased with it and it closes in three weeks so I have a lot to do.
So, I didn't sew much this week.

My Dear Jane progress is one block:

F1

And I finished a scarf for a friend. It's knit on huge needles with huge yarn so it didn't take too long. She picked out the yarn at the Creative Festival and says it feels like teddy bear skin - which grosses me out a little to be honest. It's shades of black and grey, which didn't show up so well in the photo.

Back to Dear Jane and other sewing tidbits

It has been a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend for family, relaxation, and sewing.

I'm back to my Dear Jane quilt - the class started up again. So far, here's what I've finished:

H9

G5

C11

E8

I haven't worked on these since the end of July - I forgot how tricky some of them can be. At least we started with C11, which was fairly straight forward.

I also finished a scarf I knitted for my cousin who lived abroad. She's been home for a visit and it's an early birthday present. The yarn is 100% bamboo and is divine.

the detail shot

the "artsy" shot

And finally, I need to stop sewing over pins

this beauty was created trying to hem a pair of yoga pants.

Tomorrow we are having Thanksgiving dinner at supper time so I hope to get some sewing in before I have to clean off the dining room table of my sewing gear so that we can eat.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Finally, some sewing done

It's been another busy week in the I-have-to-work-for-a-salary-world. I got to a bit of sewing today and hemmed up this little scarf. The fabric is voile - which is pronounced to rhyme with "oil"; I thought is rhymed with "ull". I got it at Greenwood Quiltery earlier this week, on a whirlwind stop at the store. I want to pair it with a white t-shirt, khaki jacket, and dressy jeans.

The fabric came in a kit, about 18" x 60". I trimmed it down to 11" then put a double 3/8" hem on each edge. I'm happy with how it turned out.