March 4, 2016 ~ A Child's Quilt and a Bicycle Covered in Knitting

"The control center of your life is your attitude."

~Annonymous

(Sometimes I need to remind myself of this...how about you?)

Several years ago the sweetest girl gave up her position at Washing and Lee University and opened a precious shop in downtown Lexington...The Stitchin' Post. She carries yarn, gifts, notions for quilters and knitters/crocheters, patterns, handmade items made by other people that are for sale, and she teaches both children and adults to do these things. The first picture is the quilt a very young child had made and she it was sitting on the floor to work with the placement of the material for the sides and the backing. Looking at what this little girl had made on her own blew my mind. It was so cute, an amazing accomplishment, and I was so tickled to have gone in with my iPhone on the day it was on the floor. The rest of the pictures are of a one-in-a-million bicycles totally covered in knitting. It, too, is an amazing accomplishment. I hope all of your who do hand work of any kind will enjoy this post.

This post is linked with Photo Friday and Fun Friday Favorites.

Little Hats

Each year I try to make all of my Christmas presents, but sometimes I have to purchase a few. I LOVE knitting little bobbly hats with squiggles on the top using Tahki cotton classic yarn, and here are two that  I  just finished. I made the hats so that they can  change as the child grows.  The red one can turn up to make it shorter, and you can see the roll on the pink one pulls down to make it longer/larger. Debbie Ware has many patterns which I have knitted in the past, but now I like to follow her style but create as I go making them my own. 

“The best reason for a knitter to marry is that you can’t teach the
cat to be impressed when you finish a lace scarf."

~Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

This post is linked with Little Things Thursday.

Dreaming

When I knit, I dream.
{This is for a blogging friend who has just given birth to a little boy.}

“All human beings are also dream beings. 

Dreaming ties all mankind together.”

~Jack Kerouac

This post is linked with “Beyond Layers” 
Day #2 ~ Yellow