Projects

I thought I’d put a blog on about the projects I work on while traveling. Of course, quilting is important to me. Here is a picture of the table runner, placemat and napkins that I made for Kelly and Matt’s wedding. But I have also taken a few classes while we were in Quartzsite. One class was a beaded bracelet designed by the teacher – I liked it so well I made a couple, and sent one to my niece in Niger, to remind her of America! I also attempted to take a watercolor class, which happened to be a Valentine’s card which I gave to Ron. The teacher thought I knew about watercoloring, so she kept saying “Don’t do that!” and “that’s not right!” so now I’m a bit paranoid about my skills. However, I thought it turned out okay, at least you can tell it’s a flower. But my sorry work had a long ways to go before it looked like the others in the class – oh well. I’ve been learning to knit socks. I bought the yarn while I was in Sheridan, WY this fall. I am learning about gauge and what size needles produce what size stitch, and how to adjust the pattern accordingly. I misplaced a needle in the camper (it’s not that big, I can’t imagine where it went!) so ended up driving an hour to Prescott to the specialty yarn shop. Between that and the weaving shop, I felt like I was in candyland! But I didn’t buy anything except a book and needles.