March

In March I will

• meet friends for lunch
• clean the garden
• make garden plans
• work on some hand stitching projects
• make some spring things 
• bake a pie on "National Pi(e) Day 
• celebrate St. Patrick's Day
• catch up on the two BOMs I picked for this year
• get out and enjoy some nature

Project Bag

As I said, I can always use another project bag. :-) This one is made from an old Ikea fabric that I originally bought to make curtains from. The pattern is for a shopping bag but I changed it a lot, I did not feel like sewing piping all around the opening, instead I lined it. And I am quite sure I changed the bottom part too, I did not understand the instructions for it in the pattern. Oh well, it works for me the way it is. ;-)

Miss Maggie

Sewing

The item to make for the SewingRoomSewAlong in February was a tote bag. I do not really carry my sewing around a lot but I can always use another project bag. So I made a simple tote bag with some thin quilt batting for stability. I think I have enough of the cat fabrics to make all items for the sew along with them.
Of course I had a little assistance while sewing.

Happy Birthday!

Our little rascals are 5 months old today!

Then and Now

I swear someone must have sneaked into our house, took the cute little kittens and left these enormous cats behind. Still cute though.

Weekend

This weekend -

- we went to the farmer's market for eggs, sausages, broccoli, kale and popcorn
- we ate green eggs for breakfast

- we watched "The Godfather I - III" while munching popcorn and kale chips
- I knitted yarn remnants into cat blankets
- I added a few rows to my ripple blanket
- I finally tackled that re-organizing project I had on my mind for so long

Before

After

If nothing else it reflects my changing interests. I was thinking about selling my Petty collection but with the current economy being what it is and Ebay fees and postage sky high I opted for putting it into storage instead. One day when we are gone there might be an estate sale and who knows by then it might be worth something. In case anyone would be interested in it now, just send me a message. ;-)

It started snowing last night and this morning we have about 2" on the ground. Geez, just when we thought that we made it through Winter.

And as usual there was this:

Now I am off to clean out the stable the cat boxes and vacuum the tons of dust we seem to have lately. It smells and tastes like plaster dust, we think it comes from our walls after all that blasting and heavy construction machinery going through. I hope our poor old house will settle down again soon.

Have a wonderful start to a new week everybody!

Yarn Along

Good morning friends! Time for another yarn along with Ginny.
I am knitting a new purple cowl. The pattern is a freebie from the yarn company, the yarn is Patons Lace Sequin in Amethyst. I was not sure about the tiny sequins in the yarn but I loved the color so much I bought it anyway. I do not feel them while knitting and they add just a little sparkle. I must say though that I like the wrong side of the pattern a lot more than the right side. Last night one of the kittens managed to quietly chew through the yarn and later I picked up what I thought was a dropped stitch, turned out it must have been something else because I ended up with one stitch too many. Had to un-knit one row (luckily just one) and do something with the extra stitch (it turned out to be a dropped stitch after all I just did not pull it all the way up to the right row). I am still reading 'Under the Tuscan Sun'.