Easter weekend was a bit of a washout. I only got out once to Sugar Bowl on my skis. The snow was too slushy, actually terrifying. Coming down through the worst of it we decided to keep our skins on since its difficult to turn let along stop when the loose snow is 6 inches deep, wet and heavy like mashed potatoes.
The rest of the time, except when I was running, I stayed indoors. I had a long talk with my daughter, started a new cardigan. I’m using the easy peasy top down cardigan pattern from laura Chau. The wool I’m knitting with is much thinner than the stuff called for in the pattern thus my needle is thinner and I never thought I would say this but its getting a bit boring knitting seemingly endless rows of stockinette stitch while waiting to have enough fabric so I can divide the sleeves off from the body. This pattern was the one I used to make my first sweater.
After a long search I finally found some funky brown fabric on Etsy. I made it into new cushion covers for the dining room chairs. This is their fifth incarnation. That’s the best thing about DIY (do it yourself) you get to make exactly what you want and usually it’s better made and cheaper.
I cut out a tank top and a dress out of some linen fabric I've been hoarding in the hopes there will be some hotter days in the future. linen is such a comfortable fabric to wear when it is hot. In an effort to use up all my fabric scraps I dedcided to make another quilt. Inevitably there won't be enough fabric for rhe quilt so I have to buy more, get carried away by the pretty prints and colours, buy too much and of course end up with more scraps.
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