Sort of a ramble today ~ Lots of pictures.
I received my craft swap today! A beautiful scarf hand-spun & dyed & knitted by a graduate student in my department. It’s soooo soft! Did I say it was BEAUTIFUL? 🙂 Will be getting out my Scottish Thistle pins! In exchange for the scarf, I made the lap quilt in the previous post.
Hand-spun/dyed/knitted – merino wool and silk
We stopped by Boca (near the train tracks and Truckee River) on the way home from spending the day up near Hobart Mills.
Old trestle bridge over the Truckee River at Boca.
VERY old lilac bushes where there once was a house…Boca (near old bridge).
Old apple trees to go with the lilacs.
Lupine along the Little Truckee river at Boca.
It’s been warming up here in Reno/Sparks…and being upstairs just makes it hotter. This was Leo yesterday (with windows open and fan on) while I was piecing mini quilts.
Leo (Bengal Tabby Monster)
Using Jeni Baker’s Nordika I made up a bunch of 1.25″ (finished size) HST’s…making a few mini quilts…and I do mean MINI…will be approximately 8″. The three on the left are finished, still working on the right two. Then will need to quilt and bind.
Nordika HST Mini Quilts.
That scarf is amazing… gorgeous! How special.🙂 Loving the mini quilts. Loving the furbelly a bit more. ;-p
What do you plan to do with the mini quilts when they’re done? I’ve participated in a couple of swaps in the past. Feel mean saying it but my swap partners weren’t that great at their craft and I ended up with a couple of unlovely items that I didn’t know what to do with.
I bought some 1.25″ Thangles to give them a whirl…never used them before. I just made the mini’s because. LOL! This exchange was between a graduate student who spins and dyes her own yarn…she wears a lot of her scarves and whatnots that she knits, so I’ve seen her work. We set up a barter…and both of us are extremely happy with each other’s work!
Oh gosh, I didn’t mean to imply your scarf wasn’t lovely. Apologies to you both if I gave that impression.
No! No worries! I totally understand the crappy exchanges. Been in a few myself. LOL!