I am getting really excited about this shell. I have been knitting both the front and back but I will shortly have to work just on the back while I knit in the arm holes and then the neckline. I decided to do the back first as it seems to be easier and will prepare me for the front.
I have been doing a little on these socks but because I won't be wearing socks for the next 6 months my interest has flagged.
I also need to knit a new hat as my last one was stolen and my head got cold this past winter.
I did make the top of the second Pat Sloan mug rug. It is all appliqued but still needs to be sandwiched, quilted and bound. I can't tell you how much fun it is to be working with fabric again.
So much fun that I have started working on Esther Aliu's mystery quilt, Sweet 16. Here I am with pieces of the block #1. They are supposed to be something like éclairs but right now they look more like hamburgers.
But now we have three sets of three red velvet éclairs, chocolate éclairs, and vanilla éclairs. They will eventually be piled up on a plate and kept under a glass dome. Mine are a little mundane but I just couldn't make multicolored cakes like Esther's original ones.
I will try to make up for it with the lace I found to attach to the bottom of the cake platter. This is the leftover lace from a quilt I made several years ago called Baskets & Lace.
The only thing that has been hindering my sewing time is that we are having such wonderful Spring weather. And I frequently find myself sitting on the deck, knitting. The puppies love it that I am out there as they can play in the fenced in area and bark at every car that passes.
That being said, I'll close and knit a few rows before I turn in.
