{"id":12,"date":"2010-03-09T10:50:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T10:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/?p=12"},"modified":"2010-03-09T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T12:40:05","slug":"the-start-of-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"The start of something new…."},"content":{"rendered":"

The start of something new….<\/strong><\/p>\n

So here we are\u2026 A New Year\u2019s resolution, lots of help from Eric at ELK Marketing and Planning Ltd and finally my lovely new blog is ready to roll.<\/p>\n

Here in Switzerland the tantalizing tiny taste of spring we had on Thursday has been wiped out by yet another big dump of snow\u2026.Are we getting sick of it yet ?\u2026.you bet we are L. At least I managed a run in the woods before the snow started. Of course the silver lining to the cloud is a quiet afternoon at home and time to get this show on the road.<\/p>\n

Thoughts of writing this blog have pushed me into a creative spurt over the last few weeks. Since the New Year I have made the wilderness quilt (start to finish, a total stashbuster \u2013 I didn\u2019t buy anything new for this one) which is also my first machine quilted quilt. Machine quilting was such an eye-opener. Something I\u2019ve wanted to try my hand at for years, but which always seemed way too scary. I couldn\u2019t imagine that my machine would co-operate at all, but after a successful trial project (stipple-quilted hot water bottle cover) I gave it a go \u2013 and wouldn\u2019t you know, the whole quilt was quilted in an afternoon. I can\u2019t believe it was so easy!!! OK, it is only stippled, but none the less I now see that a whole new world has opened up for me. (And New Year\u2019s resolution number two can be ticked off the list). I have stab-stitch handquilted all my quilts up until now and although I love the effect of handquilting, I really do end up spending many months, if not years on each quilt. I\u2019m sure I will continue to make quilts this way sometimes, now I feel like I can really stand a realistic chance of a) using up my stash in my lifetime and b) making more of the wonderful quilts that are currently only in my head.<\/p>\n

When there isn\u2019t a blizzard outside and there is some decent natural light I\u2019ll make a photo of the quilt\u2026<\/p>\n

I have also just finished some socks for my eldest daughter \u2013 using this pattern:<\/p>\n

\"Yankee<\/a><\/p>\n

And Berocco Comfort Sock wool \u2013 very nice to knit and the word on the street says wonderfully soft to wear. The socks have a very nice, easy to knit slightly reinforced heel and the toes were finished off with Kitchener stitch, which I know lots of people don\u2019t like, but I LOVE it \u2013 it gives such a neat finish. I must remember for the next time to photograph beautiful socks away from very patterned carpets though. The carpet rather spoils the effect!<\/p>\n

\"Stripy<\/a><\/p>\n

These socks were my entry for the Knitting Olympics and I must have been watching way too much TV as they were done in record quick time. They even earned me this nice knitting medal courtesy of the yarn harlot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m now embarking on the same pattern with some blue\/green\/white self-striping Regia sock wool \u2013 which seems to be working out pretty well too.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something about knitting socks which is just so addictive\u2026.<\/p>\n

Well I guess that is enough from me for today \u2013 if you happen to stop by in cyberspace and read this, do leave a comment \u2013 I\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n

Have a nice week!<\/p>\n

Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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