Warning, many pictures ahead! It was a very productive weekend.
Project 1: Run seams around the edges of this top to prepare it for the longarm.
Project 2A: Rip out these 15 year old lines of quilting to prepare this quilt for the longarm. The backing could not be saved. I’m not heartbroken, it was just polyester sheeting.
Project 3A: Self-bind my first quilt.
Project 4A: Bind this quilt in a fairly normal way.
Project 2B: Piece newly acquired backing for 15 year old quilt.
Projects 3B and 4B: Wash and dry the completed quilts.
Project 5: Self-designed top for Kudzu. Step 1:
Completed top:
Project 6: The eternal scarf. I’m on the last stripe.
Next on the project list was gardening. The last of my indoor starts went in the dirt, including the okra you see on the right. The peas were directly seeded three weeks ago, but they are so pretty, I thought they needed to be memorialized. We’ve got two 4×3 contained beds, a 4×4 plot in the corner of the house, a random mound in the back yard, a patch over the septic tank, and multiple containers, in addition to the two fenced gardens that we haven’t done anything with this year. One of my housemates is a plant genius, and she keeps me from disaster by reminding me of things I haven’t considered. We are fans of the green and growing things!
I also did a bit of knitting on the Third Fourth Doctor Scarf, and I’m creeping up on halfway done. Of course, now that Sarah lives in North Carolina again, she’ll have little practical use for a huge woolen scarf, but the point of Fourth Doctor Scarves has never been practicality, now has it? But I tell you what, once I finish this scarf I’ll be looking for something to knit that isn’t mile after mile of garter stitch.
We ended the evening with Iron Man and popcorn for those that could have it. I’ve started on a quest to watch the Marvel Universe movies in story order. My track record for watching media is not stellar, but I keep trying, because I like to know what’s going on in conversations and memes. True confession: until last night, I didn’t know who Tony Stark was. Sigh. Yeah, I pretty much live under a pop culture rock.
As you can see, I finished the first Fourth Doctor Scarf. I promise the recipient isn’t always as grumpy as he appears here. There have been a few shake-ups this week, and we’re all kinda trying to roll with the punches. You’ll note that I’m keeping my face out of this blog post. Here’s a picture of the giant scarf roll. 
This is a picture of the other side, and the proof that I need to knit smarter. 
That, my friends, is 104 ends that need weaving in. And you can’t even see the ones in the work itself where the yarn ball ran out in the middle of a stripe. Oi! Here’s 18 feet of jumbled up finished scarf. There’s really no way to get a picture of the whole thing laid out. 
I started a new book, third for the year; 
and picked my in-between project. I’ll be working on this until February 1st: 
I’ll start it tomorrow and may or may not get it finished by Wednesday night. Knitting will recommence Thursday. There was also working, a bit of cooking, and plenty of wine drinking. And that, dear reader, is your weekly update. One day ahead of schedule. Go me!
