settlement of MLE Town

Who wouldn't want to live here? I predict a booming town within the next few months. LOL!Totally inspired by the "tiny town" craze HERE and HERE. These little blocks are trickier than they look! I was surprised how long each one took. I'm trying to keep the houses between 3 and 4 inches tall. It's a great way to use scraps!

And here is a new quilt I just listed in the shop yesterday. I LOVE this one so much!!!This is the back:

Ingenue

It's finally finished!

Pattern: Ingenue by Wendy Bernard (from Custom Knits)

Yarn: Cascade 220 in color 8401; about 3.5 skeins

Needles: US #9 for body and US # 10.5 for bottom hem and sleeves

Notes: This is one sweater that definitely benefited from a good wet blocking! I feel like there isn't much else to say about it other than I am finally happy with the bottom hem. Besides doing short sleeves instead of long, I also added about 3 or so inches to the length. I think I may have bound off too loosely because the bottom edge of the hem is not very smooth at all. At this point, I just say Whatever. It's a sort of rustic sweater anyway and I doubt anyone else will notice. It fits great and I'm just glad to have it done!

Happy Wednesday!

Hello!

Have you seen the new Twist Collective? I am totally in love with Abrazo! I just wish that I enjoyed knitting with lace weight yarn. I've started several lace projects in the past....alas, none have gotten very far. Maybe I don't have the right needles? I must give it another try.

Also, if you are in the mood for a fantastic cookie, Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies, from the current issue of Everyday Food magazine, are amazing! Sorry, I don't have any pictures but others do and have written out the recipe. They are like chocolate snickerdoodles (if you leave out the cayenne like I did), yum!

Here is the quilt I showed you a snippet of recently: And these are a few others I have listed recently as well. (see more pictures in my shop)Lastly, here is The-Sweater-That-Has-Taken-Way-Too-Long. It is blocking right now, which means I should have some FO pictures here in a few days!

diversions

Happy Easter and Passover! I've already eaten too many Peeps!

This is really turning out to be a wonderful weekend! The weather could not be better and we've been enjoying it out on our back porch as much as possible. Jack LOVES going outside!

Oh look! could it be? yes, it's a real FO!

Pattern: Milkweed Shawl

Yarn: Sweet Georgia Merino superwash fingerling in Blue Fig; 1 and a half skeins

Needles: US #4

Notes: I didn't mean for this to turn into a sneaky project but a couple of weeks ago I decided to cast-on and did not put it down until it was finished! I'm so proud of myself for finishing it so quickly!

This yarn is "My Precious". Does anyone else have a special yarn that they've been hoarding since buying it years ago? I scored this Sweet Georgia yarn over at The Loopy Ewe when it was still a relatively new online yarn shop. At the time Sweet Georgia yarn was pretty tough to come by. I'm very happy with how I was able to finally use "my precious".

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!