Progress and a finish

January crafting is well on its way. Having A Ball has a mere 6 more blocks to be quilted. I finished the two I was working on for my last update (red and orange) and have started the next two. The centers of the blue and rose blocks are quilted as is some of the rest of the rose colored block.

I finished the hat that I was knitting for myself. It goes well with my navy winter coat.

Needing another yarn craft to work on, I started knitting a pair of socks, or at least the first sock. I bought this yarn on clearance years ago with the plan of using cheap yarn to attempt to make socks. So far things are going well, but I feel like I’m knitting with toothpicks. 

I bought the white on white fabric needed for my latest I-Spy quilt for my younger granddaughter. I spent Friday sewing 1 1/2” strips and squares into the parts needed for 30 9 patch blocks. 

I’m almost there. I still have to finish sewing the center row for each block which will be two white squares with a color in between. 

Hubby bought me this cookbook for Christmas though it just arrived this week.

 We were both surprised by the weight of this massive tome. There are over 1000 pages! We watch America’s Test Kitchen most evenings. I had been hinting for quite a while that I would like the cookbook for Christmas. Now I have to try some of these recipes!

I finished reading Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher. Though I found the beginning a little slow, I’m glad I stuck with it, because it was soon a book that I didn’t want to put down.

 I’m currently reading The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness. I love a good witch/vampire book. So far it is living up to my high expectations.This is the 5th book of what started as a trilogy. I reread the other 4 books to refresh my memory of the intricate family interactions and now I am looking forward to losing myself in this book.

I woke up very, very early one morning this past week and saw a pretty sunrise from our front windows. You can also see the sliver of the moon near the top of the tree. Such pretty colors.

This photo definitely gives the cold winter day vibe.

I will be joining Frederique at the Quilting Patch on Saturday and Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching. I hope you take some time to relax with some tea, coffee or hot chocolate and pop on over to their sites to see what other bloggers are stitching. 

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