New! New! New!

This is my beautiful fabric for the yoga mat bag I will sew. I joined the YMCA about a month ago and I go to yoga for relaxation weekly. I bought the fabric at Textile Fabrics in Nashville. The print is called Drawing Room by Free Spirit.



My current knitting project is the Lace Ribbon scarf from knitty, using Palette yarn in Tidepool Heather. The color is beautiful, and although 100% wool, it doesn't feel itchy. I bought fixed wooden size 3 circular needles, also from Knit Picks. They are great! I'm making the scarf for myself, and I feel like I can take my time to leisurely knit it.



I'm beginning a new craft tradition: making a sock monkey for a child's first birthday. I baste with a bright colored yarn and use a stretch stitch on my machine to sew the leg, arm, and tail seams. The rest of the sewing is hand sewing.





My newest craft book purchase is Sew U Home Stretch by Wendy Mullin, which is about sewing stretch fabrics, like knits. I use her first book, Sew U, as a guide when I sew garments. It really helps me remember all the little sewing steps I need to.