The Busy Beehive

Stitching in Progress

1. BN – Lo, How a Rose (complete)
2. LHN  – Hearts of America
3. Mary Busby reproduction
4. DT – The Riddle
5. DT – The Marriage of Minds
6. SB – She Tends (nearly finished!)
7. La-D-Da – All Our Troubles
8. With My Needle – A Needleworker’s Huswife
9. Victoria Sampler – Village Christmas
10. Long Dog Samplers – Mouline Rouge
11. Blackbird Designs – My Quaker House
12. Lizzie Kate – ABC Lessons
13. Homespun Elegance – Home is Where You Hang Your Needlework
14. Blackbird Designs – ‘Tis the Season

UFO’s

1. Theresa Wentzler – English Garden Sampler
2. MLI – Strawberry Sampler
3. Paula Vaughan – Wedding Ring Quilt

Wanna Start Bad

1. BBD – Strawberry Garden
2. DT – Random Thoughts
3. DT – The Sanctuary
4. CHS – Village of Hawk’s Run Hollow
5. CHS – My Home Town
6. CHS – The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat
7. LHN – From Sea to Shining Sea
8. DT – Tocatta One
9. DT – Tocatta Two
10. Jeanette Douglas – My Stitching Treasures
11. DT – Wayward Garden

Easy Knitting In Progress (Hey, I’ve just learned to knit.)

1. Gray heather worsted scarf (about 1/2 finished)
2. Fall colors acrylic scarf (about 1/3 finished… maybe by next fall?)
3. Smooshy purple baby sweater (about 1/4 finished)
4. 3rd flap hat (Mauve with purple, lime, and blue stripes)
5. Noro Taiyo scarf (nearly finished!)
6. My first pair of socks! (the first one’s nearly complete)

Knitting I’ve Finished!

1. Flap Hat (Red/Gray)
2. Flap Hat (Lime w/ blue, purple and mauve stripes)
3. Pink cotton baby hat
4. Blue Berrocco Alpaca / Wool flap hat for Karan
5. Malabrigo worsted flap hat for Jamie

Knitting I Want to Start

1. More socks.
2. A simple vest for one of the three men in my family… maybe for Christmas next year?
3. A wrap knit with Mini Mochi
4. A fun scarf knit with more Malabrigo worsted (just added two hanks to my stash)
5. Oh, and did I say I have a cute pattern for some simple baby hats… and socks to match?

Other odds and ends

1. I have several samplers and other needlework pieces that need to have frames made. I have purchased and ripped some cherry, walnut, and birdseye maple which are ready to be turned into moulding for frames.
2. My mother wants a bookshelf… I have the tools.  Mmmm.  This needs some thinking and planning for Springtime I think.
3. I have a wool felt penny rug kit I’m dying to start.  I think that will be a Thanksgiving project, if not sooner.
4. And, I have been collecting just a bit of fabric and quilt kits for a while. Knowing that someday I would actually sit down at the sewing machine and put some of these things together!
5. I have a 20 X 35 foot garden space that is just aching to look like the Garden of Eden.  Okay, maybe just a productive, yet homey vegetable garden. UPDATE: It IS chok-full of veggies right now, and I’ve even had some help adding a great fence. The gate is coming soon… and then the stain/protection on the cedar.  I don’t want a gray fence.
6. Did I tell you I have tools?  I would love to take a woodworking class to learn how to make my own kitchen cabinets.  I mean a real class.  I’ve learned all I can from Norm at the Yankee Workshop.
7. Oh, and I have an SLR camera and am taking a photography class.  I thought I’d start with my nice film camera and learn the basics, along with developing.  Then, I’ll upgrade from my point-n-shoot digital to a new digital SLR and take some digital media classes.  I love photoshop.  And, I want a darkroom now!
8. I made an easy-peasy blanket for my Mom for Christmas out of Minke… I want one now.
9. I have three quilted bags that I am making.
10. I have enough “Roman Holiday” charm squares and coordinating fabric to make a nice throw… I think.
11. I have some home improvement projects and a huge garden that I’m working on… my goal is to have a bathroom in the basement by Spring!  UPDATE: okay, the bathroom will go more slowly, but I AM making progress!